New Zealand National Film Unit

The short tells the story of a drunkard going through alcohol withdrawal, as personified by the Devil. Director Bob Stenhouse takes what could be a...

Release : 1986.01.01
Popularity : 2.262

The men of the The 28th (Māori) Battalion are seen returning to Wellington Harbour from WWII aboard the ship Dominion Monarch after their time spent...

Release : 1946.12.31
Popularity : 1.407

Three young people set off on a road trip from Wellington to find a seal colony.

Release : 1973.05.04
Popularity : 1.315

The same night as a girl is slain in the woods, the teenagers Sam and Les are robbed of all of their hard earned hens. In the quest for their hens...

Release : 1982.04.30
Popularity : 1.299

On Christmas Eve, a nameless little girl reads 'The Monster's Christmas' storybook to her teddy bear, as something sneaks around in the trees outside...

Release : 1981.12.25
Popularity : 1.002

Set in post-war (1949) rural New Zealand, this film traces the efforts of two con men to run a betting scam in a small town (Tainuea) already rife...

Release : 1985.10.04
Popularity : 0.923

Expat Kiwi Rewi Alley became one of the best known foreigners in 20th Century China and advocate for the Communist Revolution. When China was under...

Release : 1980.07.01
Popularity : 0.895

A primer on proper phone manners produced for the New Zealand Post Office.

Release : 1974.07.07
Popularity : 0.846

This 1981 NFU film is a tour of the contemporary world of Aotearoa’s tangata whenua. It won headlines over claims that its portrayal of Māori...

Release : 1981.07.25
Popularity : 0.62

An entertaining look at life in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1960s, giving a colourful impression of Wellington city: hills, winding streets, busy...

Release : 1966.01.01
Popularity : 0.589

A documentary about New Zealanders in Antarctica: researching International Geophysical Year, and supporting the Trans-Antarctic Expedition by laying...

Release : 1958.09.09
Popularity : 0.516

A documentary following the attempt by three young people to be the first windsurfers to cross Cook Strait.

Release : 1978.09.04
Popularity : 0.465

An award-winning short exploring man-made impacts on New Zealand’s water cycle.

Release : 1972.09.09
Popularity : 0.463

Three Brits travel and settle down in New Zealand, and the film records their hopes, jobs, challenges, and adventures in the new country.

Release : 1950.05.05
Popularity : 0.413

An educational short made by the New Zealand National Film Unit for the National Mountain Safety Council to promote awareness of bush safety.

Release : 1971.05.05
Popularity : 0.413

Documentary about big game fishing in New Zealand.

Release : 1977.01.01
Popularity : 0.352