NZIFF25: Nga Whanaunga: Aotearoa NZ Best 2025

Date: Saturday 30 August 2025

Time: 10:15 AM

In 2025, Nga Whanaunga: Aotearoa New Zealand’s Best, the best of Maori and Pasifika filmmaking now alongside the best films made by everyone in Aotearoa. Wairoa Maori Film Festival founder Leo Koziol (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Rakaipaaka) and Pollywood Film Festival founder Craig Fasi (Niue) continue their role in short film programming, focusing their lens upon Aotearoa New Zealand’s Best 2025 Indigenous talent in their role as co-curators. Rating: TBC

Available space: 300