Among the Maori of New Zealand

A documentary chronicling the everyday lives of the Maori in New Zealand.

New Zealand: A South Pacific Adventure

This video programme contains segments of New Zealand's best selling travel programmes. 120 minutes in length New Zealand, a south pacific paradise is a comprehensive guide to this country's best attractions, tour trails

The Fellowship of the Ring: New Zealand as Middle Earth

Christchurch - Garden City of New Zealand

This promotional travelogue, made for the Christchurch City Council, shows off the city and its environs. Filmed at a time when New Zealand’s post-war economy was booming as it continued its role as a farmyard for the “O

Melody of the Spring - New Zealand

Spring in New Zealand is one of the most beautiful seasons in this country. A country with a pleasant climate and green and eye-catching areas hosts millions of tourists from all over the world every year in spring. New

C'mon to New Zealand

Shot for an Australian Travel Agents Seminar, this short film seeks to portray 1969 New Zealand as a hip and happening place. The tourism clichés of a scenic wonderland remain, but the film attempts to present a more sop

Happy Altitudes in New Zealand's Southern Alps

Along New Zealand’s South Islands runs the mighty chain of the Southern Alps, where large and beautiful glaciers and Ice-falls abound among the towering peaks... That's how the film presents different leisure activities

The Changing Face of the New Zealand Dairy

Dashing down to the local dairy has long been a Kiwi institution. This documentary examines the evolution of the dairy and the impact it has had on migrants looking to find their place in New Zealand.

The Eagles New Zealand Concert 1995

New Zealand History in the Making

This is a Labour Party film from 1938, featuring footage from around New Zealand pre 1938. This film predates the National Film Unit and is part of Archives New Zealand's National Film Library Special collection. Parts

Rainbow Voices of Aotearoa New Zealand

The New Zealand Parliament has produced a short documentary film on the history of winning LGBT+ rights in the country, showcasing the personal stories of parliamentarians and activists who have fought for and won change

Les Mills Gym, Wellington, New Zealand

"There are four spaces being occupied. Only one touches the ground and only one is looking at the other three. From an elevated view, Hayward’s gaze is that of the voyeur. The night exposes interior scenes that, relative

He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan

Annie Goldson and Kay Ellmers’ doco, expanded from the film they made for Maori Television, takes a timely look at New Zealand’s military and media, notably journalist Jon Stephenson, in Afghanistan.

Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story

Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story follows Rachel, a single working Grey Lynn mum, who breaks a three-year spell of singledom to pursue her escalating feelings for Nikki, whom she meets at a Māori film fes

Black Magic - The Team New Zealand Story

In this epic story of humble heroes and Kiwi ingenuity, relive the glory and the magic of the America's Cup 1995, when Sir Peter Blake carved out New Zealand's identity as innovators and world class sailors.

River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand

James Nesbitt moved to New Zealand in 2011 when he landed the role of Bofur in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, but he says the country remains largely unknown to him. Travelling more than 1,000 miles from the tip of the

Return of the New Zealand Sea Lion

Return of the New Zealand Sea Lion. This is one of New Zealand's greatest wildlife comeback stories, as the locally extinct New Zealand Sea Lion reclaims the beaches along the South Island coastline for the first time in

Trace of Light - A New Zealand Story

Trace of Light is a journey into the extraordinary work and life of photographer Victoria Proebstel who suffers from cancer. The daughter of a lighthouse keeper spent her childhood in one of the remotest and most beautif

New Zealand 2005 - Inside The Lions Den

The Lions in New Zealand – as never seen before….. up close… behind the scenes – literally, in the Lions Den… For the first time ever in New Zealand, the Lions were accompanied by a film crew, recording every detail of a

Wellington and the North Island of New Zealand

Travelogue released on July 22nd, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.