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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... |
The Dead Lands
[ Transmission / DVD - released 16/Apr/2015 ] After his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, Hongi - a Maori chieftan's teenage son - must avenge his father's murder in order to bring peace and honor to the souls of his loved ones. Vastly outnumbered by the band of villains, Hongi's... |
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (30th Anniversary Edition / Digitally Remastered)
[ Roadshow / DVD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] Footrot Flats is the archetypal farming community that everyone knows exists somewhere. In the cartoon strips - and now in the animated feature film - the day-to-day events of Footrot Flats are chronicled by an extremely intelligent dog with a... |
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... |
Home by Christmas
[ Gaylene Preston DVD / DVD - released 6/Oct/2010 ] Home by Christmas sees Gaylene Preston returning to the hidden stories of ordinary New Zealanders. Inspired by attempts to get her father Ed to reveal his WWII experiences, this finely-balanced docu-drama moves between three strands: Preston's father... |
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... |
In The Zone
[ Vendetta Films DVD / DVD - released 13/Mar/2019 ] At a time when the world has never seemed more divided, In The Zone is a story about a man who, despite all the obstacles, is trying to bring people together. And it's working. Terrance Wallace has already enabled over a hundred minority teenagers in... |
Kea: Mountain Parrot (Wild South)
[ TVNZ DVD / DVD - released 13/Jun/2012 ] They are mischievous characters: clever thieves, hard-hearted killers, kidnappers... and hilariously funny. Are they characters from the latest Hollywood blockbuster or from our own back yard? Meet the Kea - New Zealand's mountain parrot - a... |
Love Story
[ Rialto Distribution Ltd DVD / DVD - released 9/May/2013 ] M:Contains sexual themes. A beautiful stranger on the Coney Island train becomes both lead actress and real life object of desire in this choose your own adventure documentary about writing a fictional love story on the streets of New York... |
Mt. Zion
[ NZ On Air / DVD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] Turei's family are hard-working potato farm workers in rural New Zealand. A talented musician, Turei dreams of his band being the support act for Bob Marley's 1979 tour. But it's a dream that challenges the traditions and values of his upbringing and... |
Outrageous Fortune - Series Three
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2008 ] The Wests are a one-family crime wave with a proud tradition of fraud & petty theft - until now. When patriarch Wolfgang West is sentenced to four years in jail, his wife Cheryl decides enough is enough; the family are cleaning up their act and going... |
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... |
South (Presented by Marcus Lush)
[ TVNZ / DVD - released 19/Nov/2009 ] 'South' is a very personal offering from broadcaster Marcus Lush, and in this spectacular, top rating series, he delivers personal perspectives on the grit, charm and heart that makes up the fabric of South. Marcus explores Southland & Otago - its... |
Spookers
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 25/Oct/2017 ] As night falls at Spookers, dozens of seemingly ordinary people become freaks, zombies and chainsaw-wielding clowns. Every weekend come rain, hail or shine, this diverse group of amateur performers unite to terrify punters at the southern... |
Three Wise Cousins
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 24/Nov/2016 ] Ask your cousins, they know everything... Adam (Neil Amituanai) discovers that Mary (Gloria Blake) only wants to go out with a 'real island guy'. Keen to impress Mary, Adam heads to Samoa to find his cousins Mose (Vito Vito) and Tavita (Fesuiai... |
Westside - Series One
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / DVD - released 8/Jul/2015 ] Westside is a sweeping historical tale of crime and passion set in 1970s New Zealand. From Rachel Lang and James Griffin, the award-winning creators of Outrageous Fortune, Westside will take the West family's large and loyal fan-base on a journey... |
Westside - Series Two
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 2 DVD - released 18/Aug/2016 ] The second series of WESTSIDE moves the action to 1981 with another West returning home after a stint in prison - this time it's Rita (Antonia Prebble). Things have moved on in her absence, her son, Wolf (Reef Ireland), has become a man with a plan... |
