Zealandia

VICE embeds with four Tongan nationals who have been sent back to the tiny island nation where they were born after serving prison time in New Zealand and the United States.

VICE investigates the female experience of New Zealand politics, embedding with three women from across the political spectrum to find out what it’s like to be a female politician in 2018.

Sex workers in New Zealand have the most legal rights of anywhere in the world. VICE goes into high-end brothels, solo home operations, and on the freezing, cold streets and finds an industry of extremes and lingering stigma.

VICE follows New Zealand’s top female fighters from the gym to the ring to reveal the raw truth of what it takes to succeed as a Lethal Lady.

Making heavy metal inspired by ancient Māori history has made teenage trio Alien Weaponry unlikely heroes in the fight to preserve New Zealand’s indigenous language.

In this episode of Zealandia, VICE embeds with a group of youth offenders growing up among poverty, gangs and boredom and goes deep into the New Zealand bush on an early intervention programme.

Inside the lives of West Aucklanders affected by the highly addictive and gravely dangerous synthetic cannabinoid drug known as “synnies”.

In a remote commune in the forests of the Coromandel, a utopian dream has turned sour. We visit Arthur, one of Mahana’s last founding members, to learn about his life in the reclusive community, his battles with other residents, and his hopes of seei

For a growing community of young LGBTQ Māori and Pacific Islanders in Auckland, the vogue scene is a place of expression and sanctuary. We meet some of the scene’s breakout stars to understand how their personal journey’s intersected with voguing.