80 years of the National Film Unit

Learn about the history of the NFU – from its wartime beginnings to the ways it documented life in Aotearoa and shaped our film industry.

Check out our favourite NFU films. Some are available online for the first time.

Watch our film technicians at work preserving the NFU collection so everyone can use and enjoy it.

Find out how footage from the archives has inspired filmmakers and helped researchers understand the history of Aotearoa.

Hear from directors and film technicians about what it was like to work at the NFU.

A list of the audiovisual material held by Archives New Zealand.

Get information about the ways we preserve NFU films and some projects we've finished.