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Iti Pounamu Sonny, My Older Brother & Ebony Society
Season 1 , Episode 3Po idolises his older brother, so when Sonny gets a hiding Po steps up to help. -
Iti Pounamu Sonny, My Older Brother & Ebony Society
Season 3 , Episode 3Tonight: Sonny my Older Brother and Ebony Society by Tammy Davis. -
Iti Pounamu Day Trip
Season 3 , Episode 4Day Trip: Directed by Zoe McIntosh. A gang member wakes up one morning and decides he needs a day off. A short voyage between Islands changes his outlook on life. -
Iti Pounamu Friday Tigers
Season 3 , Episode 5Tonight: Friday Tigers by Aidee Walker. An unexpected friendship shows Ana that she can merge her not-so-perfect reality with her make-believe world. -
Iti Pounamu Nine of Hearts
Season 3 , Episode 1Nine of Hearts by Briar Grace-Smith is about a Pakeha mother dealing with her Maori teenage daughter. -
Iti Pounamu The Lawnmower Men of Kapu
Season 3 , Episode 2The Lawnmower Men of Kapu by Libby Hakaraia: Atawhai attempts to get his uncles to help with the upkeep of their local marae. Unfortunately this proves to be an impossible task... -
Iti Pounamu I'm Going to Mum's
Season 3 , Episode 6Tonight: I'm Going to Mum's. Jacob is eight-years-old and his parents dress him funny. Stuck in the middle of a fresh divorce, he takes drastic fashion action to make hims -
Iti Pounamu Butterfly
Season 3 , Episode 7In Renae Maihi's Butterfly, a new mother must talk to the new baby still in her puku, reconciling through waiata her former teenage life of angst and tough choices. -
Iti Pounamu Lambs
Season 3 , Episode 8Lambs: Jimmy, a big-hearted 14-year-old is facing a difficult decision to stay in his abusive home to protect his younger siblings, or leave to start a new life of his own. -
Iti Pounamu The French Door
Season 2 , Episode 15Tonight: The French Door with Steve Ayson. -
Iti Pounamu The Freezer
Season 2 , Episode 14Tonight: The Freezer with guests Paolo Rotondo and Rob Mokaraka. -
Iti Pounamu The Knock & Careful with that Axe
Season 2 , Episode 17Tonight: Careful with that Axe, and The Knock with guest Miles Murphy. -
Iti Pounamu The Trophy
Season 2 , Episode 13Tonight: The Trophy with Justine Simei-Barton. -
Iti Pounamu Bus Stop
Season 2 , Episode 3Tonight: Bus Stop by Chris Graham, director of Sione’s Wedding. -
Iti Pounamu Boy
Season 2 , Episode 4Tonight: Boy, by Welby Ings. -
Iti Pounamu The Graffiti of Mr Tupaia
Season 2 , Episode 12Tonight: The Graffiti of Mr Tupaia with Chris Dudman. -
Iti Pounamu Still Life
Season 2 , Episode 2Tonight: ‘Still Life’, by Sima Urale. -
Iti Pounamu Letters About the Weather
Season 2 , Episode 11Tonight: Letters About the Weather with Sara Wiseman. -
Iti Pounamu The King Boys
Season 2 , Episode 10Tonight: The King Boys with filmmaker Christopher Clark. -
Iti Pounamu A New Way Home
Season 2 , Episode 9Tonight: A New Way Home with filmmaker Michael Duignan. -
Iti Pounamu Taua
Season 2 , Episode 1Tonight: Taua with Filmmaker (and co-host) Tearepa Kahi. -
Iti Pounamu Signing Off
Season 2 , Episode 6Tonight: Signing Off, by Rob Sarkies. -
Iti Pounamu The Singing Trophy
Season 2 , Episode 5Tonight: The Singing Trophy, by Grant Lahood. -
Iti Pounamu Delores
Season 2 , Episode 7Tonight: Delores, by Adam Stevens. -
Iti Pounamu Flicker & Rubble
Season 3 , Episode 26Flicker & Rubble. Two of the best from The 48-Hour Film Festival. -
Iti Pounamu Milk and Honey
Season 3 , Episode 27The Land of Milk and Honey. A new immigrant to New Zealand experiences the dark side of the 1970s. -
Iti Pounamu Tatau
Season 3 , Episode 28Tonight; Tatau. Elderly Samoan man Siaki is struggling to come to terms with losing his sight and the unfinished business of his youth. -
Iti Pounamu Ahi Kā
Season 3 , Episode 29Tonight: Ahi Ka by Richard curtis. Left alone with just her spiritual guides, a young girl upholds the prestige of the tribe in order to protect the land for generations to come. Due to her brave deeds she is immortalized forever. [Final] -
Iti Pounamu The Dump
Season 3 , Episode 13Tonight: Told over the space of a day and through the eyes of 11-year-old Utah, The Dump is a comedy/drama about a boy and the gradual bond he develops with his estranged dad Orlando, the sole employee at a tiny rubbish dump in rural New Zealand. -
Iti Pounamu Redemption
Season 3 , Episode 14Based on a story by Taranaki writer Phil Kawana, Redemption is the dark story of two Maori kids Zig and Jaffa. The boys have discovered a way to take the violence and pain in their lives and transform it into pleasure, healing and ultimately love. -
Iti Pounamu Footsteps & Snow in Paradise
Season 3 , Episode 22Footsteps by Lennie Hill: a father’s sacrifice, a young boy’s promise. The colours and hues of a Pacific Island shine through in this fable of fatherly love. Snow in Paradise from Nikki Si'ulepa: a snapshot of life on a remote, picturesque island in the South Pacific through the eyes of a young Polynesian girl. In one moment her world will change forever. -
Iti Pounamu Ross and Beth
Season 3 , Episode 15Award winning short film by Hamish Bennett, Ross and Beth is the story of a humble farming couple, a sudden upheaval and an unlikely saviour. -
Iti Pounamu Wide-Eyed
Season 3 , Episode 23Wide-Eyed. Far from the city life Jade is used to and ignored by her man-infatuated mother, she struggles to make sense of her isolated setting in her new rural home. -
Iti Pounamu Nga Taumaru - The Shadows
Season 3 , Episode 24Nga Taumaru - The Shadows, by Mike Jonathan. A story based on true events, shows a young Maori man, Tommy, a paranoid schizophrenic, retelling his life story to a video camera. -
Iti Pounamu Whakatiki
Season 3 , Episode 25Whakatiki. A day at the river unexpectedly awakens the spirit of a woman held captive by years of broken promises. -
Iti Pounamu Baby Steps
Season 3 , Episode 16Baby Steps features Tiki Taane as Joe, a tough guy who's trying to come to grips with fatherhood. In the process, he must make some decisions about his own life and where he's headed. -
Iti Pounamu Maul & Abiogenesis
Season 3 , Episode 17Tonight features Maul, a short horror from Wellington filmmaker Colin Hodson and the international award winning film, Abiogenesis from filmmaker Richard Mans. -
Iti Pounamu In the Rubbish Tin & Over the Moon
Season 3 , Episode 18In the Rubbish Tin by Riwia Brown is a powerful animated short about an abandoned girl and her imaginary world. Over the Moon by James Cunningham is a witty and imaginative take on the 'battle of the sexes'. -
Iti Pounamu Koro's Medal
Season 3 , Episode 19Koro's Medal. Billy drops his grandfather’s precious war medal through a crack in their apartment floorboard into the bookshop below. Two thugs come across it while stealing rare books and Billy is forced to take matters into his own hands. -
Iti Pounamu Pūmanawa - The Gift
Season 3 , Episode 20Pumanawa - The Gift. Learning that her daughter is serious about a Christian boyfriend, a mother fears it will threaten a spiritual gift both women have inherited. -
Iti Pounamu Night Shift
Season 3 , Episode 21Night Shift. Salote, an airport cleaner starts another long night shift. She keeps her head down, does her job and gleans her survival from what others leave behind. -
Iti Pounamu Kerosene Creek
Season 2 , Episode 19Tonight: Kerosene Creek with Michael Bennett. -
Iti Pounamu Cargo
Season 2 , Episode 27Tonight: Cargo with Leo Woodhead. -
Iti Pounamu Water
Season 2 , Episode 25Tonight: Water with Chris Graham. -
Iti Pounamu This is Her
Season 2 , Episode 24Tonight: This Is Her with Katie Wolfe. -
Iti Pounamu Coffee & Allah
Season 2 , Episode 21Tonight: Coffee & Allah with Shuchi Kothari, writer. -
Iti Pounamu The Road Out of Town & The Platform
Season 2 , Episode 18Tonight: The Road Out of Town by Adam Luxton and Jeremy Dumble and The Platform by Robin Walters. -
Iti Pounamu Run
Season 2 , Episode 29Tonight: Run by Louis Sutherland & Mark Albiston. -
Iti Pounamu Rock
Season 2 , Episode 33Tonight: ‘Rock’ with Brian Challis. Grieving the death of his father, a young boy withdraws into a fantasy world where his only friend is a pet rock. -
Iti Pounamu Two Cars, One Night
Season 2 , Episode 35Tonight: A review of the series, an industry discussion about the next batch of shorts, and Taika Waititi on his award winning short film Two Cars, One Night. [Series final]
