List of films set in New Zealand

This is a list of films filmed and set in New Zealand.

The earliest short films — 1898–1910

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Year Film Name
1898 Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition
1898 Māori Scenes
1898 Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse
1900 The Departure of the Second Contingent for the Boer War
1900 The World's First Lady Mayor
1901 Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to New Zealand
1903 A Message from Mars

The early years — 1911–1940

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Year Film Name
1913 Loved by a Maori Chieftess
1913 Hinemoa
1913 How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride
1913 The River Wanganui
1914 Hinemoa
1916 A Maori Maid's Love
1921 The Betrayer
1921 Beyond (1921 film)
1922 The Birth of New Zealand
1922 My Lady of the Cave
1924 Venus of the South Seas
1925 Rewi's Last Stand
1925 The Adventures of Algy
1927 Carbine's Heritage
1927 The Romance of Hine-Moa
1927 Under the Southern Cross
1927 The Te Kooti Trail
1928 The Bush Cinderella
1929 Under the Southern Cross
1935 Down on the Farm
1935 Hei Tiki
1936 Phar Lap's Son
1936 The Wagon and the Star
1936 On the Friendly Road
1940 Rewi's Last Stand

The quiet years — 1941–1975

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Year Film Name Notes
1947 Green Dolphin Street Set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand
1952 Broken Barrier
1954 The Seekers
1955 Battle Cry Partially set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand
1957 Until They Sail Set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand
1961 Two Loves Set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand
1962 In Search of the Castaways Partially set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand
1964 Runaway
1966 Don't Let it Get You
1972 To Love a Maori
1973 Rangi's Catch

The early modern era — 1976–1985

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Year Film Name
1977 Sleeping Dogs
1977 Off the Edge
1977 Solo
1979 Middle Age Spread
1980 Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980 Goodbye Pork Pie
1980 Squeeze
1980 Nutcase
1981 Bad Blood
1981 Smash Palace
1981 Wildcat
1981 Pictures
1981 Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1982 The Scarecrow
1982 Prisoners
1983 Utu
1983 Patu!
1984 Death Warmed Up
1984 Trial Run (1984 film)
1984 Mesmerized
1985 Came a Hot Friday
1985 The Quiet Earth
1985 The Lost Tribe
1985 Kingpin
1985 Sylvia
1985 Shaker Run

The international era — 1986–

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Year Film Name
1986 Aces Go Places 4
1986 Pallet on the Floor
1986 Bridge to Nowhere
1986 Queen City Rocker
1987 Bad Taste
1987 Ngati
1987 The Lie of the Land
1987 Among the Cinders
1988 The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
1988 Never Say Die
1988 The Grasscutter
1989 Mana Waka
1990 An Angel at My Table
1990 Ruby and Rata
1990 The Returning
1991 Old Scores
1991 The End of the Golden Weather
1992 Braindead
1992 Crush
1992 Alex
1993 Absent Without Leave
1993 Desperate Remedies
1993 Bread and Roses
1993 Jack Be Nimble (film)
1993 The Piano
1994 Once Were Warriors
1994 Heavenly Creatures
1995 Bonjour Timothy
1995 Cinema of Unease
1996 Broken English
1996 The Whole of the Moon
1999 What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
1999 The Price of Milk
2001 Crooked Earth
2003 Two Cars, One Night
2003 Whale Rider
2003 The Locals
2003 Perfect Strangers
2004 Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
2004 In My Father’s Den
2005 River Queen
2005 The World's Fastest Indian
2006 Sione's Wedding
2006 Out of the Blue
2006 Black Sheep
2007 The Devil Dared Me To
2007 The Tattooist
2007 The Ferryman
2007 Eagle vs. Shark
2007 Down by the Riverside
2009 Under the Mountain (film)
2010 Tracker
2010 Matariki
2010 Boy
2013 Epic
2014 Lexi
2014 What We Do in the Shadows
2014 The Dark Horse
2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2017 Pork Pie
2018 The Breaker Upperers
2019 Falling Inn Love
2021 Cousins

See also

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References

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  • Martin, H., and Edwards, S. (1997) New Zealand film, 1912-1996. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558336-1