The winners of the 2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards were announced tonight during a star-studded Awards Gala at The Civic in Auckland.

Wellington, Sept 2 NZPA - Two New Zealand films, Matariki and Tracker, have both been selected to premiere at this month's influential Toronto International Film Festival - a potential stepping stone to North American success.

The New Zealand Film Commission is delighted that Youth Parliamentarians will get the opportunity to learn from the experiences of Taika Waititi, writer and director of New Zealand box office hit Boy, during this year's Youth Parliament.

Taika Waititi's hit film Boy will be screened free at five Auckland marae from this week as part of the Auckland region-wide Matariki Festival 10.

Revelations of the piracy of New Zealand film Boy illustrates the growing threat of online copyright theft to the New Zealand film industry.

Heading over the ditch for the Sydney Film Festival has proved a successful outing for BOY after it was officially announced today that BOY has won the 2010 Audience Award for Fiction Feature Film.

"Merata was a film maker who could see things that others couldn't," says Maori Party broadcasting spokesperson Hone Harawira in response to the passing of film legened Merata Mita from Ngati Pikiao and Nga Te Rangi.

Wellington, May 27 NZPA - Poi E's rise back up the chart has caused the Patea Maori Club to consider going back into the recording studio.

The song has climbed to number three on the charts after being featured in the hit film Boy.

New Zealand film BOY has reached an incredible milestone to become the number one New Zealand film of all time, overtaking The World's Fastest Indian with a lifetime box office of over $7,050,000.

Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation are back with their fourth album Buffalo. Before heading off on a nationwide tour, frontman Samuel Flynn Scott talks to JULE SCHERER of NZPA about awkward feelings, movie scores and how the band connects with their listeners.