Caleb Nazzer

A woman grieving her daughter's death in the Christchurch earthquakes, becomes a substitute teacher at an elite private school. Unexpectedly, she discovers students lacking guidance and care, prompting her to provide inspiration and support.

Amid the nightlife of a new city, a young Māori trans woman reckons with safety, isolation, and the fragile bonds of old friendships outgrown — as the promise of belonging rises just beyond the horizon.

Set in modern day Aotearoa, Literally Dead follows True–the most iconic bitch you’ve ever met. She’s beautiful, smart, charming, and sharp, but on the cusp of graduating from high school, she died in a tragic accident (note: it wasn’t an accident). Our story takes place entirely on the night of True’s graduation party, as her ghost presents her circle of friends and frenemies, we discover her death was the least fucked up thing that happened that year at Gilchrist Grammar.

Mia is fleeing addiction and leaving behind a professional life in tatters in Scotland. She accepts a wedding invitation from her estranged sister in New Zealand – only to find the would-be-bride dead upon arrival. Caught up in grief and pulled by a dark attraction to her late-sister's fiancé Ewan, Mia soon finds that familiarity among a small community breeds secrets and tensions, endangering the brittle fabric of the town itself.

When King of high school and all-around-party animal Nikau is outed, we witness his social downfall, from cool guy to complete outcast. Forced to find a new group of friends, each of whom has been ‘othered’ by smalltown New Zealand, he finds escape in a whole new world of possibilities: the internet.