Documentaries

In this episode of Voices, producer Karthic SS talks to Siddharth Nambiar, a wildlife filmmaker based in Dunedin. 

The FIFA football world cup in Qatar is in the crucial knock-out phases, with the quarter finals on the weekend. Shock exits have come from Germany, and Belgium. But, it could be argued the football… Audio, Gallery

All around the world, a truce is being called in the decades-long war on drugs. But still, in Aotearoa, cannabis is illegal and we convict thousands of people every year for low-level drug crimes. 

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A new short documentary out Monday takes a tour of Taranaki, but it's a side of Taranaki many people won't have seen because the stops aren't your regular tourists traps - they're fracking sites. Audio

Legendary Australian diver Valerie Taylor knows so many people are afraid of sharks because of her work. Her story is told in Playing With Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story. Audio

A new six-part documentary investigates the impact and future of the dairy farming boom in Aotearoa. It's called 'Milk and Money', it's streaming on TVNZ. The journalist behind the series, Baz… Video, Audio

Can art change your life? We speak to documentary filmaker, Marta Pulk who advertised for someone who has never been to the theatre before and followed her as she went to every play in a year in… Video, Audio

Elliott Childs talks to New York based guitar builders Rick Kelly and Cindy Hulej, the subjects of Carmine Street Guitars, a documentary which is playing at the New Zealand International Film… Audio

Famously unafraid of awkward moments, and incurably curious, filmmaker Louis Theroux has been making BAFTA award winning documentaries for over twenty years. He has specialised in immersing himself in… Audio

Kiwi filmmakers David Hyde and Nathalie Berger speak with Kathryn Ryan about waging war on labour exploitation.  Audio

Award-winning Kiwi documentary maker Bryn Evans has been kidnapped twice, caught in serious fire fights, told the story of the Taliban's cricket team, and introduced some hip-hop dancing Auckland… Audio

A new film takes an indepth look at filmmaker Steven Spielberg. The documentary "Spielberg" is directed and produced by award-winning doco maker Susan Lacy. It includes interviews with the likes of… Audio

Steve James is best remembered as the director of the award-winning "Hoop Dreams" documentary in 1994, inexplicably snubbed for an Oscar nomination. But on March 5 (NZ time) at the 90th Academy Awards… Audio

Some cool applications for VR technology in art and filmmaking; Google wants you to share your location data with you friends; and a new concert subscription service is dubbed "Netflix for live… Audio

Kiwi filmmaker, Florian Habicht, is making a new documentary, and it's set to scare. Audio, Gallery

NZ journalist Emma Beales has won this year’s James W Foley Freedom Award for her work. Since 2012 has covered the civil war in Syria. Audio