Taking Back Our Beach (2023)
• October 5th, 2023 • 1h 30min
Documentary
Overview
This is a film about the response by a community to New Zealand’s largest environmental disaster, seen through the eyes of that community. The film captures the shock, anger and grief driven into the heart of the local community, but also the humour, purpose and overwhelming positivity when people join together with a common goal.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
New Country - New People
Released on: 1978-01-01
Documentary
A documentary about the history of settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe.
Someone Else's Country
Released on: 1996-04-18
Documentary
Someone Else’s Country looks critically at the radical economic changes implemented by the 1984 Labo...
In a Land of Plenty
Released on: 2002-07-12
Documentary
The story of unemployment in New Zealand and In A Land of Plenty is an exploration of just that; it ...
Erebus: Operation Overdue
Released on: 2014-07-13
Documentary
On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing to...
The Kaipara Affair
Released on: 2005-07-30
Documentary
A documentary about the threat posed to New Zealand's Kaipara Harbour by rapacious commercial fishin...
Cries from the Deep
Released on: 1981-07-09
Documentary
This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and an NFB ...
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
Released on: 1982-10-13
Documentary
In this spectacular feature-length documentary, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and an NFB crew sail ...
Max Gimblett: Original Mind
Released on: 2017-05-19
Documentary
Max Gimblett: Original Mind documents the life and process of eccentric, creative genius Max Gimblet...
Catastrophe
Released on: 1977-04-20
Thriller, Documentary
A film cataloguing some of the world's largest catastrophes.
101 Near Misses
Released on: 2020-10-20
Documentary, Action
From heart-stopping close shaves and averted disasters to incredible brushes with danger, this show ...
Beyond Pollution
Released on: 2012-01-01
Documentary, History
Barker White documents the environmental impact of the massive BP spill.
Hot Air
Released on: 2014-07-31
Documentary
In the years since New Zealand politicians began to grapple with climate change our greenhouse gas e...
Pirates of the Airwaves
Released on: 2014-07-27
Documentary, Drama, TV Movie
In 1966 a group of determined young men defied the New Zealand government and launched a pirate radi...
Burning
Released on: 2021-09-09
Documentary
Follows the deadly Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer’. Burning is an explora...
Anatomy of a Disaster: Explosion at BP Texas City Refinery
Released on: 2008-03-21
Documentary
This U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) video uses expert testimony and computer-animated reenactments...
The Breath Connection
Released on: 2019-05-01
Documentary
A portrait of free diver Kathryn Nevatt, former World Champion and current New Zealand record holder...
The Plane That Fell From the Sky
Released on: 1983-07-14
Documentary
On April 4, 1979, TWA Flight 841 came within seconds of crashing following a mysterious nosedive. In...
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Released on: 2019-01-28
Documentary
This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her ...
Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster
Released on: 1984-09-04
Documentary
David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later n...
Grenfell: Uncovered
Released on: 2025-06-19
Documentary
Survivors, witnesses, and experts tell the story of the tragic fire that engulfed a residential towe...