The first New Zealand title to find its way to laserdisc would appear to be 'Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence', the end of 1983 or early 1984. I would appreciate someone helping me with free articles on laserdisc release dates. The earliest known New Zealand title to be transfered to dvd is the January 1998 release of 'The Piano'. Since there are arguments about whether 'The Piano' is a New Zealand or an Australian production, some state that the first, all-New Zealand title to find its way to dvd, would be Peter Jackson's 'Braindead aka: Dead Alive', which first appeared on dvd in September of 1998.
The first HD players were released in April, 2006. Blu-ray players followed in June 2006. The first NZ HD-DVD title is Peter Jackson's 'King Kong', which showed up on HD, 14 November 2006. Again, there are those who will no doubt say that 'King Kong' is not a New Zealand title, although that would be quite a stretch, but if the criterion is that it has to be mostly New Zealand, with little outside money or input, perhaps 'The World's Fastest Indian' would do, released 13 Feb. 2007. There are only three films that can be found on HD DVD: 'The Frighteners', 'King Kong' and 'The World's Fastest Indian'.
As of March 2010, there are 12 titles on Blu-Ray DVD with the first being 'The World's Fastest Indian', released 13 Feb. 2007.
As of June 2010, there are about 165 feature films on dvd that most people would consider New Zealand titles. Valid arguments could be made for adding titles and removing titles from such lists, including the ones found here. However in the end, all such lists are subjective, which leads to the saying: "That's what makes the world go 'round".
NOTE: All discs are single-sided, except for 'When Strangers Appear' which has a widescreen version on one side and a full-screen version on the other. 'Hot Target' is also a "flipper" as it is packaged with other (non-nz) titles; it also is "double-featured" on the same side with another (non-nz) title. IMDB (International Movie Datebase) ratings are a 1-10 scale - The reason that 'Iris' aka: 'Out of Time' and 'Taking the Waewae Express' do not yet show an IMDB rating is because IMDB's minimum of 5 votes has not been reached - You can change that with your vote.
I am offering some dvds for sale. Most are lightly used ones from my own collection, but there are a few new discs as well. Many are titles that are hard to find but I have priced them for quick sell. They all originated from authorized distributors. If you are looking for a unique gift item, you might find one here.
50 Ways of Saying Fabulous - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2005 - IMDB 5.7
Alex - PAL DVD - 1992 - IMDB 6.0
An Angel At My Table - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1990 - IMDB 7.4
Angel
Mine - PAL DVD - 1978 - IMDB 4.9
Apron Strings - PAL DVD - 2008 - IMDB 6.6
Bad Blood - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1982 - IMDB 6.8
Bad Taste - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1987 - IMDB 6.7
Battletruck - aka: Warlords of the 21st Century - NTSC/PAL Laserdisc/DVD - 1982 - IMDB 4.1
Beyond Reasonable Doubt - PAL DVD - 1980 - IMDB 6.2
Black Sheep - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 2007 - IMDB 6.0
Bonjour Timothy - 1995 - PAL DVD - IMDB 5.7
Braindead - aka: Dead Alive - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1992 - IMDB 7.6
Broken English - PAL/NTSC DVD - 1996 - IMDB 6.5
Came A Hot Friday - PAL DVD - 1984 - IMDB 6.8
Chicken - PAL DVD - 1996 - IMDB 5.7
Chill
Factor aka: Lost Samurai - NTSC DVD - 1988 - IMDB 3.7
Christmas - PAL DVD - 2003 - IMDB 6.1
Chunuk Bair -
PAL DVD - 1991 - IMDB 6.6
Cinema of Unease - PAL DVD - 1995 - IMDB 6.6
Constance - PAL DVD - 1984 - IMDB 5.1
Crooked Earth -
PAL DVD - 2001 - IMDB 5.7
Crush - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1992 - IMDB 5.9
Cupid's Prey -
PAL DVD - 2002 - IMDB 3.7
Dangerous Orphans - PAL DVD - 1986 - IMDB 3.7
Dead Kids - aka: Strange Behavior - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1983 - IMDB 5.4
Dean Spanley - PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 2008 - IMDB 6.9
Death Warmed Up - PAL DVD - 1984 - IMDB 3.1
Desperate Remedies - PAL DVD - 1993 - IMDB 6.5
Devil Dared Me To, The - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2007 - IMDB 5.3
Diagnosis: Death - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-Ray - 2009 - IMDB 4.8
District 9 - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-Ray - 2009 - IMDB 8.3
Down By The Riverside - PAL DVD - 2007 - IMDB 4.8
Eagle vs Shark - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 2007 - IMDB 6.8
Event 16 - PAL DVD - 2006 - IMDB 3.8
Exposure - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2000 - IMDB 4.1
Ferryman, The - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2007 - IMDB 4.6
Five - PAL DVD - 2007 - IMDB 3.6
Flight of the Albatross - PAL DVD - 1996 - IMDB 4.9
Footrot Flats - PAL DVD - 1986 - IMDB 7.1
For Good - PAL DVD - 2003 - IMDB 5.9
Forgotten Silver - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1995 - IMDB 7.6
Fracture - PAL DVD - 2004 - IMDB 7.0
Frighteners, The - NTSC/PAL DVD/HD - 1996 - IMDB 7.1
Futile Attraction - PAL DVD - 2005 - IMDB 4.2
Goodbye Pork Pie - PAL DVD - 1980 - IMDB 6.7
Grasscutter, The - PAL DVD - 1988 - IMDB 6.2
Gupta vs Gordon - PAL DVD - 2004 - IMDB 3.8
Heart of the Stag - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1984 - IMDB 6.9
Heaven - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1998 - IMDB 6.7
Heavenly Creatures - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1994 - IMDB 7.6
Hercules and the Amazon Women - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1996 - IMDB 5.9
Hercules and the Circle of Fire - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1996 - IMDB 6.0
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1994 - IMDB 6.0
Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1996 - IMDB 5.4
Hercules in the Underworld - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1996 - IMDB 6.1
Her Majesty - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2004 - IMDB 6.7
Hidden - PAL DVD - 2005 - IMDB 4.4
I'll Make You Happy - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1998 - IMDB 4.8
I'm Not Harry Jenson - PAL DVD - 2009 - IMDB 6.7
In My Father's Den - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 2004 - IMDB 7.8
Iris aka: Out of Time - PAL DVD - 1984
Irrefutable Truth About Demons, The - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2000 - IMDB 5.8
Jack Be Nimble - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1993 - IMDB 6.2
Jack
Brown, Genius - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1995 - IMDB 5.4
Jinx Sister - PAL DVD - 2008 - IMDB 5.0
Jubilee - PAL DVD - 2000 - IMDB 5.0
Kids World - PAL/NTSC DVD - 2001- IMDB 4.5
King Kong - PAL/NTSC DVD/HD/Blu-Ray - 2005 - IMDB 7.6
Kombi Nation -
NTSC/PAL DVD - 2001 - IMDB 4.6
Land Has Eyes, The aka: Pear ta ma 'on maf - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2004 - IMDB - IMDB 5.8
Last
Magic Show, The - PAL DVD - 2007 - IMDB 5.9
Last
Tattoo, The - NTSC DVD - 1994 - IMDB 5.7
Loaded - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1995 - IMDB 4.6
Locals, The - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2003 - IMDB 5.6
Lord Of
The Rings, The - The Fellowship Of The Ring - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 2001 - IMDB 8.8
Lord Of
The Rings, The - The Return of the King - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 2003 - IMDB 8.8
Lord Of
The Rings, The - The Two Towers - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 2002 - IMDB 8.7
Lost Tribe, The - 1985
- PAL DVD - IMDB 4.4
Lost Valley
- PAL DVD - 1998 - IMDB 3.7
Lovely Bones, The - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 2009 - IMDB 6.6
Luella Miller - PAL/NTSC DVD - 2005 - IMDB 3.1
Magik and Rose - PAL DVD - 1999 - IMDB 4.8
Map Reader, The - PAL DVD - 2008 - IMDB 5.1
Meet the Feebles -
NTSC/PAL DVD - 1990 - IMDB 6.5
Memories of Tomorrow - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2005 - IMDB 4.0
Memory & Desire - PAL DVD - 1997 - IMDB 7.0
Men Shouldn't Sing - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2007 - IMDB 4.4
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 1984 - IMDB 7.1
Mesmerized aka: Shocked - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1984 - IMDB 4.8
Middle Age Spread - 1979 - PAL DVD - IMDB 4.6
Mr Wrong
aka: Dark of the Night - PAL DVD - 1985 - IMDB 5.0
Navigator, The - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1988 - IMDB 7.0
Nemesis Game - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2003 - IMDB 5.6
Ngati - PAL DVD - 1987 - IMDB 5.2
No. 2 aka: Naming Number Two - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2006 - IMDB 6.3
No One Can Hear You - PAL/NTSC DVD - 2001 - IMDB 4.4
Offensive Behaviour - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2006 - IMDB 5.6
Off The
Edge - PAL/NTSC DVD - 1977 - IMDB 5.0
Once Were Warriors - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 1994 - IMDB 7.9
Orphans and Angels - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2003 - IMDB 5.2
Out of the Blue - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2006 - IMDB 7.5
Ozzie - PAL/NTSC DVD - 2001 - IMDB 3.9
Perfect Creature - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2006 - IMDB 5.4
Perfect Strangers - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2003 - IMDB 5.1
Piano, The - NTSC/PAL DVD/Blu-ray - 1993 - IMDB 7.5
Pictures - 1981 - PAL DVD - IMDB 4.0
Price of Milk, The - PAL/NTSC DVD - 2000 - IMDB 6.6
Quiet Earth, The - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1985 - IMDB 7.1
Quiet Night In - PAL DVD - 2006 - IMDB 6.0
Race for the Yankee Zephyr aka:Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1981 - IMDB 5.3
Rain- NTSC/PAL DVD - 2001 - IMDB 7.0
Rain of the Children - PAL DVD - 2008 - IMDB 6.6
Restless
aka: Hot Target - NTSC DVD - 1985 - IMDB 4.5
Returning, The - PAL DVD - 1990 - IMDB 3.4
River Queen - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2005 - IMDB 6.0
Ruby and Rata - PAL DVD - 1990 - IMDB 4.7
Savage Honeymoon - PAL DVD - 2000 - IMDB 5.8
Savage Islands aka: Nate and Hayes - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1983 - IMDB 6.0
Saving Grace - PAL DVD - 1997 - IMDB 5.6
Scarecrow, The - PAL DVD - 1982 - IMDB 5.2
Scarfies - aka: Crime 101 - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1999 - IMDB 6.2
Second-Hand Wedding - PAL DVD - 2008 - IMDB 6.2
Second Time Lucky - NTSC DVD - 1984 - IMDB 4.9
Seekers, The
aka: Land of Fury - PAL DVD - 1954 - IMDB 5.5
Separation City - PAL DVD - 2009 - IMDB 6.1
Shaker Run - NTSC DVD - 1985 - IMDB 4.9
Show of Hands
- PAL DVD - 2008 - IMDB 6.2
Shrimp on the Barbie, The - NTSC DVD - 1990 - IMDB 5.1
Silent One, The - PAL DVD - 1984 - IMDB 5.0
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, The - NTSC/PAL Laserdisc/DVD - 1993 - IMDB 5.4
Sione's Wedding aka: Samoan Wedding - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2006 - IMDB 6.1
Sleeping Dogs - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1977 - IMDB 6.8
Smash
Palace - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1981 - IMDB 7.4
Snakeskin -
NTSC/PAL DVD - 2001 - IMDB 5.4
Soldier's Tale, A - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1991 - IMDB 6.1
Solo - PAL DVD - 1977 - IMDB 5.4
Song of Good, A - PAL DVD - 2008 - IMDB 6.0
Spooked - PAL DVD - 2004 - IMDB 4.7
Starlight Hotel - PAL Laserdisc/DVD - 1987 - IMDB 7.1
Stickmen - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2001- IMDB 6.5
Strength of Water, The - 2009 - PAL DVD/Blu-ray - IMDB 5.8
Sylvia - 1985 - PAL DVD - IMDB 6.6
Taking the Waewae Express - PAL DVD - 2008
Tattooist, The - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2007 - IMDB 5.2
Terror Peak - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2003 - IMDB 3.6
This Is Not A Love Story - PAL DVD - 2003 - IMDB 4.4
Tongan Ninja - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2002 - IMDB 5.6
Topless Women Talk About
Their Lives - PAL DVD - 1997 - IMDB 6.8
Toy Love - PAL DVD - 2002 - IMDB 6.3
Tyrannical Love
- PAL DVD - 2005 - IMDB 4.5
Ugly, The -
NTSC/PAL DVD - 1997 - IMDB 6.3
Under the Mountain - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2009 - IMDB 4.9
User Friendly -
PAL DVD - 1990 - IMDB 6.2
Utu -
NTSC/PAL DVD - 1983 - IMDB 7.0
Vector File, The -
NTSC/PAL DVD - 2002 - IMDB 4.3
Via Satellite - PAL DVD - 1998 - IMDB 5.7
Vigil -
NTSC/PAL DVD - 1984 - IMDB 6.9
Vintner's Luck, The - PAL DVD/Blu-Ray - 2009 - IMDB 5.9
Waimate Conspiracy, The - PAL DVD - 2006 - IMDB 2.3
Waiting Place, The - PAL DVD - 2001 - IMDB 5.6
We're Here To Help - PAL DVD - 2007 - IMDB 6.5
Whale Rider - PAL/NTSC DVD - 2002 - IMDB 7.7
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - PAL DVD - 1999 - IMDB 6.2
When Love Comes Along - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1998 - IMDB 6.1
When Night Falls - PAL DVD - 2007 - IMDB 5.3
When Strangers Appear - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2001 - IMDB 6.4
Wild
Blue - PAL DVD - 1999 - IMDB 4.3
Wild
Horses - NTSC/PAL DVD - 1984 - IMDB 3.2
Woodenhead - NTSC/PAL DVD - 2003 - IMDB 6.7
World's Fastest Indian, The - NTSC/PAL DVD/HD/Blu-Ray - 2005 - IMDB 8.0
