Taungaroa Emile

Whangara kabilesinin enteresan bir inanışı vardır. Yeni Zelanda’nın Doğu yakasında konuşlanan Whangara kabilesi, soylarının binlerce yıl önce o topraklara bir balinanın sırtında geldiğine dair güçlü bir inanca sahiptir. Bu atalarının adı Paikea'dır. Bu inanışa göre kabilenin geleneklerinde işleyen töre şu şekildedir: Kabileye şef olarak seçilen kişiler ailenin ilk doğan erkek çocukları olmak zorundadır ve bu kabilede yaşayan 11 yaşındaki "kız çocuğu" Pai'nin ise gözü şefliktedir. Pai'nin bilge Büyükbabası Koro, kabilenin müstakbel başkanını tayin edecek olan mercidir. Lider olmak isteyen küçük kız Pai, bu uğurda ne gerekirse yapmaya kararlıdır. Dünyada her şeyden çok sevdiği büyükbabasına karşı gelecek bile olsa... Yeni Zelanda’nın kültürüne dair çok içten, samimi bir hikaye anlatan Whale Rider, küçük oyuncusu Keisha Castle-Hughes’a da 'en iyi kadın oyuncu' dalında Oscar adaylığı getirmişti.

"Bir Zamanlar Savaşçıydılar," bir kadının ailesini bir arada tutmak için geleneklerine dönüşünü anlatıyor. Beth, beş çocuğu ve kocasıyla Yeni Zelanda'da bir gecekonduda yaşayan Maori kökenli, fakir bir kadındır. 18 Yıl önce Maori ailesinin evlenmesini istemediği kocası iyice içkiye bulaşmış, Beth'e kötü davranan, O'nu döven bir adamdır. Beş çocuklarından biri bir çeteye katılmış, diğeri ise bir sosyal yardım kurumu tarafından götürülmüştür. Beth tüm sorunlarına rağmen aileyi bir arada tutmaya çabalarken tek yardımcısı hayatla ilgili umutlarına dört elle sarılan kızı Grace'dir. Yazar olmak isteyen Grace'in başına gelenler ailenin kaderini değiştirir ve Beth'in, geleneklerinde yatan gücü keşfetmeye zorlar...

When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor. However, with time as hardships are blamed upon Tama (as he is named), he is finally outcast to live with the poorest people on the island, Mahana and her drunken father. Mahana is considered homely and undesirable, but Tama feels differently, so when he is old enough to build a craft to sail away, he vows to return for her one day. A lucky stroke brings him to land upon the island of the legendary Johnny Lingo, the wealthiest trader in the islands, and after years of service to him, Tama has learned much about life and himself as he dreams of honoring his pledge to Mahana.

Five years have passed and Jake has turned his back on his family. He's still up to his usual tricks in McClutchy's Bar, unaware, as he downs his latest opponent, that his eldest son, Nig, has died in a gang fight. The uncomfortable family reunion at Nig's funeral sparks a confrontation with second son, Sonny, and sets Jake and Sonny on a downward spiral.

A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties — they don't even fight anymore...

At an academy for mythological warriors, 17-year-old Hercules meets Jason, the next in line to rule Corinth. When Jason discovers that his father is ill, Hercules decides to seek out the Golden Fleece that could cure him. But limitations to his powers, as well as his half-brother Ares, stand in his way.

Billy (Cliff Curtis) is trying to organize the biggest celebration the town of Waimatua has even seen - the 75th Jubilee of their school. In doing this, feckless Billy is trying to redeem himself in the eyes of his family, especially his frustrated wife Pauline (Theresa Healey). However trouble arrives with the return of a local former All Blacks Captain, an old flame of Pauline's.

Martin Clunes stars as a straight-laced museum curator who finds himself travelling to New Zealand to settle a dispute with a Maori community about an ancient carving - with unexpected consequences.

In Rain of the Children, Ward further explores the subject of his earlier film, In Spring One Plants Alone when, as a young film student he travelled to the Ureweras and documented the lives of an elderly Māori woman (Puhi) and her schizophrenic son (Niki).

Aftershock follows four groups of people in the minutes, hours and days after Wellington is struck by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Buried office workers must pull together. Strangers, caught by the tsunami on a ruined motorway, put themselves in danger to save others. A mother must reunite her family. And, at the centre of the rescue operation, a controller is bunkered down at Wellington’s Emergency Management Office.

When a Japanese pilot crash-lands on the tiny remote Hawaiian island of Ni'ihau, he is met with courtesy and traditional Hawaiian hospitality from the locals - until they discover he was part of the recent attack on Pearl Harbor. Soon the community is split between those of Japanese ancestry who support the pilot and those of Hawaiian ancestry who oppose them.

After a period of separation, Sarah visits her research scientist mother on a remote New Zealand island. Before long Sarah becomes inextricably involved in events involving both Maori legend and an Albatross.

Ariana is in trouble with the law. Aided by a sympathetic social worker the young Māori woman defends herself against assault charges after a police raid on her home.

This impressive doco disperses the fog of shame and sensationalism to shed light on the tragedy that made international headlines in 2007 when a young Wainuiomata woman died during a mākutu lifting.

The story of famous New Zealand cricketer, Bob Blair and his fiance Nerissa Love, whose young life was shattered by the 1953 Tangiwai Disaster.

After the death of his uncle, a young man remembers back to a game his uncle taught him.

Six Māori Battalion soldiers camped in Italian ruins wait for night to fall. In the silence, the bros-in-arms distract themselves with jokes. A tohu (sign) brings them back to reality, and they gather to say a karakia before returning to the fray. Director Taika Waititi describes the soldiers as young men with "a special bond, strengthened by their character, their culture and each other.

One summer’s day, Jayde and Wiremu tag along with their older siblings on a trip to a local swimming hole; young passions ignite by the Rotorua hot pool. Later, tragedy occurs and Jayde faces lost innocence and the ritual of tangi while bearing a secret.

Short-film about a Māori boy who has a secret desire to be a drag queen and his inability to talk to his father.

Xena, köyü basılıp kardeşi katledildikten sonra, intikam hissiyle dolar ve kendisi de köylere saldıran bir savaşçıya dönüşür. Sezar ile tanışmak, hayatının en önemli olaylarından biridir. Sezar, Xena'yı çarmıha gerer ve ölüme terk eder. Ama onu bir kurtaran olacaktır. Xena, bu olaydan sonra kötülüğün pençesine iyice hapsolur. Ve Çin'e kadar giden birçok yerde birçok kötülük yapar. Ares, O'na Savaşçı Prenses unvanını verecektir. Ta ki Herkül ile karşılaşana kadar... Kötülükle yaşayan Xena, yolunu değiştirmeye çalışacak ve insanlara iyilik yapabilmek için mücadele edecektir. Bu yolda en büyük destekçisi ise, yol arkadaşı Gabriel olacaktır.

Bu yarı mitolojik kostümlü dizide, Zeus’un başka bir kadından oğlu olan ve Hera’nın bu sebeple nefret ettiği Herkül çalışmalarını ve Argonotların yolculuğunu tamamladıktan sonra bir Olimposlu olarak yaşamıyor, ölümsüzlüğü reddediyor ve dünyadaki kötülüklerle savaşmaya devam ediyor. Yunanistan’da ve dışında Iolaus ve bazen de tehlikeli Salmoneus ile dolaşıyor. Yolda karşısında sürekli zorluklar çıkıyor. Bu zorlukların çoğunu Hera yaratmış olsa da, Herkül her zaman zafer kazanıp çaresiz ölümlülere yardım edip yeni maceralara doğru yoluna devam ediyor

Hawaii’nin dört krallığı savaşla bölünmüştür. Varoluşsal bir tehlike, kıyılarına yaklaşırken güçlü savaşçı Kaʻiana halkını birleştirmek amacıyla devasa bir göreve girişir.

KIA ORA MO TE RETA is a comedy panel “man show” that talks about interesting man stuff like chicks, balls, and jokes. Nothing is off limits in this show. We will cover a whole lot of topics which guys aren’t allowed to talk about around their girlfriends and wives. Hosted by Te Arahi Maipi and Tammy Davis.