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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