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L'Âme des guerriers
7.4

L'Âme des guerriers

Sep 02, 1994
Beth et Jake Heke vivent avec leurs cinq enfants dans la banlieue māori pauvre d'Auckland, en Nouvelle-Zélande. Jake vient de perdre son travail. Alcoolique et brutal, il frappe souvent Beth, femme énergique et fière mais toujours amoureuse. Un soir, particulièrement ivre, il bat son épouse si violemment que Beth, le visage terriblement contusionné, ne peut accompagner son fils Boogie, un jeune délinquant, au tribunal. Le jeune garçon se retrouve placé dans un foyer. L'unité familiale vole en éclat. Nig, l'aîné, s'agrège à un gang de jeunes révulsés par la décadence de leurs ainés et qui tentent de retrouver l'âme de guerriers de leurs ancêtres à travers la violence, éprouvant le courage des postulants.
Drama
The Man Who Lost His Head
5.3
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.
Comedy
The Dead Lands : La Terre des guerriers
6.1
Hongi, fils d'un chef Maori, doit venger son père afin de ramener la paix et d'honorer les âmes des habitants de son village, tous massacrés par une tribu rivale menée par le terrifiant Wirepa. Le seul espoir de Hongi, afin de pouvoir survivre, est de traverser le territoire interdit des "Dead Lands" et de s'allier au mystérieux guerrier qui règne sur ces terres maudites depuis des années. Ensemble ils vont traquer les meurtriers de la tribu à travers une nature hostile et sauvage.
Adventure
Hitch Hike
1

Hitch Hike

Mar 08, 2012
On a trip to find his birth mother, 18-year-old Aaron is forced to hitch a ride with a rough- looking stranger, Maka. Out of fear, Aaron rejects Maka’s friendship, but when the reunion with his mother doesn’t go quite as planned, he discovers that the stranger may just be the man to help him after all.
Drama
Kawa
5.5

Kawa

Oct 17, 2010
A psychological drama of a family in crisis. Kawa, a successful Māori businessman in Auckland, New Zealand, is forced to reveal his lifelong secret - that he is gay.
Drama
Home Kills
1

Home Kills

Jul 28, 2023
It's desperate times for a small rural home kills and butchery service, as big business begins to threaten their livelihood the owners fall into offering a new service - killing people, to make ends meet.
Crime
We Are Still Here
5

We Are Still Here

Feb 02, 2023
In a sweeping tale that spans 1000 years and multiple generations – from the distant past to the 19th century, the present day and a strange, dystopian future – this landmark collection traces the collective histories of Indigenous peoples across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Diverse in perspective, content and form, traversing the terrain of grief, love and dispossession, they each bear witness to these cultures’ ongoing struggles against patriarchy, colonialism and racism.
Crime
The Pā Boys
6.5

The Pā Boys

Feb 06, 2014
The Pa Boys is an energetic, uplifting road movie capturing the best of New Zealand's culture, beauty, talent and music, whilst exploring themes of identity, friendship and discovering your roots.
Drama
The Difference Between Pipi & Pūpū
1
When estranged son, Tai, is called home to Aotearoa to his father Putty's deathbed, he is forced to confront a painful past after years of avoiding it. Once inseparable, Tai and Putty would spend hours together fishing and joking around. However, after a family secret is revealed, their relationship falls apart.
Comedy
Smog
1

Smog

Jul 30, 2022
Thick, deadly smog blankets the globe, reducing visibility to less than a few metres. In a secluded farmhouse, a woman and her overbearing husband attempt to find resources and survive using a series of walking trails crafted from ropes and stakes. One night, the woman is alerted to the presence of someone or something else deep in the smog. Desperate to escape the farmhouse, the woman attempts to meet the unknown and risk everything to leave her loveless and abusive relationship behind.
Horror
Elevation
1

Elevation

Aug 01, 2015
A Maori gang member and a Neo-Nazi become trapped in an elevator and must put aside their differences to escape their predicament; all the while dealing with an equally racist Chinese maintenance worker.
Comedy
The Last Saint
4

The Last Saint

Aug 28, 2014
Minka is a teenage Polynesian boy living in the heart of the city. With his P-addicted mother well on the way to going completely off the rails, three people enter his life - each with a promise - each with the power to destroy.
Thriller
Crooked Earth
6.2

Crooked Earth

Aug 23, 2001
Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.
Drama
Waitangi Day: What Really Happened
1
This docudrama follows an imaginary news reporter who travels back in time to cover the days leading up to the Treaty of Waitangi's signing on 6 February 1840. Dropping the usual solemnity surrounding Aotearoa's founding document, it uses humour and asides to camera to evoke the chaos and motives behind the treaty. This clip features a confrontation between Hone Heke and representatives of the Crown.
History
The Feathers of Peace
1

The Feathers of Peace

Aug 04, 2000
This remarkable film traces the final impact which both races had on the indigenous Moriori of the Chatham Islands. Moriori were a peaceful people who vowed never to take up arms against another human being. They were capable of defeating the invaders, but chose not to. Drawing inspiration from Michael King's seminal book Moriori, The Feathers of Peace brings the truth about what happened on the Chathams to an even wider audience. To do that, the film uses modern television news techniques and dramatized documentary.
Drama
Warbrick
1

Warbrick

Jan 01, 2009
This short follows Joe Warbrick (Calvin Tuteao), captain of the New Zealand Natives rugby team, as he tries to rouse his battle-weary players to head unto the breach once more, for a test against England. It’s midwinter during the trailblazing 1888-89 tour (17 months and a staggering 107 matches) that left a black jersey and silver fern legacy. In a changing room that resembles a casualty ward, Warbrick draws breath and leads a stirring haka. Made by brothers Pere and Meihana Durie, Warbrick inspired the All Blacks the day before a 33-6 demolition of Australia in 2009.
Drama
In Dark Places
1

In Dark Places

Jul 22, 2018
In Dark Places is the gripping story of an innocent man, imprisoned for two decades for a crime he did not commit, and an ex-cop's heroic battle to win him his freedom.
Drama
Patu Ihu
1

Patu Ihu

Jan 01, 2008
After the death of his uncle, a young man remembers back to a game his uncle taught him.
Drama
Cousins
6.9

Cousins

Mar 03, 2021
Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each other.
Drama
Xena, la guerrière
7.548

Xena, la guerrière

Jun 18, 2001
Après avoir renoncé à son passé de destruction, Xena, une redoutable guerrière, ancienne ennemie d'Hercule, décide de mettre désormais ses formidables compétences de combattante en faveur du bien et de la paix dans l'espoir de se racheter. Elle chemine en compagnie de la douce Gabrielle, son amie, une jeune et belle barde, férue d'admiration pour ses exploits. Les deux femmes affrontent bien des épreuves...
Drama
Burying Brian
1

Burying Brian

Aug 06, 2008
Burying Brian is a New Zealand television series produced by Eyeworks Touchdown which premiered on Television New Zealand's TV ONE on 2 July 2008, and ran for 6 episodes. The series is about Jodie and her three female friends. At the beginning of the first episode, Jodie's husband Brian dies during a domestic dispute. Jodie believes that she may go to jail for his murder, but her friends convince her not to report the death, but instead to bury the body and make it appear that he has run off with another woman. Although the series was a ratings success, no further episodes were made after the first season.
Drama
Super City
1

Super City

Sep 20, 2013
Super City was a New Zealand television comedy series starring Madeleine Sami. Season one was directed by Taika Waititi while season two was directed by Oscar Kightley.
Comedy
Legend of the Seeker, l’Épée de Vérité
7.394
Richard Cypher est un jeune guide forestier rattrapé par son destin, qui va devoir quitter les terres de l'ouest pour devenir un héros attendu par le peuple depuis un siècle. La quête du jeune homme sera de restaurer à nouveau la paix dans le monde du milieu, et mettre fin à la domination suprême du tyran Darken Rahl. Cet élu malgré lui bénéficiera du soutien improbable d'un des plus grands sorciers ayant existé à ce jour, et d'une femme aux étranges pouvoirs.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
This Is Piki
1

This Is Piki

Aug 25, 2016
"This is Piki" is a Maori drama series produced by well known actor Cliff Curtis, also featuring Temuera Morrison, most often recognized for his role as "Jake Heke" in the powerful drama "Once Were Warriors". Another of a growing list of series and films in which the Maori language is front and center, "This is Piki" has been welcomed as a vehicle in which indigenous peoples, such as Pacific Islanders, present and represent themselves: their cultures, stories, identities and histories. Also playing a central role is Tia Maipi, the main actor in "Born to Dance", along with many other experienced Maori and Polynesian actors such as Calvin Tuteao from "The Last Saint", among other films.
Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud
7
Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud is a six-part New Zealand television mini-series. The series originally aired from 17 August 2011 to 21 September 2011. It was the first Underbelly series to be created outside of Australia, and depicts events prior to and concurrent with Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.
Drama
Xena, la guerrière
7.548

Xena, la guerrière

Jun 18, 2001
Après avoir renoncé à son passé de destruction, Xena, une redoutable guerrière, ancienne ennemie d'Hercule, décide de mettre désormais ses formidables compétences de combattante en faveur du bien et de la paix dans l'espoir de se racheter. Elle chemine en compagnie de la douce Gabrielle, son amie, une jeune et belle barde, férue d'admiration pour ses exploits. Les deux femmes affrontent bien des épreuves...
Drama
Hercule
7.003

Hercule

Nov 27, 1999
A l'époque des mythes et légendes, les anciens Dieux rendaient la Terre hostile aux Hommes... Jusqu'à l'arrivée d'Hercule : fils d'une mortelle et de Zeus, Dieu parmi les Dieux, Hercule a une force sur-humaine, et une bonté sans limite.
Action & Adventure
Les Chroniques de Shannara
7
Des millions d'années après l'extinction de la civilisation que nous connaissons, les Quatre Terres sont menacées par la mort imminente de l'Arbre protecteur Ellcrys qui renferme des forces terribles et obscures. A chaque feuille tombée, les démons se réveillent de l'au-delà. La princesse Amberle, le demi-elfe et la solitaire Eretria commencent alors leur quête contre les forces du Mal.
Action & Adventure
Brokenwood
7.625

Brokenwood

Jun 03, 2024
Chaque épisode est une histoire criminelle indépendante qui se déroule dans une petite ville silencieuse où le détective sergent Mike Sheperd pense que le crime peut même se cacher dans la plus paisible des contrées.
Mystery