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Au Re:voir – TVNZ pulls plug on Youth Brand

Keith Barclay 28/05/2026

Tomorrow (Friday 29 May) sees the end of Re: News, TVNZ’s youth-focused news platform, which made it to nine years old. In an appropriately youth-focused approach, the news didn’t arrive via a media release, but via a post the Re:…

CLOSED: See ‘Power Ballad’ for FREE with a Double Pass, thanks to Madman

Stan Gogan 27/05/2026

Congratulations to our 3 winners Raymond Lum, David Jacobs and Sarah Chambers. We will be in touch to send out your tickets 🙂 Winners to be announced Monday June 1st Synopsis: When Rick (Paul Rudd), a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets…

WIFT to host ‘What’s the Drama with Vertical?’ panel in Christchurch

Stan Gogan 27/05/2026

Vertical microdramas, those quick, snappy series perfect for watching on your phone, are shaking things up in the global screen world. They’re made for people who love to scroll and binge, and they’ve been a huge hit overseas, now starting…

Zelda Movie Takes a Major Risk by Following a Proven Lord of the Rings Strategy

ShowNews Admin 26/05/2026

Nintendo’s upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda is shaping up to be one of the company’s most ambitious projects yet, and its latest production choice reveals a bold creative direction. By filming extensively in New Zealand, the movie is following…

LOMU drops trailer, heads home to Tonga

Keith Barclay 26/05/2026

The official trailer has been released today for LOMU, a powerful and compelling portrait of the man behind the legend, Jonah Lomu, the most adored son of the Pacific, a legendary All Black, who transcended the game with his immense power…

NZ titles among New York Festivals winners

Keith Barclay 25/05/2026

The New York Festivals TV & Film Awards, handed out last week, gave wins to of the five NZ titles nominated for awards. Taking away Gold Towers were South Pacific Pictures’s Live and Let Dai, in the documentary category; and…

ImagineNATIVE names plenty of NZ titles

Keith Barclay 25/05/2026

One feature and a truckload of shorts head to Canada for next month’s imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, which plays in person and online. Taratoa Stappard’s Mārama, coming off a successful trip to the Seattle International Film Festival, is…

South African Film Festival sets line-up and ANZ dates

Keith Barclay 25/05/2026

The eighth edition of the South African Film Festival will present 33 short and feature films online across both countries, supported by a small programme of cinema screenings. Auckland is the only NZ centre getting a cinema outing, and that’s…

RIP Jools Topp

Keith Barclay 25/05/2026

Entertainer Jools Topp, half of the Topp Twins, the subjects of Leanne Pooley’s award-winning doco Untouchable Girls, has passed away, aged 68. Read more on The Herald.…

Disney+ picks up Kiwi crime dramedy Ms X from Dynamic TV for UK, Ireland

ShowNews Admin 25/05/2026

Disney+ has acquired Dynamic Television’s New Zealand-set crime comedy-drama Ms X (6×60′) to debut in the UK and Ireland in July. Described as a fast-paced, female-led series, it stars Melissa George (In Treatment) and was originally commissioned by Sky New…