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HD 8.8

The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

A behind the scenes documentary from the making of the "Fellowship of the Ring"

NR

8.8

2002 Documentary 84 min Play

HD 5.9

Abandoned

In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.

PG-13

5.9

2015 Adventure 86 min Play

HD 0

Twilight: Breaking Down

The Auckland Law Revue is a comedy stage show, with the 2023 edition based on the hit movie Twilight! Will Bella be able to pass first year law or not?

Ice

It is 2020. The destructive effects of global warming cause unimaginable devastation and panic worldwide. The human race finds itself contemplating the dawn of a new ice age.

NR Channel 4

10

2011 Drama 90 min Play

HD TV 7

Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud

Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud is a six-part New Zealand television mini-series. The series originally aired from 17 August 2011 to 21 September 2011. It was the first Underbelly series to be created outside of Australia, and depicts events prior to and concurrent with Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.

NR Three

7

2011 Drama 40 min Play

HD 0

Never Look Away

New Zealand–born groundbreaking CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth risks it all to show the reality of war from inside the conflict, staring down danger and confronting those who perpetuate it.

NR

0

2024 Documentary 85 min Play

HD 0

The Moon Is Upside Down

Loren Taylor's directorial debut, “The Moon is Upside Down”, is an uproarious and cleverly dark-humoured rollercoaster. Against the backdrop of New Zealand's stunning countryside and gritty urban suburbs, three characters grapple with an insatiable yearning for connection.

NR

0

2024 Comedy 100 min Play

HD 0

A Mistake

In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons’ performance, a gifted surgeon’s life is thrown into disarray as her colleagues begin to close ranks, and even her partner who is a nurse at the hospital turns her back on her.

NR

0

2024 Drama 141 min Play

HD 0

The Mountain

Sam, a fearless young girl raised outside of her Māori culture, is determined to fulfil her mission of reconnecting with her tupuna, Taranaki Maunga. She hopes the ancestral mountain can heal her from the cancer she battles. Along the way Sam meets some misfits and new kids in town – Mallory, hoping to find friends, any kind of friends - and Bronco a self-proclaimed runaway from his dad who is too busy to notice him. As they make their way through the difficult “off the beaten track” route, ...

NR

0

2024 Adventure 89 min Play

HD 0

We Were Dangerous

Nellie, Daisy and Lou attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island in 1954. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship but this is challenged when the school's matron divides them.

NR

0

2024 Drama 82 min Play

HD 0

Diary of a Head Injury

A bleed on the brain and concussion inspire a crash victim to confront the heartbreak, trauma and confusion of losing connection with the only person they ever really knew.

NR

0

2024 Animation 7 min Play

HD 0

The Legend of Johnny Jones

Born in the New Jersey public housing, the young Johnny Jones (Robert Crayton) in his life has known only abuse and poverty. Pushed over the edge, Johnny Jones suffers a mental breakdown and ignites a killing spree never seen in history, leaving a trail of death and carnage everywhere he goes. While the tensions and the murders only get worse, the city calls Detective Cutchin (Tom Sizemore) to solve the case and bring Johnny Jones to justice.

NR

0

2024 Action 91 min Play

HD 0

Struggle Without End

Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864.

NR

0

2024 Action 115 min Play

HD 0

Head South

Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, 1979. During a fortnight with his world-weary father, Angus is drawn to the underground post-punk music scene. With the support of his friend Kirsten, Angus navigates self doubt, derision and a family tragedy to take the stage for the first time.

NR

0

2024 Drama 98 min Play

HD TV 7

Escaping Utopia

Uncover New Zealand’s most extreme religious cult, Gloriavale, and the true stories of people attempting to break free, including current and former members that have never gone on record before. Made with support from NZ on Air. WARNING: Deals with the issue of sexual abuse.

Testify

A charismatic young pastor clashes with his father’s powerful evangelical church. He forms an unlikely alliance with a queer podcaster, and they uncover a conspiracy of historic sexual abuse.

Miles from Nowhere

A young Kiwi-Muslim songwriter named Said is having a crisis. His fiancee left him, his career's non-existent, and his mum worries he's losing touch with his faith. Said risks it all when he befriends an SIS agent.

Spinal Destination

Tessa Rivers' busy life is turned upside down when a mysterious illness leaves her paralysed from the waist down. Tessa is sent to Goldfield's Spinal Unit, where she becomes determined to walk again - by any means necessary.

Friends Like Her

A surrogacy deal goes wrong when pregnant Nicole changes her mind about giving best friend Tessa the baby she is carrying for her. The ensuing emotional rift splits the small New Zealand town of Kaikōura - already physically torn apart from a recent earthquake.

Dark City: The Cleaner

By day, Joe is a cleaner at the police station. But by night, he has another line of work - he's a serial killer who's been dubbed The Christchurch Carver. When another woman is murdered, the police suspect The Carver, but Joe knows it wasn't him.

The Brokenwood Mysteries

In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.

TV-14 TVNZ 1

7.4

2014 Crime 90 min Play

HD TV 6.7

The Tribe

The Tribe is a New Zealand/British post-apocalyptic fictional TV series primarily aimed at teenagers. It is set in a near-future in which all adults have been wiped out by a deadly virus, leaving the children of the world to fend for themselves. The show's focus is on an unnamed city inhabited by tribes of children and teenagers. It was primarily filmed in and around Wellington, New Zealand. The series was created by Raymond Thompson and Harry Duffin and was developed and produced by the ...

NR Channel 5

6.7

1999 Drama 25 min Play

HD 7.4

District 9

Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

R

7.4

2009 Science Fiction 112 min Play

HD 6.2

Mortal Engines

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

PG-13

6.2

2018 Adventure 129 min Play