RickyLee Waipuka-Russell

With Hawaii's four kingdoms divided by war, the ferocious warrior Kaʻiana embarks on an epic mission to unite his people—as an existential threat approaches their shores.

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New Zealand. 1929. When a package is delivered to a colonial manor house, mysterious Māori twins arrive to reclaim the contents. TAUMANU is a Māori verb with two distinct meanings: 1/ to colonise, to take possession of another's goods. 2/ to reclaim, repossess.

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A business owner is thrust into New Zealand's dark underbelly after a million-dollar drug deal goes wrong on a blood-stained night, setting off a chain of events between dangerous factions.

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Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.

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1859. When a young Māori woman is summoned from New Zealand to North Yorkshire, she uncovers her horrific colonial heritage and is compelled to confront and destroy the titled Englishman who devastated her family.

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This children's show explores the friendship between a lonely girl named Katie and her new puppy, given to her when she moves in with her uncle. Katie's confidence grows as she uses te reo Maori to train the pup at Whaea Kaz's dog training school.

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A young Māori girl in the care of a conservative English couple savours her mother's weekly visitations, as a custody battle driven by racial bias will ultimately decide their fate.

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A flock of feathered friends sit together to ponder and debate the bizarre behaviour of humans in their natural habitat.

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