new zealand actor raising kids on his own

New Takahisa Zeze movie, adaptation of the book "Shonen to Inu." To be released in Spring 2025.

The twelve leads of the series Pit Babe go on a fun journey outside the house to various destinations. They will face challenges to their bodies, minds, and friendships.

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.

It's been 20 years snce Once Were Warriors was made. Julian Arahanga aka 'Nig' takes us on a journey to meet the cast and see where they are now.

Raise My Kids is a New Zealand reality show wherein participants are put in charge of the children of a relative or family member for five days.

James Nesbitt moved to New Zealand in 2011 when he landed the role of Bofur in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, but he says the country remains largely unknown to him. Travelling more than 1,000 miles from the tip of the North Island down to the South, the actor finds out more about the place he has called home, visiting areas of natural beauty and learning about the nation's history and traditions. Along the way, he meets former All Blacks player the late great Jonah Lomu, takes a trip around film star Sam Neill's vineyards in Queenstown, catches up with Peter Jackson and goes Base-jumping from the tallest building in Auckland.

A recently widowed father, quits his job as a popular 800 word columnist for a top selling Sydney newspaper. Over the internet he buys a house on an impulse in a remote New Zealand seaside town. He then has to break the news to his two teenage kids who just lost their mum, and now face an even more uncertain future. But the colourful and inquisitive locals ensure his dream of a fresh start does not go to plan.

Actor and gay dad Kieron Richardson explores same-sex parenting and introduces his twins

A young deaf Maori boy defies isolation to grow from an undervalued youth into a proud young man.