New Zealand Film
Welcome to the New Zealand Film archive. Most New Zealand films have been made by small independent film-makers, often on a low budget and sometimes with sponsorship from the private sector or the NZ Film Commission. Only recently have international film companies used the New Zealand film industry as a source of feature films. However, the independent tradition of filmmaking in New Zealand dates back to the end of the 19th century, when film was first shot in New Zealand. The first feature film made in Godzone was "Hinemoa". It premiered on August 1, 1914 at the Lyric Theatre, Auckland.
The documentary film Cinema of Unease, by Sam Neill, presents an accessible history of film in New Zealand.
Most films are able to be accessed below, however some Films have been seperated into sub-categories, ie "New Zealand Documentaries", "Short Films" and "Peter Jackson Directs". The mother-lode can be prospected below.
Right: An artists rendition of Geoff Murphy's "Goodbye Pork Pie".
Her Majesty (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Mark J Gordon
Starring: Sally Andrews, Vicky Haughton, Mark Clare, Liddy Holloway
1953 New Zealand. Elizabeth Wakefield (Sally Andrews) is a 13 year old with a dream. She wants the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth to visit her Waikato... Read more
Hibiscus & Ruthless (2018)
7.5/10
Director: Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
Starring: Suivai Autagavaia, Anna-Maree Thomas, Lafitaga Mafaufau, Yvonne Maea-Brown, Thie...
"No Going Out and No Boyfriends" - Hibiscus' obedience towards her Mum's rules is put to the test in her final year of University. As guys start to im... Read more
Hibiscus & Ruthless (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.5/10
Director: Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
Starring: Thierry Lhermitte, Suivai Autagavaia, Anna-Maree Thomas, Lafitaga Mafaufau, Yvon...
"No Going Out and No Boyfriends" - Hibiscus' obedience towards her Mum's rules is put to the test in her final year of University. As guys start to im... Read more
Hidden (2005)
4.2/10
Director: Tim McLachlan
Starring: Luke Alexander, Kiel McNaughton, Hayley Halliday, Gavin Rutherford, Kerry Wakia
Shot in the Waitakere Ranges in winter of 2001, this digital kiwi chiller witnesses a group of camp counsellors playing a kind of hide and seek in the... Read more
Hip Hop-eration (2014)
7.2/10
Director: Bryn Evans
These senior citizens may each be almost a century young, but for Kara (94), Maynie (95) and Terri (93) the journey to Las Vegas and the World Hip Hop... Read more
Home by Christmas (2010)
7/10
Director: Gaylene Preston
Starring: Tony Barry, Martin Henderson, Chelsie Preston Crayford
A film memoir based on filmmaker Gaylene Preston's interviews with her father about his World War II experiences, reconstructed with actor Tony Barry... Read more
Hone Tuwhare: No Other Lips (1996)
Director: Gaylene Preston
Starring: Hone Tuwhare
Early in 1995, Hone Tuwhare one of the country's best-known, best-loved and most colourful literary figures allowed a film crew to observe him at home... Read more
Hook, Line & Sinker (2011)
5.8/10
Director: Andrea Bossshard, Shane Loader
Starring: Carmel McGlone, Geraldine Brophy, Rangimoana Taylor
PJ (Rangimoana Taylor) has been driving trucks for 35 years. But one day after a medical test, he is told to get off the road. PJs worries over becom... Read more
Hope and Wire (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Gaylene Preston
Starring: Bernard Hill, Joel Tobeck, Stephen Lovatt, Miriama McDowell, Rachel House, Chels...
"Hope and Wire", a television drama inspired by true events, first-hand accounts and employing actual newsreel footage, is set in the aftermath of the... Read more
Hot Air: The Politics of Climate Change in New Zealand (2014)
9.1/10
Director: Alister Barry, Abi King-Jones
During the summer of 1988 temperatures soared across America causing widespread droughts. Huge forest fires raged in California. Climate change was no... Read more