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Convert, TheConvert, The (2024)
Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Guy Pearce, Jacqueline McKenzie, Te Kohe Tuhaka
A British lay preacher finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes in this vivid colonialist epic from dir. Lee Tamahori.
Ka Whawhai TonuKa Whawhai Tonu (Struggle Without End) (2024) Recommended
Dir. Mike Jonathan
Feat. Paku Fernandez, Hinerangi Harawira-Nicholas, Temuera Morrison
A deeply felt and impressively rendered action–drama centred on two rangitahi caught in a crucial conflict between Maori and colonial soldiers…
Mountain, TheMountain, The (2024)
Dir. Rachel House
Feat. Elizabeth Atkinson, Reuben Francis, Terence Daniel
A young girl, raised outside of her Maori culture, is determined to fulfil her mission of connecting with her mountain in the hope they can heal her…
TinaTina (2024) Recommended
Dir. Miki Magasiva
Feat. Anapela Polataivao, Nicole Whippy, Beulah Koale
Anapela Polataivao is superb in this local smash–hit tearjerker set in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake. She plays Mareta, a sassy but…
We Were DangerousWe Were Dangerous (2024) Aro Favourite
Dir. Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
Feat. Erana James, Nathalie Morris, Manaia Hall
A striking Kiwi fable about three teenage girls who plot to escape an oppressive school for delinquents on an isolated island in the 1950s, it's the…
Bad BehaviourBad Behaviour (2023)
Dir. Alice Englert
Feat. Jennifer Connelly, Alice Englert, Ben Whishaw
Jennifer Connelly gives a committed performance as a former child actor who seeks enlightenment at a retreat in Oregon while navigating a…
UproarUproar (2023) Recommended
Dir. Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett
Feat. Julian Dennison, Rhys Darby, Minnie Driver
Set in Dunedin in 1981, a rugby–obsessed country is divided over the arrival of the South African Springboks team, sparking nationwide…
WhinaWhina (2022) Recommended
Dir. James Napier Robertson, Paula Jones
Feat. Miriama McDowell, Rena Owen, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne
A biopic of the trailblazing female Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion innovation,…
CousinsCousins (2021) Recommended
Dir. Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace-Smith
Feat. Tanea Heke, Ana Scotney, Te Raukura Gray
Powerful Kiwi drama from the directors of WARU, following the intertwining lives of three Maori women who are cousins. While one of them is…
Justice of Bunny King, TheJustice of Bunny King, The (2021) Recommended
Dir. Gaysorn Thavat
Feat. Essie Davis, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Amelie Baynes
A single mother takes on the bureaucracy of NZ social services in this hard hitting drama, an impressive feature debut of director Gaysorn…

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