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Episodes and Stories 261
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Utu (2003)
In a colonial New Zealand torn apart by the Land Wars, a Māori warrior and a colonial settler set out to seek revenge for the massacre of their families. -
Ikwe (1986)
A Canadian period drama about an Ojibwa woman who is sold by her tribe to a fur trader in exchange for guns. -
We of the Never Never (1982)
In 1902, Jeannie Gunn (Angela Punch McGregor) and her new husband Aeneas (Arthur Dignam) arrive in the Northern Territory to take over management of Elsey Station, a huge cattle and horse property. She battles isolation, disease and white stockmen who believe Elsey is no place for a woman. She befriends the local Aboriginal women, but is mystified by their culture. Her affection for the place and the people is tested by frequent tragedy. -
1900 = Novecento - Part One (1976)
Two boys are born in Parma, Italy on the day of composer Giuseppe Verdi's death in 1901. Alfredo Berlinghieri is the son of a wealthy landowner and Olmo Dalco is the son of a poverty-stricken peasant who becomes a communist and labor organizer. Though the boys are childhood friends, they increasingly come into conflict as adults as Alfredo panders to the increasingly powerful fascists while Olmo fights relentlessly against Mussolini's followers. [Part one of two] -
Stone of Destiny (2008)
Retells the fascinating and audacious true story of Ian Hamilton, a dedicated nationalist who reignited Scottish national pride in the 1950s. -
A Royal Affair = En kongelig affære (2012)
A young queen secretly falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever. -
1988 Reith Lectures - Religion and the Atheist State Religion and the Atheist State
Episode 5'The Party is looking to the churches as a source of social solidarity which by itself it is poorly equipped to inspire. The Orthodox Church, which has long regarded sobornost - the spirit of community - as its distinctive strength, ought to be ideally fitted to supply this deficiency. The trouble is that the Church has been seriously, perhaps fatally, weakened by the Party's own past treatment?' -
Legacy Settlers
Episode 1A seven-part documentary series about the settling of New Zealand. The series looks at the ethnic and national backgrounds of different groups of New Zealanders, examining where they came from and why they came, and what they expected to find and how they have contributed to out history and to our contemporary life. Presented by Michael Noonan, it is a story of men and women who shared a dream that New Zealand would give them a better life, men and women with the courage to put that dream to the test. -
Legacy Aliens
Episode 2A seven-part documentary series about the settling of New Zealand. The series looks at the ethnic and national backgrounds of different groups of New Zealanders, examining where they came from and why they came, and what they expected to find and how they have contributed to out history and to our contemporary life. Presented by Michael Noonan, it is a story of men and women who shared a dream that New Zealand would give them a better life, men and women with the courage to put that dream to the test. -
Legacy Celts
Episode 3A seven-part documentary series about the settling of New Zealand. The series looks at the ethnic and national backgrounds of different groups of New Zealanders, examining where they came from and why they came, and what they expected to find and how they have contributed to out history and to our contemporary life. Presented by Michael Noonan, it is a story of men and women who shared a dream that New Zealand would give them a better life, men and women with the courage to put that dream to the test. -
Legacy Foreigners
Episode 4A seven-part documentary series about the settling of New Zealand. The series looks at the ethnic and national backgrounds of different groups of New Zealanders, examining where they came from and why they came, and what they expected to find and how they have contributed to out history and to our contemporary life. Presented by Michael Noonan, it is a story of men and women who shared a dream that New Zealand would give them a better life, men and women with the courage to put that dream to the test. -
Legacy The Pacific
Episode 6A seven-part documentary series about the settling of New Zealand. The series looks at the ethnic and national backgrounds of different groups of New Zealanders, examining where they came from and why they came, and what they expected to find and how they have contributed to out history and to our contemporary life. Presented by Michael Noonan, it is a story of men and women who shared a dream that New Zealand would give them a better life, men and women with the courage to put that dream to the test. -
Legacy People of the Land
Episode 7A seven-part documentary series about the settling of New Zealand. The series looks at the ethnic and national backgrounds of different groups of New Zealanders, examining where they came from and why they came, and what they expected to find and how they have contributed to out history and to our contemporary life. Presented by Michael Noonan, it is a story of men and women who shared a dream that New Zealand would give them a better life, men and women with the courage to put that dream to the test. -
Deadline Gallipoli
Season 1 , Episode 2Three journalists land with the British and Allied troops at Gallipoli in 1915 but are forbidden to report on the catastrophe unfolding before them. Determined, they expose the truth and help change the course of the disastrous campaign. -
The Bicycle Thief = Ladri di biciclette (1948)
Story of an unemployed man and his son in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters, work requiring a bicycle to get around. The bicycle is stolen; panic stricken at being unable to recover his bicycle and at the prospect of losing his job, the father is compelled to steal a bicycle, only to be caught and humiliated in front of his son. -
Belle (2013)
Inspired by a true story, the mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th century England. -
Deadline Gallipoli
Season 1 , Episode 1Three journalists land with the British and Allied troops at Gallipoli in 1915 but are forbidden to report on the catastrophe unfolding before them. Determined, they expose the truth and help change the course of the disastrous campaign. -
Foreign Fields
In the middle of "No Man's Land", soldiers bring a wounded man home. Competed in the short film contest Tropfest NZ in 2015. -
Gallipoli If Only...
Episode 6The aftermath of the failed breakout is felt and General Hamilton requests more troops while many of his officers dissent. Bartlett sends a letter to the British Prime Minister via the Australian reporter Murdoch. -
Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value (1986)
Film on the Elgin Marbles. In 1802 Lord Elgin, the then British Ambassador in Constantinople, removed the majority of the sculptures from the Parthenon temple in Athens, and shipped them from Athens to England. Since then there has been controversy about their rightful home. This film is shot on location and uses existing letters to show Elgin's thoughts at the time and tries to explain Elgin's real motives which were not that he was saving the sculptures from pollution nor the Turks, but for himself. -
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Set in 1980s Nottingham, following social worker Margaret Humphreys, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times; the mass deportation of children from the UK to Australia. -
Joyeux Noel (2005)
With the advent of WWI, Europe is thrown into chaos as men are forced to kill or be killed. Against all odds, soldiers from opposing sides bond during the Christmas truce of December 1914. -
Vanity Fair (2004)
Becky Sharp is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. (Adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel 'Vanity Fair'.) -
Yojimbo = The Bodyguard (1961)
In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness. -
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Anne Boleyn is a doe-eyed vixen who is ordered by her power-hungry uncle to bewitch King Henry VIII. Her shy sister Mary has always been in Anne's shadow. Anne is prettier, more accomplished, and desired by many men. So when the King picks Mary as his mistress, Anne turns on her sister and schemes to become not only the King's consort, but his new queen. Though the Boleyn girls' mother points out that her 'daughters are being traded like cattle for the advancement of men, ' it is Anne who ultimately throws her slight weight around to bully Henry into doing her bidding. -
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon = Wo hu cang long (= 臥虎藏龍) (2000)
Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocratic woman prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face-to-face with their worst enemy, and the enduring power of love. -
Elizabeth (1998)
Queen Elizabeth I must learn to weigh her counsel carefully and ignore her private yearnings if she is to keep her crown--and her head. A thriller of intrigue in the court of one of history's greatest monarchs. -
Jane Eyre (2011)
Jane Eyre, who grew up as an orphan, takes a job as a governess at a wealthy estate. She begins to soften her employer's mood, but finds out he is keeping a terrible secret. -
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by familial betrayal and Spain's invading army. She and her shrewd advisors must act to safeguard the lives of her people. When the dashing seafarer Walter Raleigh captures her heart, Elizabeth is forced to make her most tragic sacrifice for the good of her country. A tale of one woman's crusade to control her love, destroy her enemies, and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world. -
Utu Redux (1984)
In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile. -
The Age of Innocence (1993)
In New York City in the 1870s, a rigid social code governs how people talk, walk, meet, part, dine, earn their livings, fall in love, and marry. Not a word of the code is written down anywhere, but these people have been studying it since they were born. In this elegant milieu, marriages, like treaties between nations, exist to provide for the orderly transmission of wealth; scions of old and rich families understand that their personal desires have no place in the design. One such is Newland Archer, engaged to marry pretty young May Welland. When he becomes entranced with May's cousin Ellen, the notorious Countess Olenska, every member of that class mobilizes to prevent Archer from doing anything that threatens their needs. -
The Lives of Others = Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
East Berlin, 1984. Capt. Gerd Wiesler, Stasi officer and surveillance specialist has a simple assignment: keep an eye on Georg Dreyman, a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland. Though Dreyman is known to associate with blacklisted director Albert Jerska, a known dissident, Dreyman's record is spotless. Wiesler discovers that Minister Hempf has an ulterior motive in spying on this seemingly upright citizen. During the investigation, Wiesler unexpectedly finds himself in sympathy with the people - or at least to this one particular person. -
The Winslow Boy (1999)
A family faces a media frenzy over a legal battle to maintain their sons' honour. Based on the 1946 stage play of the same name by Terence Rattigan. -
The Conspirator (2010)
Mary Surratt, the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln, is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life. -
Hero = Ying xiong (2002)
With supernatural skill and no fear a nameless soldier (Jet Li) embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people. Now, to achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat. -
Kairakau Behind the Scenes
Season 1 , Episode 9This week we take a look at what happened behind the scenes of Kairākau Series 1. We talk about and reveal the mahi involved and our obligation in bringing the stories of our ancestors back to life. -
Lebanon (2009)
June 1982, Lebanon: a lone tank and a platoon of Israeli soldiers are dispatched to search a hostile town that has already been bombarded by the Israel Air Force. It should be a quick and easy job, but their simple mission soon spirals out of control into a nightmarish deathtrap. -
Wakolda = The German Doctor (2013)
The true story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time. -
Kairakau
Season 1 , Episode 6Tonight the story of young warrior Takurua of Ngāti Taka - Te Piri Rakau. -
Schindler's List (1993)
A heart-wrenching tale of tragedy and hope. A businessman in the middle of WWII starts a factory in Germany with Jewish workers, and attempts to protect them. -
Kairakau
Season 1 , Episode 8Tonight part two of Te-o-Tane 's journey. -
Kairakau
Season 1 , Episode 7Tonight follows Ngāti Kahungunu warrior Te-o-Tane, as he overcomes betrayal. -
Kairakau
Season 1 , Episode 1The KAIRĀKAU series is a creative depiction of the lives of tupuna who lived on the land we call Aotearoa. Elements of historic events and oral traditions have been drawn upon and re-sequenced to create each episode. The aim of this series is to keep the stories and traditions of our past alive. Ancient Heroes of yesteryear re-discovered, re-examined and re-imagined. -
Kairakau
Season 1 , Episode 2The KAIRĀKAU series is a creative depiction of the lives of tupuna who lived on the land we call Aotearoa. Elements of historic events and oral traditions have been drawn upon and re-sequenced to create each episode. The aim of this series is to keep the stories and traditions of our past alive. Ancient Heroes of yesteryear re-discovered, re-examined and re-imagined. -
Kairakau
Season 1 , Episode 3The KAIRĀKAU series is a creative depiction of the lives of tupuna who lived on the land we call Aotearoa. Elements of historic events and oral traditions have been drawn upon and re-sequenced to create each episode. The aim of this series is to keep the stories and traditions of our past alive. Ancient Heroes of yesteryear re-discovered, re-examined and re-imagined. -
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2011)
An indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive, intent on seizing their natural resources and enslaving them. -
All Quiet On The Western Front (1979)
This war drama chronicles the experiences of an idealistic young German soldier who is sent to the front lines in the latter stages of WW1. -
Greenstone
Episode 1Greenstone is the tale of a beautiful, missionary-educated Māori woman (Simone Kessell) whose romantic life is subject to the shifting loyalties of her father, Chief Te Manahau (George Henare). -
Greenstone
Episode 2A New Zealand drama series about a woman caught in a love triangle in the mid-1800s in New Zealand. -
Greenstone
Episode 3A New Zealand drama series about a woman caught in a love triangle in the mid-1800s in New Zealand.
