Goodbye Pork Pie | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Goodbye Pork Pie was the first box-office hit of the new wave of films made in the late 1970s and...
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The Silent One | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
The Silent One is New Zealandʼs first feature directed by a female and it was the first film with...
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Vigil | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
A tax shelter during the 1980s encouraged private-sector investment in the film industry which...
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Mr Wrong | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Mr Wrong was Dame Gaylene Preston’s first feature film and it played with genre and stereotypes –...
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Drum/Sing | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Drum/Sing is a study of performance artist/musicians From Scratch.
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Footrot Flats | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Footrot Flats: The Dog's (Tail) Tale, is New Zealandʼs first and only animated feature, it was...
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Ngati | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Ngati was the first feature film conceived, directed, produced and acted by Māori.
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An Angel at My Table | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
In the 1990s, with the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers, the New Zealand film industry...
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Ruby and Rata | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Dame Gaylene Preston's usual playfulness with preconceptions and stereotypes is very much in...
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The End of the Golden Weather | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
The film The End of the Golden Weather is based on the play of the same name by renowned New...
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The Piano | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Dame Jane Campion [link to https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/set/item/523] made history with The Piano...
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Heavenly Creatures | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Following the success of Peter Jacksonʼs earlier films Bad Taste (1988) and Braindead (1992) he...
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Once Were Warriors | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Based on the Alan Duff novel, with a screenplay by Riwia Brown, Once Were Warriors became the...
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Uncomfortable Comfortable | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Uncomfortable Comfortable was shot, edited and exhibited by a group of friends in Wellington, on...
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Whale Rider | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
In 1999, the incoming Labour Government created a $22 million fund to enable experienced...
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He Tangata Whai Rawa o Weneti / The Māori Merchant of Venice | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Shakespeareʼs The Merchant of Venice was translated into Māori in 1945 by Dr Pei Te Hurinui Jones...
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Sione’s Wedding | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
“Sione’s Wedding is a very deliberate attempt to reflect contemporary urban Samoan life with its...
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The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls is a big story. This documentary is not just the story of two...
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Boy | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Boy initially came out to indifferent reviews, but eventually went on to become a box-office hit,...
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The Orator | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
The Orator was made by the Wellington director Tusi Tamasese and was the first-ever Samoan...
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