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    Motherhood Anthology (HD) (2023) AMAH

    Season 1 , Episode 2
    Torn between ambition and parenthood, a career-driven mother enlists an Artificially Maternal Android Helper to raise her son in accordance with traditional Malaysian-Chinese values. When the nanny judges the woman to be an unfit mother, she must fight for her family and her sanity. Amah is a story about a career-driven Malaysian Chinese mother who employs the help of an AI nanny to raise her son with traditional Chinese values. [September 2022] A cautionary thriller. Torn between ambition and parenthood, a career driven mother enlists an Artificially Intelligent nanny to raise her son in accordance with traditional Chinese values. Made with the support of NZ On Air and TVNZ. Classification: M-VL
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    Motherhood Anthology (HD) (2023) Give Me Babies

    Season 1 , Episode 3
    GIVE ME BABIES follows the wild ride of a young MMA fighter battling in an illicit underground match for cash to flee New Zealand, all to dodge her mother's relentless baby demands. Give Me Babies follows an Indian-Chinese MMA fighter as she tries to escape mounting pressure from her family to start a family. [Irirangi Te Motu / New Zealand On Air, September 2022] Classification: M-V
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    Motherhood Anthology (HD) (2023) Ahi & The Stars

    Season 1 , Episode 4
    A Māori boy from the Coast seeks answers to his Mum's disappearance after their move to Auckland ends in a mysterious tragedy. With the coming of Matariki and Hine-nui-te-Pō, all will be revealed.
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    Motherhood Anthology (HD) (2023) Mother Hood

    Season 1 , Episode 5
    In the day leading up to an epic Vogue Ball, the newly crowned Mother of a Vogue House must rely on the wisdom of her birth mother in order to get her wayward adopted children ready for their runway debut. Mother Hood follows fa’afafine Māori and Pasifika characters as they prepare for and present at a Vogue Ball, an event where teams of people from the LGBTQIA+ community compete in fashion and performance categories in front of a live audience. [Te Māngai Pāho / Māori Broadcasting Funding Agency, Monday 21 November 2022] Classification: M-L
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    Motherhood Anthology (HD) (2023) Rule of Mum

    Season 1 , Episode 1
    Collection of stories: When a loveable man-child is brutally dumped, he decides it’s time to take charge of his own life, but he must first overcome the biggest obstacle standing in his way: his Māmā. And that's a wrap! Keep an eye out for Rule of Mum, coming soon to your screens on TVNZ. Featuring some stalwarts of Aotearoa film and television, as well as some talented new comers, Rule of Mum was written and directed by Scotty Cotter. It's a romantic comedy that follows the story of mummy's boy Tāne on his quest for independence, as he attempts to set some boundaries with his well-meaning, but overbearing mother Nuku. [Hi Mama! Productions]