John O'Shea

8.0 MovieWhen a suicidal prostitute confesses to a priest her plans to end her life on her birthday, he searches for her to intervene.

Into Temptation

2009

6.8 MovieSet in and around the fictional town of Kapua in 1948, Ngāti is the story of a Māori community. The film comprises three narrative threads: a boy, Ropata, is dying of...

Ngāti

1987

7.2 MovieA teenage boy, Nick, has difficulty coping with the death of a friend. When Nick's grandmother also dies, his grandfather, thinking that the boy will not be able to...

Among the Cinders

1984

6.5 MovieTom Sullivan, a young Pakeha journalist researching a series of exploitative, tabloid articles on "the" Maori people becomes a casual labourer on a Mahia Peninsular...

Broken Barrier

1952

6.0 MovieWalter Burton's realistic photographs depicting poor treatment of Maori prisoners are rejected by late 19th century government officials. Walter is condemned to...

Pictures

1981

8.5 MovieJohn Middleton Murry visits France to finalize the publication of a collection of his late wife, Katherine Mansfield's, letters and journals. The publisher's...

Leave All Fair

1985

8.0 MovieConversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring their inner worlds, their...

Ashes

1975

9.0 MovieActor Martyn Sanderson returns in 1977 to the Hokianga of his youth and visits his elderly and romantic aunt, Olive Bracey. Her reminiscences of pioneer life mesh...

Autumn Fires

1977

10.0 Movie“The big ALL FUN show for the whole family to enjoy!” was the tagline for this musical comedy classic. Sir Howard Morrison (as himself) and Rotorua are the stars in...

Don't Let It Get You

1966

10.0 MovieA nightmare chase across the scenic splendor of a wild continent. David Manning, a young accountant, is unable to live within his income. He spends his spare time in...

Runaway

1964

6.0 MovieMade on a wind-up Bolex camera, The Sound of Seeing announced the arrival of 21-year-old filmmaker Tony Williams. Based around a painter and a composer wandering the...

The Sound of Seeing

1963

9.0 MovieThe traditional materials and methods used in Māori weaving. Rangimarie Hetet and her daughter, Rangituatahi Te Kanawa, of Ngāti Maniapoto, talk to Tilly Reedy and...

My Art of Maori Weaving

MovieIn a Maori settlement, Ngati Toa leader Te Rauparaha composes the famous chant "Ka Mate", also known as the haka, after evading enemy capture by hiding in a kumara pit.

Ka Mate! Ka Mate!

1987

MovieDocumentary about sailing legend Geoff Stagg and his yacht Whispers.

The Hum

1974

MovieCannes is the town in France where Bergman meets bikinis, and the art of filmmaking meets the art of the deal. In 1975, a group of expat Kiwis managed to score...

Lost in the Garden of the World

1975