We should all hope to live like Joy CowleyThe prolific New Zealand author might have found the secret to a happy life. By Joel MacManus | 20th September, 2025Senior writer
Motuhaketanga: The long road home for wāhine Māori after prisonThe new documentary is an exploration of how New Zealand values wāhine Māori.By Dana Leaming | 4th August, 2025Guest writer
Everything we learned from the Jacinda Ardern movie trailerThere will be tears, there will be imposter syndrome, there will be a Clarke Gayford cinematographer credit. By Alex Casey | 19th May, 2025Senior writer
The documentary capturing the ‘ripple effect’ of kindness following March 15'We hope the film inspires people to see how tragedy can create positive change, no matter what they're dealing with.'By Alex Casey | 3rd April, 2025Senior writer
Meet the brave New Zealander on the new season of Alone Australia'You’ve got to be willing to eat what's available…You're not necessarily going to get a nice T-bone steak.'By Tara Ward | 28th March, 2025Staff writer
Review: Kua Tupu Te Ara tells Alien Weaponry’s coming-of-rage storyA new documentary chronicles the meteoric rise of groundbreaking metal band.By Troy Rawhiti-Connell | 14th February, 2025Guest writer
The best local TV and movies to look forward to in 2025From Small Town Scandal to Hospice Heroes to Tinā, here’s what’s hitting our screens this year. By Tara Ward | 24th January, 2025Staff writer
‘Party in the sky’ over Waiheke: The documentary maker and the UFO encounter'It was huge, about three times bigger than any big international aircraft, and it was completely silent.' By Alex Casey | 12th October, 2024Senior writer
‘Scared the shit out of me’: Patrick Gower on his biggest story yet'Without question, it’s the most important piece of work that I've done.'By My Life in TV | 10th August, 2024Guest writer
The House Within: the new documentary about Dame Fiona Kidman, reviewedA new documentary shines a light on one of our great literary trailblazers.By Claire Mabey | 1st August, 2024Books editor
New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this weekA new gladiatorial blockbuster, more perplexing family mysteries and the return of Colin from Accounts. By New to streaming | 15th July, 2024📺
How The Lost Boys of Dilworth brought a ‘horrendous nightmare’ to life'Seeing these children, and their little bright shiny faces, really hit home how young they were.'By Alex Casey | 16th April, 2024Senior writer
Why you should watch Dynamic Planet, a climate change doco that isn’t soul-crushingA new locally-made documentary series meets those at the coalface of climate action.By Tara Ward | 5th March, 2024Staff writer
More truth than my chest could hold'I had wanted to show what it’s like living in the aftermath of suicide, but when I saw what it’s like I wanted to look away.'By Nadine Hura | 24th May, 2023Contributing writer
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari tells a harrowing story of pain and resilienceIn this Netflix documentary, the survivors' scars are immediately obvious. So too is the trauma they’re still living with.By Catherine McGregor | 20th December, 2022Contributing writer
In celebration of trailblazing Aotearoa filmmaker Dame Gaylene PrestonFor close to 50 years, she's been creating NZ cinematic history – while also documenting the history of the country itself.By Amelia Berry | 26th November, 2022Guest writer
First, you have to accept the threats of the future are realA new documentary says people are the cause of our greatest existential threats – but also the solution.By Shanti Mathias | 17th November, 2022Contributing writer
David Farrier on making a movie that never ends: ‘It sucked … it fucked me’He fled New Zealand to get away from the subject of his new film. Now he's back home, David Farrier's worried it's about to kick off all over again.By Chris Schulz | 5th November, 2022Guest writer
Beyond Conversion is a necessary insight into our shameful pastA new documentary tells the story of the fight to ban conversion therapy, and the stories of those the practice harmed.By Sam Brooks | 12th October, 2022Contributing writer
Kava ‘o Aotearoa acknowledges tangata whenua in Pacific traditions'We can’t come here, perform our kava and ignore the fact that we’re on Māori land.'By Sela Jane Hopgood | 30th August, 2022Pacific communities editor