Films and documentaries made by New Zealanders for New Zealanders.
In New Zealand’s rural Taranaki region, adolescent boys growing up in poverty often end up turning to crime, some racking up criminal convictions before they hit 16. Most young offenders find themselves locked up—but a lucky few get a chance to avoid juvenile detention by […]
Can New Zealand’s notorious gangs be a positive force in their communities? From making sandwiches for needy children to having an older and wiser view of life, Dateline asks if they’re now coming of age.
In Deportees of Tonga: Gangsters in Paradise, VICE embeds with four Tongan nationals who have been sent back to the tiny island nation where they were born after serving prison time in New Zealand and the United States. Former gang members, they often struggle to […]
New Zealand is in the grip of a housing crisis. Dateline meets the struggling families living in one of the world’s most unaffordable cities, and the man helping the homeless become home owners.
New Zealand’s Māori are famed the world over for their warrior culture. But in a country with the highest teen suicide rate in the developed world, why are Maori boys barely holding on?
Up until 2014, the sale of synthetic cannabis in New Zealand was considered a global test case for legalised drugs. With the introduction of tighter controls the synthetics market has gone underground, and the harm to the community has spiralled. At least 25 people are […]
Smaller parties often struggle to have their voice heard at election time which is why NZPTV is ringing around to talk with people who are offering an alternative to the big parties in the upcoming election. Here’s a Skype conversation Bryan Bruce had a couple […]
Kiwibank, the first bank in the world that has committed to withhold banking services from coal, oil and gas companies ! Filmed by Marney Brosnan – Mahi Pai Media
A science superhero with pink hair wages war on COVID-19 to convince an entire nation to lockdown. With time running out to fight the oncoming pandemic, an unconventional expert delivers vital information to a panicked public. Go behind-the-scenes as Dr Siouxsie Wiles faces a growing […]
David Goldsmth has been sitting outside parliament for the last 21 days protesting against government inaction on climate change. For 14 of those days he has been on hunger strike. Bryan Bruce for NZPTV caught up with him via skype to talk about why he […]