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Iconic (or not so) locations in Auckland, New Zealand on film.
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- DirectorGregory KingStarsGareth ReevesMatthew SunderlandIan MuneAfter committing a shocking crime, Gary Cradle secretly decides to change his life and become a good person. However deciding is one thing, changing a life is another.Lincoln Road, Henderson
- DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsSam NeillNevan RoweIan MuneA New Zealand man recently estranged from his family gets unwittingly caught up in a revolution.Various Auckland CBD shots
Queen St (?) - DirectorBruce MorrisonStarsDonogh ReesMartin VaughanJudie DouglassConstance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasise that she's a Hollywood star - with tragic consequences.High St, CBD
Albert St, CBD
Huia Rd
Purewa Cemetary - DirectorToa FraserStarsRuby DeeMia BlakeRene NaufahuA matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor.
- DirectorGabor CsupoStarsJosh HutchersonAnnaSophia RobbZooey DeschanelA preteen's life turns upside down when he befriends the new girl in school and they imagine a whole new fantasy world to escape reality.Auckland Museum
- DirectorMichael BennettStarsJason WuXana TangMichael WhalleyA random act of violence leaves eight people in crisis, searching for hope and new beginnings, as the Matariki constellation (Maori New Year) rises in the Southern skies.Boston Rd - Mt. Eden Prison
Omahu Road (?)
Mangere Bridge - DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsBruno LawrenceAlison RoutledgePete SmithA scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.In order of appearance:
Clarks Beach (?)
Linwood Road
Clevedon Village
Queen Street, Auckland CBD
Royal Oak Mall (??)
Orakei Basin (?)
Purewa Tunnel (?)
Piha Beach (?)
Cook Street, Auckland CBD (??)
Albert Street, Auckland CBD
Wyndham Street, Auckland CBD
House on Hobson Bay (?)
Linwood Road (Same Batty Road/Kidd Road intersection as the Gas Station scene earlier)
Alexandra Road, Hamilton
Lake Rotorua, Hamilton (?)
Nuffield Street & Nuffield Lane, Newmarket
Ngawha Hot Springs & Unknown Marae
One Tree Hill
Laing Road, Karaka
Oruarangi Road (???) (Same road as an early scene where Bruno loses control swerving to avoid a tanker) - DirectorRene NaufahuStarsBeulah KoaleCalvin TuteaoJoseph NaufahuMinka is a teenage Polynesian boy living in the heart of the city. With his P-addicted mother well on the way to going completely off the rails, three people enter his life - each with a promise - each with the power to destroy.
- DirectorRachel HouseStarsTe Aho Eketone-WhituTahei SimpsonA mother tries to comfort her grieving son, but on each attempt her son's silence becomes more and more deafening. An outing to the local aquarium places further strain on their troubled relationship - until her son finds a reason to let his mother in again.Kelly Tarltons
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsCliff CurtisChris HobbsAndrea KellandA thriller loosely based on Ian Wishart's book The Paradise Conspiracy, about the mysterious death of a New Zealander who happened upon international banking records after purchasing a used computer.
- DirectorBruce MorrisonStarsMatthew HunterMark PilisiKim WilloughbyA streetwise 19 year old, decides to "rescue" his sister from a massage parlor, but is thrown out. The massage parlor boss is a crooked concert promoter, so he and his gang, "hijack" a concert which incites the audience to riot.Commerce St (Old Britomart bus depot in background)
Queen Elizabeth Sq
Fort St
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Karangahape Rd
Hyatt Kingsgate
Onehunga Wharf
Kiwi Esplanade
Lower Albert St
Brigham St
Various other CBD locations I couldn't identify - DirectorGregor NicholasStarsAleksandra VujcicJulian ArahangaRade SerbedzijaIvan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees in Auckland. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her lover. Nina works at a restaurant where Eddie cooks. For a price, she agrees to marry a Chinese, another restaurant employee, so that he (and his Chinese wife) can establish permanent residency. The money gives her the independence she needs to leave her parents' house and move in with Eddie. Complications arise when Eddie realizes the depth of her father's fury and the strength of Nina's family ties.Some great shots of Mt. Eden and central Auckland. Also somewhere around Waitangi?