Helen Pearse Otene

Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses (2015)

This impressive doco disperses the fog of shame and sensationalism to shed light on the tragedy that made international headlines in 2007 when a young Wainuiomata woman died during a mākutu lifting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Stubbs
CAST:  Vivien Bell  •  Tangaroa Te Ariki  •  Viv Babbington  •  William Davis

This impressive doco disperses the fog of shame and sensationalism to shed light on the tragedy that made international headlines in 2007 when a young Wainuiomata woman died during a mākutu lifting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Stubbs
CAST:  Vivien Bell  •  Tangaroa Te Ariki  •  Viv Babbington  •  William Davis

No Petrol, No Diesel (2009)

A small town, on State Highway 1, where nothing ever happens...then Rex Devlin dies in a suspicious car wreck and a mysterious stranger moves into the Temuka Hotel. Why is one of the world's biggest multinational corporations so desperate to buy a dowdy little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefen Harris
CAST:  Jim Moriarty  •  Helen Pearse Otene  •  Mark Hadlow  •  David McPhail

A small town, on State Highway 1, where nothing ever happens...then Rex Devlin dies in a suspicious car wreck and a mysterious stranger moves into the Temuka Hotel. Why is one of the world's biggest multinational corporations so desperate to buy a dowdy little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefen Harris
CAST:  Jim Moriarty  •  Helen Pearse Otene  •  Mark Hadlow  •  David McPhail

Christmas (2003)

"This singular, bleakly funny, R-rated vision of Kiwi life clinches King's position as the most distinctive new voice in NZ film, as insistent and inescapable as The Warehouse jingle." - New Zealand International Film Festival director Bill Godsen. Made at the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory King
CAST:  Darien Takle  •  David Hornblow  •  Matthew Sunderland  •  Helen Pearse Otene

"This singular, bleakly funny, R-rated vision of Kiwi life clinches King's position as the most distinctive new voice in NZ film, as insistent and inescapable as The Warehouse jingle." - New Zealand International Film Festival director Bill Godsen. Made at the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory King
CAST:  Darien Takle  •  David Hornblow  •  Matthew Sunderland  •  Helen Pearse Otene

The Waimate Conspiracy (2006)

The 2005 discovery of a cannonball, buried for 138 years in a paddock, throws Waimate into turmoil. It is all the Maori locals need to confirm their long-held belief that they were forcibly removed from their tribal lands, in a bloody 1866 battle. The hotly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefen Harris
CAST:  David McPhail  •  Jim Moriarty  •  Helen Pearse Otene  •  Janice Gray

The 2005 discovery of a cannonball, buried for 138 years in a paddock, throws Waimate into turmoil. It is all the Maori locals need to confirm their long-held belief that they were forcibly removed from their tribal lands, in a bloody 1866 battle. The hotly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefen Harris
CAST:  David McPhail  •  Jim Moriarty  •  Helen Pearse Otene  •  Janice Gray