Homegrown Law and Order
Who doesn’t love a dramatic ’whodunnit’, particularly when the good guys win? The cop show format...
Shortland Street Cliffhangers
Cliffhangers have been keeping Shorty fans in suspense over the Christmas break for many years. H...
Royal Tours
On Prince William’s first Royal Tour downunder his encounter with a native buzzy bee attracted wo...
Classic Kiwi Music Festivals
This collection offers the chance to sample music festival options from years gone by, as campers...
Happy Queen's Birthday
Queen’s Birthday is celebrated in New Zealand each year on the first Monday in June. This Spotlig...
Top 10 for 2022
We wrap up 2022 with a Top 10 of the year's most viewed content on NZ On Screen. Included are som...
Country Calendar
New Zealand's longest-running television programme is over 50 years old. Country Calendar first d...
David Blyth Unleashed
Director David Blyth has turned Bruno Lawrence green, made vampires fly and exposed the dark unde...
Margaret Mahy - Video Pirate
This Spotlight collection showcases the life and work of writer Margaret Mahy. The Hans Christian...
Number One Hits: 1970 - 1979
In the 1970s Kiwi music was making more impact, and artists’ confidence was increasing with more ...
Music Stars on Stage Downunder
This Spotlight collection offers up an array of overseas acts filmed performing in NZ from a time...
Kiwi Oscar Heroes
When the final Lord of the Rings won Oscar glory on 29 February 2004, jokes were made about runni...
Albert Wendt - Pacific Laureate
Professor Albert Wendt has Aotearoa’s highest honour: admission to the Order of New Zealand Merit...
Classic NZ Name Songs
Names are part of the bedrock of history; they also make up a highly hummable thread in the story...
School's Out
For a school holiday treat, we pack our lunch boxes and shine the night light on classic pre scho...
Chic Littlewood
This Spotlight collection celebrates the screen work of versatile entertainer Chic Littlewood. Bo...
Kiwi Features at the 2021 NZ International Film Festival
Covid played games with New Zealand's biggest film festival in 2021, with the Auckland leg being ...
Silver Scrolls
Every year the APRA Silver Scroll is handed out as New Zealand's premier song-writing trophy. Thi...
14 Kiwi Love Songs for 14 February
To mark Valentine's Day, NZ On Screen's former Content Director Irene Gardiner selected 14 Kiwi l...
The Mighty Mullet
Bogans and fashionistas continue to mull over when exactly the word ‘mullet’ was first applied to...
The Chills
This Spotlight collection celebrates the work of iconic Kiwi band The Chills. In October 2015 the...
Bogan's Heroes
In the UK they’re ‘chavs’, in the US they’re ‘white trash’, but downunder the species is called ‘...
Jane Campion
Jane Campion's list of achievements just got longer: she won two BAFTAs for The Power of the Dog....
Cover Songs
The Beatles, Hendrix, The White Stripes, Cat Power, Aretha ... popular music is strewn with acts ...