Little House on the Prairie
NZ release: 09 July 2026
Violence Rated on: 09 July 2026
Season 1
What’s it about?
A girl and her family live and work on a farm in Midwestern America, trying to forge themselves a new life, during the late 19th century.
The facts
- Created by Rebecca Sonnenshine
- English language
- Runtime: Eight episodes, between 42 and 57 minutes each
- Based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Why did it get this rating?
This series was self-rated by Netflix. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.
Violence
Some of the strongest scenes include:
- A girl is threatened by wolves, and they are shot at to scare them away.
- A character aims a slingshot at rabbits. We then see them carrying dead rabbits.
- A wagon gets stuck in a river, and characters (including horses) are in danger.
- There is a brief scene of hand-to-hand violence when a man gets angry and threatens a character with a gun before being pushed over and knocked out.
When content stays with you
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