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2022 NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION AWARDS FINALISTS AND WINNERS
 

NZ ON AIR BEST DRAMA SERIES

WINNER

The Panthers 

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

FINALISTS

 

The Pact

KOHA Productions/ TVNZ+

 

One Lane Bridge

Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1

BEST COMEDY

WINNERS

Raised by Refugees

Kevin & Co / Prime

FINALISTS

Wellington Paranormal - Series 4

Wellington Paranormal

New Zealand Documentary Board / TVNZ 2

 

Kid Sister 

Greenstone TV / TVNZ+

 

BEST FACTUAL SERIES

 

WINNERS

Chatham Islanders

Black Iris Limited / Whakaata Māori

FINALISTS

Ake, Ake, Ake

Scottie Douglas Productions Ltd / Whakaata Māori

 

I AM: Series 3

Screentime New Zealand Limited / TVNZ 1

NZ ON AIR BEST DOCUMENTARY

 

WINNER

Stuff Circuit - Disordered

Stuff 

 

FINALISTS

A Mild Touch of Cancer

Occasional Productions / Prime

 

Recovery 29

Screentime New Zealand Limited / Prime

BEST ORIGINAL REALITY SERIES

 

WINNER

Down for Love

Attitude Pictures / TVNZ 2

 

FINALISTS

The Ex Best Thing

Pango Productions / TVNZ 2

 

First Responders

Screentime New Zealand Limited / TVNZ 1

 

The Casketeers

Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1

BEST FORMAT REALITY SERIES

WINNER

Match Fit - Series 2

Pango Productions / Warner Bros. Discovery/Three

FINALISTS

MasterChef New Zealand

Screentime New Zealand Limited / Warner Bros. Discovery/Three

 

Lego Masters NZ

Screentime New Zealand Limited / TVNZ 2

 

Snack Masters NZ

South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 2

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME

WINNER

Newsroom Investigates

Newsroom

FINALISTS

Q+A with Jack Tame

TVNZ / TVNZ 1

 

Te Ao with Moana

Whakaata Māori

NZ ON AIR BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME

WINNER

Bird's Eye View

SweetShop & Green and Studio Local / HEIHEI

FINALISTS

Goodbye A.I.

Vinewood Animation / HEIHEI

 

Tamaiti Tū

Te Noni Ltd / Whakaata Māori

TE MĀNGAI PAHO BEST MĀORI PROGRAMME

WINNER

The Casketeers

Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1

FINALISTS

Ake, Ake, Ake

Scottie Douglas Productions Ltd / Whakaata Māori

 

Moana Jackson. Portrait of a Quiet Revolutionary

Tawera / Black Pearl Productions / E-Tangata, NZ Herald

TE MĀNGAI PAHO BEST REO MĀORI PROGRAMME

WINNER

Te Karere

TVNZ / TVNZ 1

FINALISTS

Nga Tohu Matariki o te Tau 2022

Whakaata Māori

 

Match Fit

Pango Productions / Warner Bros. Discovery/Three

NZ ON AIR BEST PASIFIKA PROGRAMME

WINNER

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 &  TVNZ+

FINALISTS

Akanuanua

Tikilounge Productions / TheCoconet.TV

 

All Access: Moana Pasifika

Sky Sport

BEST NEWS COVERAGE

WINNER

Russia Invades Ukraine

Newshub

Warner Bros. Discovery / Newshub

FINALISTS

Climate Change & Sea Level Rise

Newshub 

Warner Bros. Discovery / Newshub

 

Te Karere & 1 News Breaking Special - Parliament Protest

1 News

TVNZ / TVNZ 1

 

BEST SPORTS PROGRAMME

WINNER

1-39: The Highlanders Story

Sky Sport

FINALISTS

Scratched: Aotearoa's Lost Sporting Legends

Hex Work Productions / The Spinoff

 

East Coast Rising

Pango Productions / Radio Ngati Porou /  TVNZ 2

BEST LIVE EVENT COVERAGE

WINNER

Celebrate Matariki

Kahawai Productions / Various

FINALISTS

Super Saturday Vaxathon

Pango Productions / Various

 

Ngā Tohu Matariki o te Tau 2022 (Matariki Awards 2022)

Whakaata Māori

 

 

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

WINNER

 

Semele

N.Z. Opera & Greenstone TV / Sky Arts

FINALISTS

Stan Walker: Impossible Live

Kura Productions / South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 2

 

Jono & Ben: Good Sports

Take Two Productions / TVNZ 2

BEST DIRECTOR : DOCUMENTARY / FACTUAL

WINNER

Chris Graham

Scribe: Return of the Crusader

The Down Low Concept / TVNZ+

FINALISTS

 

Johnny Agnew

Young and The Reckless

Two Heads / Re: / TVNZ+

 

Kathleen Mantel

Chatham Islanders

Black Iris Limited / Whakaata Māori

 

Whatanui Flavell

Ake, Ake, Ake

Scottie Douglas Productions Ltd / Whakaata Māori

SCREEN AUCKLAND BEST DIRECTOR : DRAMA / COMEDY DRAMA

WINNER

Miki Magasiva

The Panthers, Episode 1

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

FINALISTS

Tom Hern & Vea Mafile'o

The Panthers, Episode 3

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

 

Chris Graham & Mario Faumui

The Panthers, Episode 6

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

BEST ACTRESS

WINNER

Irene Wood

The Pact

KOHA Productions / TVNZ+

FINALISTS

Grace Palmer

Good Grief

Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions / TVNZ+

 

Miriama McDowell

Head High

South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery/Three

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER

Timmie Cameron

The Pact

KOHA Productions / TVNZ+

FINALISTS

Chelsie Preston Crayford

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

 

Awa Puna

Ahikāroa

Kura Productions / Whakaata Māori

 

BEST ACTOR

WINNER

 

Ian Mune

The Pact

KOHA Productions / TVNZ+

FINALISTS

Craig Hall

Head High

South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery/Three

 

Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER

Scotty Cotter

Kura

Plus6Four Entertainment / TVNZ+

FINALISTS

 

Jordan Mooney

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

 

Jordan Vaha'akolo

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

REPORTER OF THE YEAR

WINNER

Barbara Dreaver

1 News

TVNZ / TVNZ 1

FINALISTS

Lisette Reymer

Newshub Live at 6

Warner Bros. Discovery / Newshub

 

Patrick Gower

Newshub  

Warner Bros. Discovery / Newshub

 

BEST PRESENTER : ENTERTAINMENT

WINNER

Tāmati Rimene-Sproat

Hongi To Hāngī: And Everything In Between

Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1

FINALISTS

Kanoa Lloyd

Sort Your Life Out NZ

South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery/Three

 

Nore Martin

Moon Tide Fishing

2BMedia / Whakaata Māori

 

Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce

Jono & Ben: Good Sports

Take Two Productions / TVNZ 2

BEST PRESENTER : NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

WINNER

Jack Tame

Q+A with Jack Tame

TVNZ / TVNZ 1

FINALISTS

Oriini Kaipara

Newshub Nation

Warner Bros. Discovery / Newshub

 

Ryan Bridge

Newshub & AM

Warner Bros. Discovery / Newshub

 

Scotty Morrison

Te Karere & Marae

TVNZ & Pango Productions / TVNZ 1

 

TELEVISION LEGEND

 

Janine Morell-Gunn

TELEVISION PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

WINNER

 

Bree Tomasel

 Celebrity Treasure Island (TVNZ 2)

FINALISTS

Pax Assadi
Raised by Refugees
(Prime/Neon)
 
Stacey Fluhler
Te Ao Toa
(Whakaata Māori)
 
Patrick Gower
Newshub National Correspondent / The Project / Patrick Gower: On
(Warner Bros. Discovery/Three)
 
Nadia Lim
MasterChef NZ
(Warner Bros. Discovery/Three)
 
Courtenay Louise
Shortland Street, Celebrity Treasure Island
(TVNZ 2)
 
Mike McRoberts
Presenter, Newshub
(Warner Bros. Discovery/Three)
 
Clint Randell
 Dancing with the Stars NZ, The Masked Singer NZ, Heartbreak Island
(Warner Bros. Discovery/Three)
 
Rebekah Randell
Shortland Street
(TVNZ 2)
Jeremy Wells
Seven Sharp, Taskmaster NZ 

(TVNZ 1 / TVNZ 2

 

BEST EDITING: DOCUMENTARY/FACTUAL

WINNER

Prisca Bouchet, Julie Alp and Annie Goldson

A Mild Touch of Cancer

Occasional Productions / Prime

FINALISTS

Toby Longbottom

Stuff Circuit

Stuff

Sacha Campbell

Scribe: Return of the Crusader

The Down Low Concept / TVNZ+

BEST EDITING: DRAMA / COMEDY DRAMA

WINNER

 

Sacha Campbell

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

FINALISTS

Margot Francis

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

 

Bryan Shaw

One Lane Bridge

Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1

BEST CAMERAWORK: DOCUMENTARY/FACTUAL

WINNER

Bevan Crothers

Moko

Velvet Stone Media Ltd / Whakaata Māori

FINALISTS

Timothy Firkin

Waka Huia

Scottie Productions / TVNZ 1

 

Dominic Fryer

Chatham Islanders

Black Iris Limited / Whakaata Māori

BEST DIRECTOR: MULTI CAMERA

WINNER

Mitchell Hawkes

Stan Walker: Impossible Live

Kura Productions / South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 2

FINALISTS

Matt Quin

Rugby League: NZ v Tonga Double Header (Men)

Sky Sport

 

Tobias Jones

Celebrate Matariki

Kahawai Productions / Whakaata Māori

IMAGE AND SOUND BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: DRAMA / COMEDY DRAMA

WINNER

Andrew McGeorge

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

FINALISTS

Nina Wells

Good Grief: Season 2

Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions / TVNZ+

 

Tim Flower

Kura: Season 2

Plus6Four Entertainment /  TVNZ+

 

BEST CONTRIBUTION TO A SOUNDTRACK

WINNER

Native Audio

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

FINALISTS

Tom Miskin, Melanie Graham, Mike Bayliss, Steve Finnigan

Mystic

Libertine Pictures & Slim Film + TV / TVNZ 2

 

Gareth Van Niekerk, Brendon Morrow, Steve Finnigan

Albularyo

MHM Productions  / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

IMAGES & SOUND BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

WINNER

David Long & Stephen Gallagher

Mystic: Series 2

Libertine Pictures & Slim Film + TV / TVNZ 2

FINALISTS

 

Tihema Bennett

Beyond the Veil: Te Kohu (The Mist)

10000 Company / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

 

Jonathan Crayford, P.Smith, choicevaughan & Diggy Dupé

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

BEST POSTPRODUCTION DESIGN

WINNER

 

James Gardner

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

FINALISTS

Paul Lear

Mystic

Libertine Pictures & Slim Film + Television / TVNZ 2

 

Alana Cotton

Beyond the Veil: Te Kohu (The Mist) 

10,000 Company / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
 

WINNER

Gary Mackay, Alistair Kay, Anneke Botha 

Cowboy Bebop

Intergalactic Productions Limited / Netflix

FINALISTS

 

Jane Bucknell

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

 

Melissa Spicer

Wellington Paranormal: Series 4

New Zealand Documentary Board / TVNZ 2

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER

Sammy Salsa

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

 

FINALISTS

Sarah Aldridge

Under The Vines

Libertine Pictures & EQ Media Group / TVNZ 1

 

Jane Holland

Cowboy Bebop

Intergalactic Productions / Netflix

BEST MAKEUP DESIGN

WINNER

Amanda Ashton

Ahikāroa: Season 4

Kura Productions / Whakaata Māori

FINALISTS

Sarah O'Gorman

Under The Vines

Libertine Pictures & EQ Media Group / TVNZ 1

 

Kelly Mitchell

The Panthers

Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

BEST SCRIPT : COMEDY

WINNER

Tom Sainsbury

Wellington Paranormal - Series 4, Episode 4

New Zealand Documentary Board / TVNZ 2

FINALISTS

Pax Assadi

Raised by Refugees

Kevin & Co / Prime

 

Nick Ward

Wellington Paranormal - Series 4, Episode 5

New Zealand Documentary Board / TVNZ 2

 

BEST SCRIPT : DRAMA

WINNER

Harry McNaughton and Natalie Medlock

The Pact, Episode 2

KOHA Productions / TVNZ+

FINALISTS

Pip Hall

One Lane Bridge, Series 2, Episode 1

Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1

 

Harry McNaughton and Natalie Medlock

The Pact, Episode 5

KOHA Productions / TVNZ+

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