Monday Movie Club: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

15 Jan 2026

#CULTURE + LIFESTYLE

Welcome to Monday Movie Club! Through your Timaru District Library card, you will get access to Kanopy. Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform which people can access for free through their library cards.  You can watch films, TV shows, educational videos and documentaries.

This week's Movie Monday is Hunt for the Wilderpeople directed by Taika Waititi.

You can stream it for free with your library card here:  Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Kanopy

hunt for the wilder people

Movie released: 2016

Run time: 1hr 41min

Two rebels. One million hectares of untamed wilderness. The hunt is on.

Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his grumpy foster uncle (Sam Neill) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive in this hilarious and heart-felt adventure.

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

"One of the most sincere and funny portraits of family life to come along in a while." - April Wolfe, L.A. Weekly

Closed Captions available: yes

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