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2023 New Zealand Television Awards 
FINALISTS 

NZ On Air Best Drama

 

The Brokenwood Mysteries

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Inky Pinky Ponky

Tikilounge Productions / Whakaata Māori / The Coconet 

 

The Gone

Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+


 

Best Comedy

 

7 Days: Season 15 Episode 8

Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / ThreeNow and Three

 

Not Even: Season 1 Episode 4

Miss Conception Films / Sky Open

 

Homebound 3.0: Season 1 Episode 1

Kevin & Co / Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / ThreeNow and Three

 

Educators: Season 3 Episode 1

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ + and TVNZ 2


 

Best Factual Series

 

Slash/Tairāwhiti

TVNZ / 1News

 

When Bob Came: Season 1

Stella Maris Production / Caravan Carpark Films / TVNZ+

 

Homesteads: Season 1

Te Imurangi Ltd / Whakaata Māori


 

NZ On Air Best Documentary

 

Inside Child Poverty Revisited 

Red Sky Film & Television Ltd / ThreeNow and Three

 

Fire and Fury

Stuff Circuit / Stuff 

 

No Māori Allowed 

Kindred Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+


 

Best Original Reality Series

Unbreakable: Season 2 Episode 1

Storymaker Ltd /  TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Heartbreak Island: Season 3 Episode 12

Imagination Television Ltd / ThreeNow and Three

 

The Walkers: Season 2 Episode 3

Hi Mama Production / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+

 

 

Best Format Reality Series

 

Match Fit - League Legends 

Pango Productions / ThreeNow and Three 

 

The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes

Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

The Dog House NZ 

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+

 

 

Best Current Affairs Programme

 

Paddy Gower Has Issues

Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / Newshub/ ThreeNow and Three

 

Newsroom Investigates

Newsroom

 

Sunday

TVNZ / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Te Ao with Moana

Whakaata Māori

 

NZ On Air Best Children's Programme

 

Kiri and Lou

Stretchy / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+

 

Mystic

Libertine Pictures & Slim Film + TV / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+


Panda and Kiwi 

CCTV Animation Group & NHNZ Worldwide Ltd / TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2

 

Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Programme

Te Ao with Moana

Whakataa Māori  

 

The Hui 

Great Southern Television / ThreeNow and Three 

 

NZ Wars, Stories of Wairau 

Aotearoa Media Collective & Great Southern Television / RNZ

 

Homesteads

Te Imurangi Ltd / Whakaata Māori


 

Te Māngai Pāho Best Reo Māori Programme

 

Rage Against The Rangatahi MMXXII 

Te Noni Ltd / Whakaata Māori 

 

Something For The People

Arataua Media / Whakaata Māori Facebook & On Demand

 

Homesteads

Te Imurangi Ltd / Whakaata Māori

 

NZ On Air Best Pasifika Programme

 

Inky Pinky Ponky: Season 1

Tikilounge Productions / TheCoconet / Whakaata Māori

 

Brutal Lives - Mo'ui Faingata'a : Season 2

Kingston Production Ltd / The Coconet TV

 

Duckrockers 

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+

 

 

Best News Coverage

 

1News - Auckland Flooding

TVNZ / 1News, TVNZ 1

 

1News - Cyclone Gabrielle

TVNZ / 1News, TVNZ 1

 

Newshub - Cyclone Gabrielle hits the East Coast

Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / Newshub / ThreeNow and Three

 

 

Best Sports Programme

 

The Crowd Goes Wild

Sky Sport

 

Scratched : Aotearoa’s Lost Sporting Legends

Hex Work Productions / The Spinoff 

 

East Coast Rising 

Pango Productions / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+

 

 

Best Live Event Coverage

 

Super Rugby Final 2023

Sky Sport

 

ANZAC 2023

Whakaata Māori 

 

Te Matatini Herenga Waka, Herenga Tangata - Final Day

Pango Productions / TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2

 

 

Best Entertainment Programme

 

Ka Pō, Ka Ao Rob Ruha with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Satellite / Whakaata Māori

 

Taskmaster NZ 

Kevin & Co / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+

 

Guy Montgomery’s Guy-Mont Spelling Bee

Kevin & Co / Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / ThreeNow and Three

 

 

Best Director: Documentary/Factual

 

Corinna Hunziker  

No Māori Allowed 

Kindred Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Toby Longbottom

Fire and Fury

Stuff Circuit / Stuff 

 

Kimiora Kaire-Melbourne

Homesteads 

Te Imurangi ltd / Whakaata Māori

 

 

Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama / Comedy Drama

 

Jesse Griffin

Educators 

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2

 

Roberto Nascimento

Sui Generis

Rebels & Robots Production / OUTtv

 

Kiel McNaughton

Princess of Chaos 

Chaos Films Ltd,  Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Ltd & Augusto Ltd / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+


 

Best Actress

 

Antonia Prebble

Double Parked

Kevin & Co /  Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / ThreeNow and Three

 

Madeleine Sami

Double Parked

Kevin & Co /  Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / ThreeNow and Three 

 

Amanaki Prescott-Faletau

Inky Pinky Ponky

Tikilounge Productions / TheCoconet / Whakaata Māori

 

 

Best Supporting Actress 

 

Katlyn Wong

Princess of Chaos 

Chaos Films Ltd,  Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Ltd & Augusto Ltd / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

 

Sesilia Pusiaki

Inky Pinky Ponky

Tikilounge Productions / TheCoconet / Whakaata Māori

 

Michelle Fairley

The Gone 

Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+


 

Best Actor

 

Dominic Ona-Ariki

One Lane Bridge 

Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Richard Flood 

The Gone 

Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Neill Rea

The Brokenwood Mysteries

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Best Supporting Actor

 

Rick Donald 

Educators 

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ+  and TVNZ 2

Scotty Cotter

Kura

Plus6Four Entertainment / TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2

 

Scotty Cotter

Not Even

Miss Conception Films / Sky Open


 

Reporter of the Year 

 

Mark Crysell

Sunday 

TVNZ / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ +

 

Lisette Reymer

Newshub Live at 6

Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / Newshub/ ThreeNow and Three

 

Thomas Mead 

1 News

TVNZ / 1 News, TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+


 

Best Presenter: Entertainment

 

Sonia Gray

Kids Wired Differently 

Ruckus / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Karen O’Leary

Paddy Gower Has Issues

Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ /ThreeNow and Three

 

Alice Snedden

Alice Snedden’s Bad News 

Hex Work Productions / The Spinoff 


 

Best Presenter: News And Current Affairs

 

Jack Tame 

Q+A with Jack Tame 

TVNZ / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Jenny May-Clarkson

Breakfast 

TVNZ / 1News/ TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Patrick Gower

Newshub Live at 6pm, Paddy Gower Has Issues, AM, The Project NZ

Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / Newshub / ThreeNow and Three

 

NZTV Legend 2023

 

Oscar Kightley

TV Personality of the Year

Guy Montgomery

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee

Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ/ThreeNow & Three

 

Michael Galvin

Shortland Street

TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Jenny-May Clarkson

Breakfast

TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Luke Bird

Lucky Dip on the Road

Whakaata Māori

Dai Henwood

 LegoⓇ Masters NZ

TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Ryan Bridge

AM

Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ/ThreeNow & Three

Dame Susan Devoy

 Celebrity Treasure Island, Treasure Island: Fans V Faves

TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Kim Crossman

Snackmasters, Homebound 3.0, The Brokenwood Mysteries, Creamerie, ThreeNow & Three, TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Joe Daymond

Bouncers

Sky (Comedy Central)/Neon

 

Aesha Scott

Below Deck Down Under

Bravo (New Zealand)

 

Best Editing: Documentary or Factual

 

Cushla Dillon

No Māori Allowed

Kindred Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Toby Longbottom

Fire and Fury

Stuff Circuit / Stuff

 

Emma Patterson

Kids Wired Differently 

Ruckus / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Best Editing: Drama / Comedy Drama

 

Jonno Woodford-Robinson

One Lane Bridge 

Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Rhys Green & Lachlan Wilson & Ben Winter

Double Parked 

Kevin & Co / Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / ThreeNow and Three\

Carly Turner

Princess of Chaos 

Chaos Films Ltd, Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Ltd, Augusto Ltd / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

 

Best Camerawork: Documentary or Factual

 

Dominic Fryer 

No Māori Allowed

Kindred Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Phil Johnson

Fire and Fury

Stuff Circuit / Stuff

 

Kina Scollay & Alex Hubert

Our Big Blue Backyard - Snares Island

NHNZ Worldwide Ltd / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+


 

Best Director: Multi Camera

 

Matt Quin

Warriors Returning Home 2022

Sky Sport

 

Steve Jamieson

Rugby World Cup 2023 Final

World Rugby / HBS / ThreeNow, Three & Spark

 

Mitchell Hawkes

Topp Class 

Diva Productions / Sky Open

 

 Images & Sound Best Cinematography: Drama / Comedy Drama

Andrew Stroud

One Lane Bridge: Season 3, Episode 5

Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Dave Cameron NZCS ACS

The Gone: Season 1, Episode 2

Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Tim Fleming ISC

The Gone: Season 1, Episode 5

Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

Best Contribution to a Soundtrack

 

Tom Miskin, Melanie Graham, Mike Bayliss, Steve Finnigan

Mystic: Season 3, Episode 8

Libertine Pictures & Slim Film + TV / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+

 

Tom Miskin, Mike Bayliss, Alan Kidd, Steve Finnigan

One Lane Bridge: Season 3, Episode 1

Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Ben Sinclair, Buster Flaws, Travis Heffernen, Steve Finnigan, Joel Haines

The Brokenwood Mysteries: Season 8, Episode 2

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

 Images & Sound Best Original Score

 

Riki Gooch

The Untold Tales of Tūteremoana

Sweetshop & Green / Whakaata Māori  

 

Claire Cowan 

One Lane Bridge: Series 3, Episode 5

Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Claire Cowan 

Under the Vines: Season 2

Libertine Pictures & Perpetual Entertainment / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper

The Gone: Season 1, Episode 4

Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+


 

Best Post Production Design

 

Mikee Carpinter

Patrick Gower on Cyber Crime 

Ruckus Media /  ThreeNow and Three

 

Alana Cotton

One Lane Bridge: Season 3

Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Alana Cotton

Princess of Chaos

Chaos Films Ltd,  Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Ltd & Augusto Ltd / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+


 

Best Production Design

 

Shayne Radford

The Gone 

Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

John Allan 

One Lane Bridge 

Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Ken Turner

Under The Vines 

Libertine Pictures & Perpetual Entertainment / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+


 

Best Costume Design

 

Tania Klouwens

Duckrockers

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+

 

Pauline H Pohatu

The Gone

Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

Feeonaa Clifton & Ani O’Neill

The Untold Tales of Tūteremoana

Sweetshop & Green / Whakaata Māori  

 

Best Makeup Design

Catherine Maguire

Under The Vines 

Libertine Pictures & Perpetual Entertainment / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Kelly Mitchell

One Lane Bridge

Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

 

Kelly Mitchell 

The Gone 

Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+


 

Best Script: Comedy

 

Vince McMillan & James Watson

Kura: Season 3, Episode 3

Plus6Four Entertainment / TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2

 

Dana Leaming

Not Even: Season 1, Episode 4

Miss Conception Films / Sky Open

 

Chris Parker 

Double Parked: Season 1, Episode 2

Kevin & Co / Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ / ThreeNow and Three 

 

 

Best Script: Drama

 

Ally Xue & Fiona Samuel

Princess of Chaos 

Chaos Films Ltd,  Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Ltd & Augusto Ltd / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

 

Jessica Joy Wood

Shortland Street: Season 32, Episode 7714, 7715, 7716

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+

 

Amanaki Prescott-Faletau & Leki Jackson-Bourke

Inky Pinky Ponky

Tikilounge Productions / The Coconet / Whakaata Māori

 

 

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