Every winter, four penguin species breed in different locations in southern New Zealand: Fiordland crested penguins around the rugged Fiordland coast, yellow-eyed penguins on the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands, little blue penguins near Oamaru and white-flippered penguins on Banks Peninsula. "Penguin Central" follows them as they mate, lay eggs and nurture their young...
Taratoa Stappard’s brooding debut feature plunges us into the dour moors of 1859 North Yorkshire, where the British Empire’s reach casts long and twisted shadows. Mary Stevens (Ariāna Osborne), a young Māori teacher from Aotearoa (New Zealand), arrives in search of family truths, only to find the man who summoned her already dead and no clear path home. Stranded in an unfamilia...