A pair of banded dotterels attempt to defy the odds to raise their chicks on a surprisingly hostile New Zealand beach, as their self-appointed guardian; Ailsa watches on.
A rural community’s way of life is threatened by the development of a barge facility that promises more jobs and higher pay, but will destroy the seashore in the process.
After a survey exposes the extent of sexual harm at her former high school, a filmmaker returns to amplify the student’s call for change and ask a pivotal question: Why is consent education still not compulsory in Aotearoa?
A young Māori boy joins his rugged dad on his night shift recycling truck job, his dad spends the journey trying to impress upon him the importance of not losing his reo.
An out of wedlock pregnancy forces eighteen-year-old Mary to take things into her own hands at great personal risk, altering the course of more than one life.
Through a family connection our documentary crew were granted special access into the Christchurch branch of the top-secret Social Cyberspace Agency on the condition that it would not be released for two years… It has now been two years.
A short documentary highlighting an environmental catastrophe persisting in Aotearoa’s backyard – the expansion of oil and natural gas operations in Taranaki.
In the midst of her first period, a quiet resilient young girl must choose between a surprise for her beloved little brother or buying pads for herself.
Steven shows the beauty and struggle of growing bonsai trees as he reflects on his family’s journey and teaches the next generation of bonsai artists in Aotearoa.
A New Zealand-born Samoan professional rugby player reflects on what truly shaped him to be the man and father he is today while living on the other side of the world with his young family.
When a seven-year-old new migrant is ostracised at school for his homeland-style lunches, he chooses to eat alone – and starts to resent his mother’s cooking.
A collective of Pasifika cultural guardians reactivate ancient Tu’i Tonga kava ceremony for contemporary use in Aotearoa in a way that honours tangata whenua.
Our aunties, mothers, grandmothers - our tinā. The women around us: they raise us, they nurture us, they teach us, they care for us and care for each other.
A story following the journey of Jerome Kavanagh, a young Maori practitioner of taonga puoro (traditional instruments used in sacred, ritual and healing ceremonies) as he revives ancient ancestral practices in our contemporary world.