Smash Palace came out in about 1981 or so. There's a few NZ horror movies most notably (Bad Tase, Braindead, The Truth About Demons and The Locals - but avoid The Locals it's really shit). Horror's something that the film industry over here has never really tapped into but hopefully that'll change.
Here's a couple NZ music sites you might get into I think they've got links to other shit too:
www.flyingnun.co.nz
www.elevenfiftyseven.com