In 1992, when film enthusiasts and the New Zealand Film Archive realised how much of New Zealand's film heritage was being lost, they mounted the Last Film Search and found 7,000 significant films, both in New Zealand and around the world. The history of cinema in New Zealand is almost as long as the medium itself. The first public screening of a motion picture took place in 1896. Both films did well at the New Zealand box office, with the latter beating Once Were Warriors to become the high...Read Full Post »