The Collections
The Film Archive collections reflect the breadth of New Zealand’s
moving image history, from nineteenth century nitrate film to contemporary
film and television productions.
Film and Video Collection
The Film and Video Collection contains moving images from 1895
to the present. Both professional and amateur filmmaking is represented,
providing a vivid insight into New Zealand’s culture and daily
life. The collection includes features and short films, newsreels,
documentaries, home movies, music videos, broadcast programmes,
advertisements and video art.
Documentation Collection
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Protestors in Bastion Point
—Day 507 (1980), directed by Merata Mita, Gerd Pohlmann
and Leon Narbey |
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The Documentation Collection provides a unique written and visual
record of cinema-going and filmmaking in New Zealand.
The collection includes promotional, critical and historical documentation
related to past and present moving image productions, including
reference books, periodicals, stills, posters, scripts, clippings,
equipment, and production records.
The Chapman Collection
The Chapman Collection was deposited with the Film Archive in
September 2001.
Collected by Professor Robert and Noeline Chapman of the Political
Studies Department at Auckland University, the collection comprises
over 30,000 items spanning 30 years of New Zealand news and current
affairs television.
National Television Collection
The Film Archive has built up the National Television Collection
with funding from NZ On Air.
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| Cameraman Iain Eggleton, working
on the TV show Studio One for NZBC.
Photo: Chris Ghent, 1973. |
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Predominately contemporary, the collection also has a growing number
of television items from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Representing a
diverse range of programming and broadcasters, the collection includes
television news, dramas, documentaries, games shows, music videos,
infomercials, youth programming and sport.
Taonga Māori Collection
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Nancy Brunning in Ngā
Tohu - Signatures (1999), made by Manukau Films for the
Legal Services Board |
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Many items held at the Film Archive are considered to have significant
Māori content.
These images, relevant to various tribal areas throughout New Zealand,
are collectively known as the Taonga Māori Collection.
The collection, dating from 1901 to the present, covers a range
of subjects and genres in both film and television.
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