Albert Wendt - Pacific Laureate
Professor Albert Wendt has Aotearoa’s highest honour: admission to the Order of New Zealand Merit...
Finn Family Tree
When Neil Finn joined brother Tim’s band, Split Enz, at the age of 18, the place of the Finn fami...
NZ Novelty Songs
The ‘novelty song’ occupies a peculiar niche in pop culture, with a definition as loose as baggy ...
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Peter Jackson first made his mark with a trio of splatter movies, before he and writing partner F...
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...
Kiwi Features at the 2019 NZ International Film Festival
The Kiwi feature films at the 2019 NZ International Film Festival lean heavily towards documentar...
Bogan's Heroes
In the UK they’re ‘chavs’, in the US they’re ‘white trash’, but downunder the species is called ‘...
Paul Stanley Ward - Top Five
Paul Stanley Ward had a hell of a time picking his top five. That's probably because after workin...
Classic TV Catchphrases
Keep cool till after school. Jeez Wayne. Nice one Stu. The money or the bag? You're not in Guat...
Shortland Street - the cast pick their favourite scenes
Celebrating 25 years of Shortland Street on our screens, current cast members reflected on their ...
Kiwi Soaps
It is time to pull back the curtains on classic Kiwi TV soaps of yesteryear. Soap operas official...
Shona Laing - Venerable Tui
Pioneering singer-songwriter Shona Laing was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame in ...
NZ Cheese Month
Are you a fiend for feta, a gun for gouda or a beast for brie? October is NZ Cheese Month, and th...
Accent on Kiwi
Thus linguistic spotlight takes a look at sux pieces of fentestic New Zealand television that foc...
Video and the Radio Stars
This Spotlight collection turns the dial to screen titles that have radio connections. Tune into ...
Supergroove
Funksters Supergroove marshalled raps, riffs and energy to burn. Winners of a Herald Legacy Award...
Jon Gadsby - Gone, but not Forgotten
Jon Gadsby passed away on 12 December 2015, aged 62. Gadsby and friend David McPhail were at the ...
Frank Sargeson: Cottage Industry
Celebrate the work of one of New Zealand's most renowned literary masters, Frank Sargeson, via th...
Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield was born in Wellington on 14 October 1888. She died of tuberculosis at age 34...
Shane Cortese - Top Five
Actor, singer and dancer Shane Cortese picks his five favourite titles on NZ On Screen. Cortese’s...
Brent Hansen - Top Five
Kiwi Brent Hansen helped make Radio with Pictures downunder, then headed MTV in Europe. His Top F...
Celebrating The Exponents
In November 2015 The Exponents received the Herald Legacy Award, for 'notable and celebrated Kiwi...
TV Cops
It’s no surprise that over the decades of New Zealand television our country has assembled an eli...
Te Reo Music on the Airwaves
In 1991 Moana and the Moahunters mixed house beats with a lyrical plea for the importance of pres...