Alla periferia di Auckland una madre maori di cinque figli lotta per tenere unita la famiglia contro il marito ubriacone e violento e due figli adolescenti invischiati nella logica delle bande giovanili.
Due donne gestiscono un'impresa facendo affari rompendo i legami di coppia, ma quando inizieranno a sviluppare una coscienza sarà la loro amicizia a sgretolarsi.
Dopo essere stato abbandonato da Beth, stanca delle continue violenze, Jack si è dimenticato della famiglia. Si è trovato una nuova donna, continua a vivere di espedienti e a scatenare risse nel bar. E' proprio al McClutchy's che viene raggiunto dalla notizia della morte del figlio maggiore, Nig, ucciso in uno scontro fra bande. Al funerale l'inevitabile riunione di famiglia risveglia antichi e mai sopiti rancori e Jack si scontra violentemente con il secondogenito Sonny. Da questo momento si aprono le porte dell'inferno e fra violenza, depressione, rabbia e vendetta Jake e i suoi familiari cercano una disperata via di scampo...
Ex campione maori di scacchi, Genesis Poltini è alla ricerca di una vita che rifletta la verità del gioco che adora. Convivendo con un disturbo bipolare, Genesis deve superare pregiudizi e violenza per salvare il suo club di scacchi in difficoltà, la sua famiglia e anche se stesso.
Quando il matrimonio diventa evento e analisi sociale. Ambientato nella comunità samoana di Auckland, il film attraversa le vicissitudini di un gruppo di trentenni dediti a scorribande, ragazze da una notte e via dicendo. Ancora terribilmente e irrimediabilmente afflitti dalla sindrome di Peter Pan i quattro, Michael, Albert, Stanley e Sefa si ritrovano un giorno obbligati ad abbandonare le loro giovanilistiche avventure e quanto meno tentare la strada dell'età adulta. Sione infatti, il fratello minore di Michael, si sposa secondo la tradizione samoana e amici e fratello potranno presentarsi solo, per quanto comanda la tradizione e il volere di Sione, se si saranno trovati delle relazioni stabili e durature.
Dopo la morte della loro mamma, i gemelli Rachel e Theo si trasferiscono in casa degli zii ad Auckland, in prossimità di un lago vulcanico. Incuriositi dalla spettrale abitazione dei vicini, scoprono che si tratta di malvagie creature che, spostandosi attraverso i vulcani inattivi, minacciano di distruggere il pianeta, privando ogni cosa della vita. L'unico modo per fermarli è quello di padroneggiare il fuoco eannientarli e, grazie alle rivelazioni del misterioso barbone Jones, i gemelli scoprono di essere i depositari di un potere che non conoscevano e che possono gestire attraverso la telepatia.
The lives and loves of the residents of Ferndale.
After her husband is incarcerated, matriarch Cheryl decides that her career criminal family should go straight and abide by the law.
The story of legendary safe cracker and career criminal Ted West and his firecracker of a wife, Rita. Combining real events and the rich folklore of the West family and associates, this is rollicking history, and a tempestuous romance, set at a time of great social upheaval.
Three illegitimate children discover they each have a claim to the fortune of one of NZ's wealthiest men, John Truebridge. With so much money on the line, John's legitimate family will do anything to stop these new, unexpected heirs!
bro'Town is a New Zealand Television animated series. The show used a comedy based format, targeted at a young adult audience. The series is set amongst New Zealand's fast growing Pacific Islander community, and focuses on a central cast of five young boys. bro'Town is heavy with popular culture references, and is based on the performance of the local four-man group The Naked Samoans. Vale, Valea, Jeff da Māori, Sione and Mack live in the suburb of Morningside, and attend the local college, St Sylvester’s, where their principal is a Fa’afafine and the P.E. teacher is the legendary ex-All Black rugby player Michael Jones.
City Life was a New Zealand soap opera that screened on TVNZ from 1996-1998. It was portrayed the lives and loves of ten singles who lived in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland, New Zealand. The show was touted as New Zealand's answer to Melrose Place. The show starred Claudia Black, Lisa Chappell, Laurie Foell and Oliver Driver and featured a guest appearance by well known New Zealand actor, Kevin Smith. The show had a long development period, and the original treatment for the show had it set in Wellington with the working title 96 Oriental Parade. However, it was decided to produce the show in Auckland instead, and as such, the shows setting was changed along with the name to City Life. The first episode began with a controversial first scene, featuring a drunken Damon who owned the apartment building, in a homosexual kiss with his former lover Ryan on the night before his wedding. Damon was later killed off in the same episode after being hit by a car on the way to his wedding, and he left his apartment building to all of his friends. However, Damon's fianceè vowed to fight for her share of Damon's estate, leading to a storyline that would span the show's first five episodes.
An exclusive look into the glamorous galas, scintillating scandals, and enormous egos of this group of luxury-loving ladies as they navigate the social scene of the city’s elite, all while juggling their husbands, boyfriends, careers and families.
The series is a spoof comedy that follows four hapless wannabes - a model, a stuntman, a dwarf entertainer and a stand-up comedian who are all chasing fame in Auckland's ridiculously small entertainment industry. Starring a number of local talents including Millen Baird (The Millen Baird Show), Jennifer Ward-Lealand (Xena: Warrior Princess), Natalie Medlock (Shortland Street) and Glen Levy, the stuntman described by National Geographic as "the 20th deadliest man on the planet". Auckland Daze takes the interactive experience that made Reservoir Hill a success to the next level. Screening on TVNZ Ondemand, which has over three hundred thousand unique viewers per month, Auckland Daze will also be embedded into Facebook where viewers will be able to watch, "like" and share the episodes with their friends without having to leave their Facebook profile. After the episode, the audience will be prompted to say what they think.
A four-part miniseries about Air New Zealand Flight 901, which crashed in Antarctica in 1979.
Karl returns to New Zealand for a 7 week road trip around both the North and South Island in this 2 part documentary series.
