O le tele o ata tifaga a Niu Sila na faateleina tele i le 1970s. I le 1978 na amata ai ona fesoasoani le New Zealand Film Commission i tagata fai ata tifaga i le lotoifale ma le tele o ata na maua ai le au maimoa i le lalolagi atoa, o nisi na mauaina le aloaʻia faavaomalo. O ata tifaga sili ona maualuga a Niu Sila o Hunt for the Wilderpeople, The Hobby Boy, The World's Fastest Indian, Once Were Warriors and Whale Rider. O le atunuʻu o loʻo i ai le tele o vaʻaiga ma le lapoʻa tele, faʻatasi ai ma le malo, na faʻamalosia ai le aufaʻasalalau e faʻataʻitaʻi nisi o galuega tetele-tupe i Niu Sila, e aofia ai le Twenty Avatar, The Lord of the Rings of Narnia, The Last King of Samurai, ma The King of Kong Chronicles.
1978 Faailoga