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Annabel Langbein - The Free Range Cook
[ FME / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Against the breathtaking backdrop of the southern mountains of New Zealand, and surrounded by abundant fresh produce, artisan foods and world-class wines, Annabel Langbein (The Free Range Cook) reveals the pleasures of her free range cooking... |
The Brokenwood Mysteries - Season 9
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 3 DVD - released 2/Nov/2023 ] Brokenwood: Population 4900 and declining - slowly - one by one, or two by two depending on the murder rate that week. Yes - murders do happen here. They're strange, disturbing and always baffling. They come when you least expect them. They happen to... |
The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 8/Aug/2019 ] Martin Phillipps came tantalizingly close to conquering the international musical world with his band The Chills, but instead fell into decades of debt and addiction in his hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand. At 54, he's been given a dire medical... |
The Dark Horse
[ Sony Pictures DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2014 ] Genesis Potini is a wildly charismatic, bi-polar suffering former chess champion, at a crossroads in his life. Gen is released from a psych ward and given a last chance at life in society. With nowhere else to go, he moves into his... |
Hunt For The Wilderpeople (Blu-Ray)
[ Madman Entertainment Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Sep/2016 ] Two rebels. One million hectares of untamed wilderness. The hunt is on. Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his grumpy foster uncle (Sam Neill) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt... |
Outrageous Fortune - Series Six
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2010 ] The Wests are a one-family crime wave with a proud tradition in thievery, larceny and petty crime. Or at least they used to be. At the beginning of Series One, family matriarch Cheryl West decided enough was enough - the family must clean up their... |
Poppy
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2022 ] Poppy's ambition is to become a motor mechanic starting with the apprenticeship promised by her late father is stalled by her super protective brother who has reluctantly inherited the family workshop/garage business. And it's not until she teams up... |
Whale Rider
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / DVD - released 25/Sep/2008 ] One girl dared to confront the past, change the present, and determine the future... In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation for more than 1000 years, a male heir born to the... |
Whetū Mārama: Bright Star
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 17/Nov/2022 ] For Māori, the canoe underpins our culture. We once built waka/canoes from giant trees and sailed the vast Pacific by the stars. These arts were lost to us for 600 years. Then the stars re-aligned and three men from far flung islands revived our... |
The World's Fastest Indian
[ ICON DVD / DVD - released 11/Nov/2009 ] Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Munro, a man who never let the dreams of youth fade. Set in the late 1960's, after a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian Motorcycle, Burt sets of from the bottom of the world, Invercargill, New Zealand, to clock... |
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Butterfly Lovers: A Music and Dance Film Takako Nishizaki (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd / Dou Dou / Ding Yue Hong (dancers) [ Marco Polo / DVD - released 9/Feb/2006 ] Butterfly Lovers is a music and dance film by director Marikki Hakola. A synthesis of the ever-popular Chinese violin concerto 'Butterfly Lovers' and choreography inspired by Chinese martial arts and modern dance, the film is an imaginative... |
The Laughing Samoans
The Laughing Samoans: Choka-Block [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Choka-Block features all of The Laughing Samoans popular characters - Tala & Fai, Sam & Tony, Jonathan & Bryan, Paul & Victor and more. Choka-Block includes Room Eleven Boys, Extreme Sports, Chief Concern, Doing Homework, Buying A Car, Leaver's Ball,... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Crack Me Off [ Double Productions / DVD - released 3/Dec/2008 ] Comedy sensations, The Laughing Samoans (aka Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i) have come a long way since their debut gig at the Fringe Festival in Wellington in 2003. In addition to commanding such major NZ venues as The Aotea Centre and The... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Fink About It [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 11/Dec/2015 ] The Laughing Samoans take their Island Time antics to the Hamer Hall Arts Centre in Melbourne, on 14 August 2015. Featuring all of your favourite characters incl. Aunty Tala, Uncle Sam, Paul and Victor, the father and son and the Samoan married to... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Fobulous [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 6/Dec/2013 ] A fresh fabulous show! Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'I are the Laughing Samoans. This is their tenth DVD, and finds them once again in fine funny form. Fobulous was recorded at the Arts Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland in September 2013, and reprises... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Fresh Off Da Blane [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 19/Dec/2014 ] This DVD was recorded at the Gold Coast Arts Centre, Queensland on 3rd October 2014. Extras feature fresh TV and the WOWS Kids Fiji Walkathon. Scene 1: Island TV News Report Scene 2: Sunday School Scene 3: Hardware Store Scene 4: Don't Forget... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Funny Chokers [ Laughing Samoans / DVD - released 7/Dec/2012 ] Funny Chokers is another great DVD release from the Pacific's favourite comedy duo, The Laughing Samoans (Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepuleai). From the producers of such hits as A Small Samoan Wedding, Off Work, Prettyfull Woman and Choka... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Greatest Hits [ The Laughing Samoans / DVD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] In Feb 2003 Eteuati Ete & Tofiga Fepulea'I performed as individuals on the same comedy bill titled 'Laughing With Samoans' at the New Zealand Fringe Festival in Wellington. Combining forces a year later 'The Laughing Samoans' was born and... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Island Time! [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 28/Nov/2016 ] The latest in the hilarious best-selling series of DVDs from the Laughing Samoans is a live show recorded at the ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland in July of this year. Also included is a feature on the Laughing Samoans from Fresh TV. |
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The Laughing Samoans: Off Work [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 5/Dec/2007 ] The Laughing Samoans first hit the stage at the 2003 NZ Fringe Festival and performed to a few hundred people. Today The Laughing Samoans play to audiences in sizes up to 5000 and tour as far afield as the USA, Australia and the Pacific Islands. Last... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Old School [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 22/Dec/2005 ] Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i have grown up together as members of the Wellington EFKS (Samoan Congregational Christian) church where Ete's father was and is still the minister and Tofiga's father now a lay preacher. However it wasn't until Ete... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Prettyfull Woman [ Double E Productions / DVD - released 19/May/2010 ] NZ's most successful and funniest comedy duo are back with the DVD of their hit show Prettyfull Woman. All of the Laughing Samoans characters, such as Sam and Tony, Paul and Victor and Jonathan and Bryan, are back. Including the flamboyant and... |
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The Laughing Samoans: Small Samoan Wedding (NTSC) [ Double Productions / DVD - released 22/Dec/2005 ] Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i have grown up together as members of the Wellington EFKS (Samoan Congregational Christian) church where Ete's father was and is still the minister and Tofiga's father now a lay preacher. However it wasn't until Ete... |
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The Laughing Samoans: The Best of Laughing With Samoans (NTSC) [ Double Productions / DVD - released 22/Dec/2005 ] WHO THEY ARE :- Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i have grown up together as members of the Wellington EFKS (Samoan Congregational Christian) church where Ete's father was and is still the minister and Tofiga's father now a lay preacher. However it... |
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The Laughing Samoans: The Best of Laughing With Samoans (PAL) [ Double Productions / DVD - released 22/Dec/2005 ] WHO THEY ARE :- Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i have grown up together as members of the Wellington EFKS (Samoan Congregational Christian) church where Ete's father was and is still the minister and Tofiga's father now a lay preacher. However it... |
Alien Addiction
[ Vendetta Films / DVD - released 29/Sep/2020 ] Alien Addiction follows Riko (Jimi Jackson) who lives in a small town in the middle of nowhere (Waikato, New Zealand). Life was pretty normal until two aliens crash landed near Riko's house. He welcomes the aliens and together they develop an... |
Anger Within: Jonah Lomu, The Outstanding Story Of A Rugby Legend
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 13/Mar/2014 ] Rugy's most famous player reveals all. Jonah Lomu is without a doubt the most famous rugby player of all time. His outstanding physique, his power, his speed, and determination helped revolutionise the game around the world. With the testimonies of... |
Baby Done
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2021 ] When Zoe (Rose Matafeo) and Tim (Matthew Lewis) find out they are having a baby, they resolve to not let parenthood change them. Tim runs towards being a dad, while Zoe runs away from being a mum. Terrified that her life won't be her own anymore, Zoe... |
Bad Behaviour
[ DVD - released 11/Apr/2024 ] Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a wellness retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt-performer daughter, Dylan. |
Born to Dance
[ Vendetta Films / DVD - released 6/Apr/2016 ] Tu Kaea (champion hip hop dancer Tia-Taharoa Maipi) has the chance to audition for K-Crew, the best hip hop crew in the country, but he has to go behind the backs of his home crew and his best friend Benjy (Stan Walker). Things get even more... |
Boy
[ Universal Pictures DVD / DVD - released 3/Sep/2010 ] It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king - even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). |
The Breaker Upperers
[ Madman / DVD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] Fifteen years ago, Mel (Madeleine Sami) and Jen (Jackie van Beek) discovered they were being two-timed by the same man. Bitter and cynical they became fast friends and formed The Breaker Upperers, a small-time business breaking up couples for cash.... |
Broken
[ Sony Pictures / DVD - released 27/Jun/2018 ] Logan, an ex-gang leader, has left the gang life to raise his daughter Tori. But when Tori is murdered by an opposing gang in town, Logan must choose forgiveness or revenge. CAST: Joshua Calles Ruby Grubb Wayne Hapi |
The Brokenwood Mysteries - Season 2
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Nov/2015 ] Brokenwood: Population 5000 and declining - slowly - one by one or, two by two depending on the murder rate that week. In Brokenwood, an early morning mist will often give way to a glorious day. As far as towns go it's bucolic, pastoral yet... |
Celia
[ Madman / DVD - released 8/Aug/2019 ] Celia Lashlie was a fearless, impassioned and charismatic advocate for the at-risk and vulnerable. In this documentary, she lays it all out in an honest and heartfelt way that inspires us all to make a difference in our own lives and to the... |
Chronesthesia
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2017 ] When emotionally isolated barista Dan Duncombe starts receiving strange messages on the inside of his bedroom window, he is forced to become involved with the lives of the people around him … and by changing their lives, he changes his... |
The Convert
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 22/Aug/2024 ] New Zealand in the 1830s is a Māori world, dominated by tribal wars. Seeking redemption from a dark past, lay preacher Thomas Munro (GUY PEARCE) is on board a trading vessel heading to the newly established town of Epworth, a British settlement in... |
Dan Carter - A Perfect 10
[ Rialto / DVD - released 20/Nov/2019 ] He's the country boy that became an international rugby superstar. A world record point scorer, World Cup hero and, according to many, the greatest fly-half to ever grace the game. Dan Carter also had a popularity that transcended the sport. With... |
Gloriavale
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 17/Nov/2022 ] GLORIAVALE is an observational documentary examining the widespread abuse inside the infamous Gloriavale Christian Community cult and the institutional failures that have allowed it to continue. Exploring the secretive community through never before... |
Grand Designs New Zealand - Series 2
[ Fremantle / 2 DVD - released 9/May/2018 ] New Zealand is renowned the world over for its dramatic landscapes - and it is just as famous for its ground-breaking domestic architecture. Now home-grown Architect Chris Moller travels to all corners of the country to bring you a fresh series of... |
