New Zealand National Film Unit Movies

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 da...

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 the...

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 had been...

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...

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 s...

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 wit...

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

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

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 si...

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

Documentary about big game fishing in New Zealand.

Discovered to be using illegal drugs by a local policeman, the members of the commune kill him and bury him in their garden. After this pivotal event,...

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

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

A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.

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

A documentary about the New Zealand theatre troupe "Red Mole".

A short documentary tracking the transportation of New Zealand products into ports in the Philippines, China, Japan, and Hong Kong, with a focus on cu...

Road safety instructional film using child actors and amusing animals.

A short documentary about freestyle skiing made for the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department.