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- CreatorClaire TonkinRick MaierStarsLucy LawlessEbony VagulansRawiri JobeMy Life is Murder follows the adventures of fearless private investigator Alexa Crowe, who solves the most baffling crimes as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life.
- StarsBen BoyceJono PryorInfamous comedy duo Jono and Ben are on the hunt for Aotearoa's most unique sports.
- CreatorSteven S. DeKnightStarsAndy WhitfieldLucy LawlessManu BennettThe life of Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the Romans. From his time as an ally of the Romans, to his betrayal and becoming a gladiator, to the rebellion he leads and its ultimate outcome.
- During World War I, Percy Toplis, a deserter from the British Army, plays a major role in the Étaples Mutiny in September 1917.
- StarsJeremy WellsPaul WilliamsAngella DravidJeremy Wells acts as Taskmaster in this New Zealand edition of Taskmaster (2015), with Paul Williams acting as his assistant.
- DirectorAidee WalkerStarsAnna HutchisonJosh McKenzieJen Van EppsMadison has the chance to pursue her love of event management when her two best friends announce their engagement. Finding a pre-planned wedding package on a remote island vineyard in New Zealand, Madison teams up with David, the handsome vineyard owner, to re-imagine the event for her friends. Working closely together, they soon discover a potential pairing of their own.
- 201859m7.5 (10)TV EpisodeDirectorBen HardingStarsJames FoxTe Aturangi Nepia-ClampCharlotte GibsonArt historian Dr. James Fox traces the momentous impact of the West's contact with New Zealand in this episode. The Maori people arrived about 8 thousand years ago. In the 2nd half of the 18 th century James Cook and his crew travelled there.
- StarsGriff Rhys JonesThe British comedian and travel enthusiast journeys off the beaten track from the top of New Zealand's North Island to the bottom of the South Island, all the while avoiding the well-trodden path of State Highway 1.
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsBruno LawrenceAlison RoutledgePete SmithA scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsTony BarryKelly JohnsonClaire ObermanDumped by his girlfriend, a man joins a reckless youth in a stolen yellow mini and they drive the length of New Zealand, attracting cops and media attention, determined to get to Invercargill.
- DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsBruno LawrenceAnna Maria MonticelliGreer Robson-KirkAfter the break-up of his marriage, a racing driver sets out to get back his daughter - at any cost.
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsAnzac WallaceBruno LawrenceTim ElliottIn 1870, a Maori warrior working with the British finds his village massacred, and vows revenge.
- StarsJay Laga'aiaMarcus GrahamMark OliveLost for Words follows eight brave Australians on a life-changing opportunity to transform their lives by taking part in an intensive nine-week long adult literacy program. Hosted and narrated by literacy advocate Jay Laga'aia, it is an empowering and uplifting observational documentary that confronts Australia's staggeringly low adult literacy rate.
- DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsChris AmonJim AndertonMario AndrettiThe story of Bruce McLaren, the New Zealander who founded the McLaren Motor Racing team. A man who showed the world that a man of humble beginnings could take on the elite of motor racing and win.
- DirectorGaylene PrestonStarsHelen ClarkTravels alongside former New Zealand PM Helen Clark as she campaigns for UN Secretary-General and staying in daily contact with her 94-year-old father back home. A behind-the-scenes human view of the inner workings of global power.
- CreatorJames BobinJemaine ClementBret McKenzieStarsJemaine ClementBret McKenzieRhys DarbyBret and Jemaine are Flight of the Conchords, a folk-rock band from New Zealand living in New York City in search of stardom.
- DirectorToa FraserStarsJames RollestonLawrence MakoareTe Kohe TuhakaAfter his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, the teenage son of a slain Maori chieftain looks to avenge his father's murder and bring peace and honor to the souls of his loved ones.
- CreatorKeith KnightMarshall ToddStarsLamorne MorrisBlake AndersonT. MurphKeef is an African-American cartoonist on the verge of mainstream success when an unexpected incident changes his life.
- StarsKate ElliottIdo DrentTimmie CameronA detective's personal and professional life start to unravel when she is involved in a fatal car accident and begins to lose her memory.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsSam NeillJulian DennisonRima Te WiataA national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.
- StarsAntonia PrebbleDavid de LautourDaniel MusgroveTales of crime and passion in Auckland, New Zealand, spanning from 1974 through to 1984.
- CreatorJemaine ClementTaika WaititiStarsMike MinogueKaren O'LearyMaaka PohatuSergeant Maaka, and Officers Minogue and O'Leary, are members of the Wellington, New Zealand, police. Their job is to investigate paranormal phenomena.
- CreatorRachel LangJames GriffinStarsRobyn MalcolmAntony StarrSiobhan MarshallWhen career criminal Wolfgang West gets put away for four years, his wife Cheryl decides it's time for her family to go straight. But can the Wests change the habits of a lifetime?
- DirectorBrad McGannStarsMatthew MacfadyenMiranda OttoEmily BarclayA disillusioned war journalist's return home is blighted when he becomes implicated in the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl he has befriended.
- DirectorAinsley GardinerCasey KaaRenae MaihiStarsTanea HekeRoimata FoxNgapaki MoetaraA powerful, challenging story surrounding the tangi (funeral) of a small Waru boy who dies at the hands of his caregiver and how his death impacts the community.
- DirectorRobert SarkiesStarsKate ElliottMiranda HarcourtMichael WhalleyThe story of Jean Batten: New Zealand's greatest flier, heroine, celebrity - and mystery.
- StarsOscar KightleySam NeillHunter KamuhemuGritty and suspenseful, this award-winning drama probes the narcotics underworld of New Zealand's largest city and the toll it takes on those caught in its grip.
- StarsKenus BinuPax AssadiKalyani NagarajanPax is your typical 12-year-old from the early 2000s. His parents came to NZ in the late '80s as refugees and want him to get good grades, but all Pax wants to do is fit in. However, a major international incident changes that.
- DirectorMichelle SavillStarsAna ScotneyJillian NguyenChris AlosioAnxiety-ridden Millie is on her way from Wellington to New York for an internship at a prestigious architecture firm when a moment of panic causes her to miss her flight.
- CreatorJames HeywardStarsTimothy BalmeHow and why New Zealand became a storehouse for discontinued zoological species.
- DirectorIan MuneStarsTemuera MorrisonRena OwenClint ErueraJake Muss' oldest son is killed in a gang fight and the younger son wants revenge, but Jake doesn't want to lose his other son to violence as well.
- DirectorRobert SarkiesStarsWilla O'NeillNeill ReaAshleigh SeagarFive kiwi flatmates find something growing in their basement much to their delight, but when the rightful owner comes knocking and finds that they have appropriated the goods things start to go awry.
- DirectorAinsley GardinerBriar Grace SmithStarsRachel HouseChelsie Preston CrayfordCohen HollowayEntwines the very different lives of three Maori girls, cousins, through tumultuous decades, after one of them is taken from her family and raised in an orphanage.
- DirectorStallone Vaiaoga-IoasaStarsTofiga Fepulea'iVito VitoRonnie TaulafoTwo brothers; Alama and Popo, arrive for the first time in NZ as Seasonal Workers, making plenty of money to take back home to their family in Samoa. But things take a turn for the worst when Popo steals Alamas' money and runs away. Alama is determined not to return home empty handed, but the only relative that answers his call for help is Bob Titilo; an aspiring private investigator in his 40s. Alama begins to doubt his decision when Bob's unconventional methods take them on a wild goose chase. This New Action Comedy is brought to you by the Makers of hit Comedies; Three Wise Cousins and Hibiscus and Ruthless.
- DirectorRobert SarkiesStarsMatthew SunderlandStuart MathiesonNatalie EllisBased on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police.
- DirectorIan SharpStarsRay WinstoneNicholas McGoughGareth ReevesAn Afrikaner veteran of the Boer War has just immigrated to New Zealand and is hired to track a man accused of killing a soldier. While hunting through the countryside he captures his fugitive, only to learn that he's innocent of the crime. When faced with the life-changing decision to turn him in or set him free only, one man will walk away alive.
- DirectorMax MannixStarsTemuera MorrisonLasarus RatuereSumireInspired by true events, the story begins with Japanese rugby management dwelling on a humiliating anniversary, a 145-17 defeat by the New Zealand All Blacks in the 1995 World Cup. They question their decision to appoint Eddie Jones to coach their national team in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Jones plans to defy convention in order to put a stop to Japan being the laughing stock of world rugby.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsJames RollestonTe Aho Eketone-WhituTaika WaititiBoy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
- DirectorDanny MulheronStarsTemuera MorrisonKate ElliottHanna TevitaA dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Maori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals.
- DirectorJohn LaingStarsDominic PurcellPeter FeeneyOwen BlackIn 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
- CreatorSarah-Kate LynchStarsRachelle LefevreMatt WhelanMatt NableMaggie and Tom Cabbott move to the town of Pelorus to escape the oppressive influence of Tom's family. But when he disappears, unsettling facts about Tom soon come to light and the search brings long-buried wounds to the surface.
- DirectorJames Napier RobertsonStarsCliff CurtisJames RollestonKirk TorranceA brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
- CreatorRose MatafeoStarsRose MatafeoNikesh PatelEmma SidiA millennial in London is juggling two dead-end jobs and navigating the awkward morning-after-the-night-before when she discovers the complications of accidentally sleeping with a film star.
- DirectorRoger KumbleStarsChristina MilianAdam DemosJeffrey Bowyer-ChapmanWhen city girl Gabriela spontaneously enters a contest and wins a rustic New Zealand inn, she teams up with bighearted contractor Jake Taylor to fix and flip it.
- CreatorRoseanne LiangJJ FongPerlina LauStarsAlly XueJJ FongPerlina LauIn the not-too-distant future, a viral plague has swept the earth. In a matter of weeks, it eradicated 99% of men. The remaining 1% were sent to The Facility in New Zealand but didn't survive. Or did they?
- CreatorJames GriffinRachel LangStarsEmmett SkiltonTimothy BalmeDean O'GormanFour brothers living in New Zealand are modern reincarnations of Norse gods.
- DirectorSam KellyStarsJake RyanJohn TuiChelsie Preston CrayfordInspired by the true stories of New Zealand's street gangs across 30 years, SAVAGE follows Danny at three defining moments in his life as he grows from a boy into the violent enforcer of a gang.
- StarsEve HewsonEva GreenHimesh PatelAdventure mystery set in the midst of New Zealand's 1860's gold rush period. It has all the stuff that makes a good drama: murder, love and revenge, as men and women travel the world making their fortunes.
- CreatorPip HallPhilip SmithStarsDominic Ona-ArikiPhoebe McKellarJoel TobeckDuring a murder investigation at Queenstown's infamous One Lane Bridge, ambitious young Maori Detective, Ariki Davis, inadvertently reawakens a spiritual gift that endangers the case, his career and his life.
- DirectorHamish BennettStarsMarshall NapierAnnie WhittleKahukura RetimanaIn the wake of the loss of his beloved wife, a rural community rallies around a farmer to help him deal with his grief.
- DirectorNiki CaroStarsKeisha Castle-HughesRawiri ParateneVicky HaughtonA contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
- CreatorJane CampionGerard LeeStarsElisabeth MossDavid WenhamPeter MullanObsessed with the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant girl near a freezing lake in New Zealand, a brave detective will find herself up against small-town secrets and a side of herself that was meticulously kept at bay.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsJason ClarkeAng Phula SherpaThomas M. WrightOn May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsRena OwenTemuera MorrisonMamaengaroa Kerr-BellA family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsHolly HunterHarvey KeitelSam NeillIn the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.
- StarsAndrew ClarkePaul HoganJon BlakeThe lives of a dozen Australian soldiers who served in the ANZACs. Fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, then on the Western Front for the remainder of WWI, it's the story of the hardships, camaraderie and casualties of war.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
- StarsAugustino Nansen Ieremia-SeuluDuane Evans Jr.Levi Nansen Ieremia-SeuluThe coming of age story of five young Pasifika teenagers living in inner-city Auckland during the mid-1980s.
- DirectorRory KennedyStarsMark InmanHazel OsbornePouroto NgaropoPortrays human bravery and resilience after a tragic volcano disaster in New Zealand.
- DirectorJames Napier RobertsonPaula Whetu JonesStarsRena OwenVinnie BennettJames RollestonA biopic of the trailblazing Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion the rights of Maori, and fight for the land - all the while staying true to her heart and her beliefs.
- StarsScott CotterTane RolfeAria DeharFive young friends and flatmates grapple with what it means to be Maori in the 2020s.
- CreatorSimone NathanStarsSimone NathanPaul WilliamsAmanda BillingLulu is a young woman navigating big issues in this comedy set in Auckland, New Zealand, where more people identify as Jedi than Jewish.
- CreatorOliver PageStarsElz CarradAwhina-Rose AshbyAroha RawsonAfter skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn't heard from him since before Caz transitioned.
- DirectorBriar MarchAn island nation faces the reality of rising seas wiping them off the map.
- DirectorLeanne PooleyStarsJools ToppPaul HoranJean ToppFun, disarming and musically provocative, the Topp Twins are New Zealand's finest lesbian country and western singers and the country's greatest export since rack of lamb and the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.
- DirectorScott WalkerStarsLuciane BuchananMatt WhelanZara NausbaumAfter mysteriously inheriting an abandoned coastal property, Ben and his family accidentally unleash an ancient, long-dormant creature that terrorized the entire region-including his own ancestors-for generations.
- StarsLydia WilliamsSamantha KerrMary FowlerFollow the Matildas as they prepare for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on home soil alongside co-host New Zealand.
- DirectorDavid NashSimon Mark-BrownStarsMichael BrajkovichStephen BrowettElaine Chukan BrownFor over a century France has reigned supreme over the wine world. What if one country took on the aristocracy and were "beating the French at their own game". Watch and answer that one question. Has New Zealand earned a seat at the table?
- DirectorJeffrey W. ByrdStarsDeitrick HaddonLesley-Ann BrandtHarry LennixR and B superstar Andre Stephens is on top of the world. He has success, fame and fortune but spiritually he has lost his way.
- CreatorSpencer JonesStarsKatia KvingeIsabella InchbaldLuke KempnerSpoofing long-running New Zealand TV format "Neighbours At War", this deep-fake comedy uses visual technology to create comedy sketches with celebrity faces appearing in various scenarios.
- DirectorJonathan SalemiStarsSala BakerMike FergusonAddison BowmanA black market marijuana dealer tries to make one final score before getting squeezed out of the business when cannabis becomes legal.
- DirectorWelby IngsStarsTim RothJordan OosterhofConan HayesJim is preparing for his first professional fight but begins to rethink his life's trajectory and his sexuality after tangling with Whetu, a gay Maori boy who spends his days in an old shack down by the beach.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughLeft to fend for themselves until they find their footing, baby sea turtles, elephant seal pups, pumas and crabs bravely trek towards adolescence.
- CreatorChris ParkerAlice SneddenStarsMadeleine SamiAntonia PrebbleDominic Ona-ArikiYoung lesbian couple Nat and Steph are left dumbfounded when a 'disappointing' trip to the IVF clinic and a 'botched' home insemination job actually leaves both women pregnant.
- CreatorRon McLeanRoger MiramsBrian WrightStarsJack ThompsonPeter SumnerRedmond PhillipsAustralian Intelligence Officers during World War 2.
- DirectorSam PillsburyStarsGreer Robson-KirkPeter PhelpsBruce PhillipsIt is Depression era New Zealand and school-kid Kate is missing her father badly. The temptation to seek him out leads her into diverse and intense encounters with fate.
- DirectorPulkit AroraStarsPulkit AroraBharat BhushanJessie LawrenceWhen a 57-year widow moves to New Zealand from India, she's forced to confront her grief by completing an ordinary ritual in an extraordinary circumstance: quarantine.
- CreatorMichael BennettYvonne DonohoeAnna McPartlinStarsRichard FloodAcushla-Tara KupeCarolyn BrackenAn Irish detective teams up with a Kiwi cop to find an Irish couple who have vanished from a rural New Zealand town. The pair have to contend with a community's growing disquiet that the disappearances may be linked to a series of historical murders.
- StarsDavid FarrierChristian WolfJhon Jairo VelásquezFrom a nuclear lake to a haunted forest, New Zealand filmmaker and journalist David Farrier ('Tickled') visits unusual -- and often macabre -- tourism spots around the world.
- DirectorLivia SimokaStarsBen FogleBen travels to meet the Longs, who have forged a unique hunter-gatherer life in the New Zealand wilderness a two day trek from the nearest road.
- StarsBen FogleBen journeys to Great Barrier Island off New Zealand's North Island where he meets another Ben, a former academic who gave up his promising scientific career to live off-grid in a secluded 76-acre forest.
- DirectorSean McDonnellStarsBen FogleAfter a fateful day changed their lives forever, Amber and Amy packed their family onto a converted school bus touring the rugged coastlines and dramatic mountain ranges of New Zealand's North Island.
- DirectorKate FraserStarsBen FogleBen joins fellow Brit Lucy, husband Tim and their two daughters, a family who swapped their London home for a yurt on a woodland river on New Zealand's North Island.
- Revisiting the Longs family
- DirectorHerbert G. PontingStarsRobert Falcon ScottHerbert G. PontingHenry R. BowersIn 1910 the British Antarctic Expedition, led by Capt. Robert F. Scott, embarks from Lyttleton, NZ on a quest to become the first to reach the South Pole.
- DirectorShawn SeetStarsShuang HuYoson AnJon PrasidaA woman is told by a fortune teller that she will meet her soulmate on one of the next five dates she goes on.
- Investigates the dire state of many apartment complexes across New Zealand.
- With the help of Matt Gibb, Kiwi couples escape the rat race to look for their dream homes in regional New Zealand.
- StarsCohen HollowayChelsie Preston CrayfordDea DoglioneBased on the bestselling book series by Paul Cleave.
- CreatorMohamed HassanStarsArlo GreenRoxie MohebbiSami AfuniA young Muslim songwriter in New Zealand forms a risky friendship with the intelligence agent monitoring him, jeopardizing his community as he chases his dreams. Based on the real world experience of reporter Mohamed Hassan.
- DirectorPaul MiddleditchHamish BennettStarsMinnie DriverRhys DarbyJulian DennisonA 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.
- StarsBree PetersJohn LandrethThomas SainsburyTessa Rivers' busy life is turned upside down when a mysterious illness leaves her paralyzed from the waist down. Tessa is sent to Goldfield's Spinal Unit, where she becomes determined to walk again - by any means necessary.
- StarsNadia LimCarlos BagrieNadia Lim and husband Carlos Bagrie take on their biggest project yet - taming 1200 acres of rugged Central Otago farmland at Royalburn Station. Follow them on their dream of becoming one of the best farms in the South.
- Three scenic rail journeys cross New Zealand, through some of the world's most spectacular landscapes.
- StarsNic SampsonRose MatafeoJackie van BeekRose Matafeo leads a cast of New Zealand's finest comedy talent in this female-driven sketch comedy show.