N'afọ 1978, ndị New Zealand Film Commission malitere inyere ndị na-eme ihe nkiri obodo aka ma ọtụtụ ihe nkiri ruru ndị na-ege ntị n'ụwa, ụfọdụ na-enweta nkwanye ugwu mba ụwa. Ihe nkiri ndị kachasị elu na New Zealand bụ Hunt for the Wilderpeople, The World's Fastest Indian Boy, Once Were Warriors and Whale Rider. Ọnọdụ dịgasị iche iche nke mba ahụ na kọmpat, gbakwunyere gọọmentị gọọmentị, agbawo ndị na-emepụta ume ka ha gbaa ụfọdụ nnukwu mmefu ego na nnwere onwe na New Zealand, gụnyere The Lord of the Rings, The Avatar of Narnia, The Last King of Samurai, na The Last King of Kong.
Afọ 1978