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2024 New Zealand Television Awards Finalists

NZ on Air Best Drama

Testify
Philippa Rennie, Sharlene George
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

After The Party
Helen Bowden, Liz DiFiore, Peter Salmon
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Friends Like Her
Sarah-Kate Lynch, Philip Smith, Kathleen Anderson Annabelle Lee-Mather, Steven Zanoski,
Great Southern Television Limited / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

 


Best Comedy

Miles From Nowhere
Ahmed Osman, Gary Scott, & Sam Wilton
Gibson Group & Homegrown Pictures / Neon / Sky Open

Kid Sister
Emily Anderton
Greenstone TV / TVNZ+

7 Days
Rob Brown, Thom Watts,
The Downlow Concept / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

The Motherhood Anthology - Give Me Babies
Ankita Singh, Calvin Sang and Briar Collard
Eyes and Ears / Oriental Maidens / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+


Best Factual Series

Origins
Te Wakahuia Bernard, Tash Christie, Meg Douglas
Scottie Douglas Productions / Greenstone TV / TVNZ+

Black Coast Vanishings
Cass Avery & Nicola Smith
Augusto / Kindred Films / Story Time Productions / Warner Bros. Discovery  / Three & ThreeNow

Escaping Utopia
Philippa Rennie & Natalie Malcon
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+


 

New Zealand On Air Best Documentary

Ruamata: It's More Than Hockey
Kereama Wright, Mahanga Pihama, Riria Morgan, Arthur Rasmussen, Peter Lee, Matua Houltham
Mairanga Media / RNZ

Hīkoi Speaking Our Truth
Whatanui Flavell
Haututū Creatives / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Family Faith Footy: A Pasifika Rugby Story
Adrian Stevanon, Jeremiah Tauamiti, Gregor Paul, Abba-Rose Vaiaoga-Ioasa, Philip Smith
Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+


Best Original Reality Series

Cooks On Fire Season 2
Nick Ward, Brendan Dahill, Richard Fletcher & David Arlich
Perpetual Entertainment NZ / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Down For Love Season 2
Rachel Jean
Attitude Pictures / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

The Casketeers
Vivienne Wigby-Ngatai, Annabelle Lee Mather, Philip Smith
Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+


Best Current Affairs Programme

Q+A with Jack Tame
Alex Braae and the Q+A team
TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Paddy Gower Has Issues
Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Sunday - The Final Episode
Sunday Team
TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Newsroom Investigates with Melanie Reid
Newsroom.co.nz


New Zealand On Air Best Children's Programme

Island of Mystery: Te Wā o Matariki
Andrea Kahukiwa
Adrenalin

Fresh Fairytales 2
Hope Papali’i and Eileen Lee
Coconet TV

Kiri & Lou
Fiona Copland
Kiri and Lou Ltd / Sky

KEA Kids News
Luke Nola and Kendall Kanoa Kukahiko
Luke Nola & Friends


Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Programme

NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana
Mihingarangi Forbes, Annabelle Lee-Mather
Aotearoa Media Collective / RNZ / TVNZ+

Hīkoi Speaking Our Truth
Whatanui Flavell
Haututū Creatives / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Origins
Te Wakahuia Bernard, Tash Christie, Meg Douglas
Scottie Douglas Productions / Greenstone TVNZ1 & TVNZ+


 

Te Māngai Pāho Best Reo Māori Programme

Waka Huia
Meg Douglas, Whatanui Flavell
Scottie Douglas Productions Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Te Karere – Nationwide Activation Day
Rapaera Tawhai and the Te Karere team
TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Ruamata: It's More Than Hockey
Kereama Wright, Mahanga Pihama, Riria Morgan, Arthur Rasmussen, Peter Lee, Matua Houltham
Mairanga Media / RNZ



New Zealand On Air Best Pasifika Programme

Still Here
Ursula Grace Williams, Josh Yong, Torisse Laulu
Four and Five Films Ltd / Re:News / TVNZ+

Untold Pacific History
Damon Fepulea'i and Tuki Laumea
Coconet TV

Family Faith Footy: A Pasifika Rugby Story
Adrian Stevanon, Jeremiah Tauamiti, Gregor Paul, Abba-Rose Vaiaoga-Ioasa, Philip Smith
Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+


Best News Coverage

Cyclone Gabrielle – One Year On
1News at Six
TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Auckland Shooting
Newshub
Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Election Night
1News at Six
TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+


Best Sports Programme

All Blacks: In Their Own Words
James Gemmell, Tim Dale-Fuller, Jon Wild
Whisper Films / NZR+

Ruamata: It's More Than Hockey
Kereama Wright, Mahanga Pihama, Riria Morgan, Arthur Rasmussen, Peter Lee, Matua Houltham
Mairanga Media / RNZ

Relentless
Alex Bradshaw, Tara Durrant
Fire Fire / TVNZ+


Best Live Event Coverage

Anzac 2024
Ngatapa Black, Wayne Leonard, Sean Murphy
Whakaata Māori / MĀORI+

Super Rugby Final 2024 - Blues v Chiefs
Marcus Kennedy, Mark Kearns, Will Meiklejohn
Sky Sport NZ / Sky Sport 1

Ngā Tohu Matariki o te Tau 2023
Ngatapa Black
Whakaata Māori / MĀORI+

Ngā Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua o Aotearoa
Ngatapa Black, Kereti Rautangata, Kororia Taumaunu
Whakaata Māori / MĀORI+


Best Entertainment Programme

New Zealand Today
Bronwynn Bakker, Guy Williams, Matt Cooke, Cam Bakker
Kevin & Co / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Code - The Reunion
Joe Whitehead, Bailey Mackey
Pango Productions / Whakaata Māori / MĀORI+

Taskmaster NZ
Cam Bakker, Bronwynn Bakker
Kevin & Co / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+


Best Director: Documentary/Factual

Laurie Clarke
Our Country’s Shame
SunPix Ltd

Sophie Musgrove & Siddharth Nambiar
Dynamic Planet
NHNZ Worldwide / NEON / Sky Open / Sky Go

Natalie Malcon, Justin Pemberton & Britta Hawkins
Escaping Utopia
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Megan Jones & Candida Beveridge
Black Coast Vanishings
Augusto / Kindred Films / Story Time Productions / Warner Bros. Discovery  / Three & ThreeNow


 

Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama / Comedy Drama

Calvin Sang
The Motherhood Anthology - Give Me Babies
Eyes and Ears / Oriental Maidens / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

The 8 Pan-Asian Women Directors of Kāinga
Kāinga
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions Ltd / RNZ

David White
Far North
White Balance Pictures / South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Peter Salmon
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

 


Best Actress

Bree Peters
Spinal Destination
Great Southern Television / Whitiora Productions / Sky

Chelsie Preston Crayford
Dark City - The Cleaner
Endeavour Ventures Ltd / Neon & Sky Open

Robyn Malcolm
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Morgana O’Reilly
Friends Like Her
Great Southern Television Limited / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow


Best Supporting Actress

Tara Canton
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Tess Haubrich
Friends Like Her
Great Southern Television Limited / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Awa Puna
The Boy, The Queen, And Everything In Between
Lucky Legs Media Ltd / TVNZ+

Roxie Mohebbi
Miles From Nowhere
Gibson Group & Homegrown Pictures / Neon & Sky Open


 

Best Actor

Cohen Holloway
Dark City - The Cleaner
Endeavour Ventures Ltd / Neon & Sky Open

Peter Mullan
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Temuera Morrison
Far North
White Balance Pictures / South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

 


Best Supporting Actor

Jarod Rawiri
Friends Like Her
Great Southern Television Limited / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Elz Carrad
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Jay Ryan
Creamerie Season 2
Kevin and Co. / Flat 3 Productions Ltd / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+


Reporter of the Year

Alexa Cook
Newshub
Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Lisette Reymer
Newshub
Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Michael Morrah
Newshub
Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

 


Best Presenter: Entertainment

Guy Williams
New Zealand Today
Kevin & Co / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Dave Letele
Heavyweight with Dave Letele
Heavyweight Media / South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ+

Jeremy Wells and Paul Williams
Taskmaster NZ
Kevin & Co / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Karen O’Leary
Paddy Gower Has Issues
Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow


 

Best Presenter: News And Current Affairs

Julian Wilcox
The Hui
Great Southern Television Limited / Warner Bros. Discovery /  Three & ThreeNow

Jack Tame
Q+A with Jack Tame
TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Guyon Espiner
30 with Guyon Espiner
RNZ

Patrick Gower
Paddy Gower Has Issues
Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow


 

Best Editing: Documentary or Factual

Tori Bindoff, Carl Budden
Escaping Utopia
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Margot Francis and James Brown
Black Coast Vanishings
Augusto / Kindred Films / Story Time Productions / Warner Bros. Discovery  / Three & ThreeNow

Toby Longbottom
The Long Game
Stuff Circuit

Chris Anderton
NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana
Aotearoa Media Collective / RNZ / TVNZ+


Best Editing: Drama / Comedy Drama
 
Allanah Bazzard
Dark City - The Cleaner
Endeavour Ventures Ltd / Neon & Sky Open

Eric de Beus
Testify
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Denise Haratzis
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+


 

Best Camerawork: Documentary or Factual
   
Mark Chamberlin
The Hui
Great Southern Television Limited / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Chris Watkins
WTF is Crypto?
Reel Factory / TVNZ+

Dean Cornish and Mark Russell
Troy Kingi’s Desert Hīkoi
Tavake / TVNZ+


Best Director: Multi-Camera

Matt Barrett
Anzac 2024
Whakaata Māori

Marcus Kennedy
The Rugby Championship - All Blacks v South Africa
Sky Sport NZ / Sky Sport 1

Matt Quin
NRL playoffs - Warriors v Knights
Sky Sport NZ / Sky Sport 1

Mark Kearns
Super Rugby Final 2024 - Blues v Chiefs
Sky Sport NZ / Sky Sport 1



Images & Sound Best Cinematography: Drama / Comedy Drama

Dave Cameron NZCS ACS
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Simon Tutty
Testify
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Adam Luxton
Far North
White Balance Pictures / South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow


Best Contribution to a Soundtrack

Pinnacle Post Sound Team
Our Flag Means Death - Season 2
Neon & Sky Open

Tom Miskin, Alan Kidd, Mike Bayliss, Steve Finnigan
Far North
South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Bruce Langley
Dark City - The Cleaner
Endeavour Ventures Ltd / Neon & Sky Open


 

 Images & Sound Best Original Score

Karl Sölve Steven & Rob Thorne
Black Coast Vanishings
Augusto / Story Town / Kindred Films / Warner Bros. Discovery / Studiocanal
Three & ThreeNow

Moniker
Far North
White Balance Pictures / South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Andrew Keoghan, Reb Fountain
Escaping Utopia
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+


Best Post Production Design

Erin Woolhouse
The Motherhood Anthology - Give Me Babies
The Rebel Fleet / Eyes and Ears / Oriental Maidens / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Alana Cotton
Testify
Warner Bros New Zealand / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Jemma Lee
Motherhood - Ahi and the Stars
Caravan Park Films / Stella Maris / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+


Best Production Design

Andy Currie
The Motherhood Anthology - Give Me Babies
Eyes and Ears / Oriental Maidens / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Neville Stevenson
Dark City - The Cleaner
Endeavour Ventures Ltd / Neon & Sky Open

Melissa Spicer
​​After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Riria Lee
Kāinga
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions Ltd / RNZ


Best Costume Design

Sarah Aldridge
Testify
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Briar Vivian
Miles From Nowhere
Gibson Group & Homegrown Pictures / Neon & Sky Open

Briar Vivian
Far North
White Balance Pictures / South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow


Best Makeup Design

Janene Cissi
The Boy, The Queen, And Everything In Between
Lucky Legs Media Ltd / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Maya Bailey
Far North
White Balance Pictures / South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Joseph Kalepo & Andrew Kalepo
Motherhood
KOHA Productions / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+


 

Best Script: Comedy

Pax Assadi
Raised by Refugees Season 2
Kevin & Co / Sky Open

Simone Nathan
Kid Sister
Greenstone TV / TVNZ+

Mohamed Hassan
Miles From Nowhere
Gibson Group & Homegrown Pictures / Neon & Sky Open


 

Best Script: Drama

Dianne Taylor
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Paul Cleave
Dark City - The Cleaner
Endeavour Ventures Ltd / Neon & Sky Open

Sarah-Kate Lynch
Friends Like Her
Great Southern Television Limited / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow



 

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