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High Rise Donkey
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High Rise Donkey(1980)

6.5
56Minutes

The efforts of three children, who live in high rise flats, to save a donkey from two small-time crooks who want to sell it as horsemeat, by providing a temporary stable for the donkey in the block of high-rise flats.

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An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the second episode, the children who live around Marlborough Sound rescue a sheep stranded on a cliff ledge. Meanwhile, two escaped criminals steal food and make their plans.

An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the fourth episode, the escaped criminals travel on a ferry to Wellington in order to retrieve money from a bank robbery, with the children in pursuit.

Aroha: A Story of the Māori People
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Aroha: A Story of the Māori People(1951)

18Minutes

Aroha depicts a young Māori chief's daughter who embraces the modernity of the Pākehā world (attending university in Wellington) while confronting her place with her own people (Te Arawa) and traditions at home. The NFU-produced dramatisation is didactic but largely sensitive in making Aroha's story represent contemporary Māori dilemmas (noted anthropologist Ernest Beaglehole was the cultural advisor). Watch out for some musical treats, including an instrumental version of classic Kiwi song, 'Blue Smoke' and a performance of the action song 'Me He Manu Rere'.

Plantage Tamarinde
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Plantage Tamarinde(1964)

103Minutes

Social drama about a plantation owner who sees his world collapse around him. Planter Sjon Jan van Leent's familiar world is changing. His son is a disappointment, his daughter marries an educated black man, his wife dies and the plantation is not doing well. When he hears his son has made off with some money, he has a heart attack. From his sickbed he thinks about his life and finally he and his wayward children are reconciled.

Over the Odds
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Over the Odds(1961)

65Minutes

A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.

An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes

Rangi's Catch
Movie

Rangi's Catch(1973)

4.9
128Minutes

Four children on a remote sheep station in New Zealand hear of the escape of two convicts, and realise that the crooks are responsible for burgling their house.

An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 5 of 8: The escaped criminals drive away from Wellington in a stolen car. However, Johnny and Rangi are hidden in the boot.

Lionheart
Movie

Lionheart(1968)

5.9
64Minutes

A lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy.

An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the third episode, the escaped criminals attempt to flee in a rowing-boat. The children chase them in a motor boat; however, their plans backfire when the villains come aboard.

The coming of the pioneer settlers in 1840, the making of their first homes in the wilderness, the gold rushes, the Maori wars, the stage coaches, and the frontier towns. A panorama of New Zealand's history and scenery, its social and economic development from 1840 to 1940.

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The Green Helmet
Movie

The Green Helmet(1961)

5.4
88Minutes

After suffering a near fatal accident in his last race over the hill, top British race car driver Greg Rafferty, is about to call it quits when he gets a telegram from racing car tire manufacture Joseph Bartell. He wants Greg to test out his latest invention, a heat resistant car tire, in actual racing competition.

Suicide Mission
Movie

Suicide Mission(1954)

6.4
NR
89Minutes

A group of Norwegians cross the North Sea in winter to deliver Allied soldiers and ammunition to their Nazi-occupied country.

Raising the Roof
Movie

Raising the Roof(1972)

7
54Minutes

When a couple decides to build their dream home, they face a series of comedic and unexpected obstacles that test their relationship and sanity. From dealing with eccentric architects to navigating the chaos of construction, they learn that building a house can be both a physical and emotional journey.

Wake Up to Wool
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Wake Up to Wool(1967)

19Minutes

Escape into the kaleidoscopic world of 1960s fashion, where poodles and their glamorous owners sport matching hand-knitted outfits.

Stork Talk
Movie

Stork Talk(1962)

2.9
85Minutes

A gynecologist's wife leaves him, but returns when she finds out she's pregnant; but so is someone her husband's been very friendly with in her absence. Coincidence?

Journey for Three
Movie

Journey for Three(1950)

44Minutes

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

An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 1 of 8: Two mysterious men arrive in the remote area known as Marlborough Sound. They steal clothes, food and petrol from a farm.

Jet Boat
Movie

Jet Boat(1972)

An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes

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