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Just The Job The Killing Of Sophie Elliott Mucking In Chasing The Ghost Ken’s Hunting & Fishing The Worst That Could Happen POPULAR FACTUAL Animal Academy The Wahine Disaster The Food Truck Wonder Dogs Sir Ed - What Would You Do? Kohi Comes Home A Tribute To Sir Edmund Hillary Last Chance Dogs The Dog Listener Down Under Saving A Wild Boy Rapid Response Tux Super Dog Challenge Ghosthunt Piha Rescue Colin McCahon- I Am How The Other Half Lives Black Grace Even My Pet’s A Porker The Jonothan Lemalu Story Why We Buy Lost Dinosaurs Of New Zealand DRAMA Monsters Of The Deep Big Boys Super Toys Billy Rude Awakenings Karaoke High TRAVEL Ride With The Devil Intrepid Journeys The Market SPORT Ends Of The Earth The Killian Curse 2011 Horse Of The Year Working Holiday Highlights The Test The Mighty Pride A Political Game DOCUMENTARY Khaki All Blacks LIFESTYLE & FAMILY Who Killed Trent Keegan? No Latitude For Error New Zealand On A Plate Broken Promises Broken Brides No Good Calling For Mum Hunger For The Wild Who Deserves To Be Born? Kiwi Kitchen Road To Forgiveness Taste New Zealand The Girl On The Top Floor A Taste Of Home Two Sues Taste Takes Off Bill Sevesi’s Dream ARCHIVAL Toast New Zealand The Investigator Rugby Archive A Taste Of Tea Under Investigation - New Zealand Medical Mysteries New Zealand Country Calendar Heritage Collection POPULAR FACTUAL NEW SERIES
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8 x 22’30” 2011
The Food Truck
FAST FOOD IS QUICK. It’s cheap, and most importantly, convenient. BUT it is a contributing factor to the world’s ballooning waistlines. With high obesity rates across most developed countries it is time we watch what we eat and some of us do but there is that little devil called fast food that can TEMPT!
TVNZ Licensing presents The Food restaurant-quality alternatives to of them with one common goal; Truck with Michael Van De Elzen, fast food favourites from the back healthy takes on familiar classics, with an award winning restauranteur and of a modified 1970 Bedford truck. just a sprinkle of restaurant fancy. secret admirer of fast food himself. He uses his 25 years of experience in Michael seeks feedback from all Each episode concludes with The the kitchen to try his hand at creating walks of life, and experiments and Food Truck visiting summer events healthy and delicious alternatives to adapts his flavours to deliver a from campsites, sports events, some of the world’s most beloved healthy but tasty option to fatty concerts, parks, beaches and festivals fast food; from fish and chips, to fast food! Some things he tries are to find out whether people will get hamburgers, pizzas to pies. Each outrageous, others simple, but all their wallets out for a healthy option! week he attempts to create healthy,
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6 x 22’30” 2011
What Would You Do?
From time to time we all dream about what we would do if we won big money. Would we keep it a secret or tell our friends? Would we leave our jobs? Would we travel or buy a new house? A boat? A new car? And would we give a share to charity? Would life be one big party? Or would the responsibility for that much money give us a permanent headache? Would we save it or blow it all at once? And would we be happy?
Every week, this dream becomes This is a show about how a change a reality for some lucky people. But of fortune can change your life. what is that reality like? What would Viewers get to live vicariously you do, answers that question. through the winners stories as they tell us how Lotto changed their lives. What Would You Do? is a series of They take us on the journey of the six half hour episodes that explores good times and so often, the bad. the lives of some of New Zealand’s Lotto winners. Each week, our hosts track down winners – to discover just what they did with their win and how they coped. Every winner’s got a story.
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10 x 22’30” 2012
Last Chance Dogs
This series addresses a growing social issue – badly behaved dogs. Why do some owners flaunt the rules? Are they unable of taking care of their dog? Are they on a power trip deliberately making their dog a menace? Can a dog be rehabilitated? Should dangerous dogs be given a second chance? Meet the dogs that deserve one more chance in Last Chance Dogs.
Yet another horrifying dog Last Chance Dogs goes beyond attack on an innocent child accosts us that. The series uncovers the from the newspapers. As we so often ugly truth about aggressive dogs see, the dog had previously revealed and their owners it also tests the it had a vicious side, but that’s a day theory that aggressive dogs can be too late for a child now scarred for retrained into household pets. life. His parents howling for justice and the dog owner is bereft.
This is not your typical fly-on-the- wall series where cameras follow emergency services or uniformed officials on their everyday duties.
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10 x 22’30” 2012
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30 x 22’30” 2007 - 2010
Rapid Response
Rapid Response is an action packed, emotionally charged, real-life medical emergency series that tells dramatic and unpredictable stories of every day New Zealanders in their hour of need, tended to by a highly skilled team of paramedics.
This fly on the wall series distinguishes itself by the consistent delivery of high ratings in its target 18 demo of 25-54 over a its four 15.6 seasons. What is remarkable is the 16 15.5 15.2 14.5 13.9 13.6 fact that despite the commonly 14 12.6 faced challenge of high levels 12 of audience fragmentation, the 12
series continues its upward trend 10 with viewers, a clear testimony to the quality of the content. 8 6 Be inspired by the medical 4 emergency heroes of Rapid Response as they save lives in 2 extraordinary circumstances. 2007 2008 2009 2010
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10 x 22’30” 2012
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1 x 45’ 75 x 22’30” 2004 - 2010
Piha Rescue
If you like Bondi Rescue, then you’ll love Piha Rescue. Piha is the busiest beach in New Zealand, by far. Being a lifeguard at Piha takes physical and mental strength, good people skills, quick reactions in dangerous situations and the ability to cope with extreme levels of stress. The majority of lifeguards here are volunteers, donating their time to the community.
This series debuted on New Zealand’s most popular FTA network in 2004 and has continued to be commissioned each year. The reason, quite simply, is that Piha 18 Rescue’s popularity continues to grow. 16
15.4 14 Scheduled every year in prime time the 14.2 13.9 12.7 series has consistently delivered high 12 12.5 11.9 audiences. A snap shot of its performance over the last three years shows growth 10 in the audience numbers year on year. 8
A package of 75 episodes is available now 6 with an additional 10 available in 2012. 4
2 If you are looking for a dramatic, high performance popular factual 2008 2009 2011 series with volume to sustain your schedule … look no further.
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16 x 22’30” 2009 - 2010
How The Other Half Lives
A community of people who either follow the same faith or follow a way of life removed from what is perceived as “normal” can appear mysteriously alien and removed from mainstream life ...
Presented in a refreshing light From meditating and chanting with many different communities hearted yet empathetic style, well Buddhist Monks, to fishing with the tick, communities that reflect known All Black and rugby league Italian immigrants; casting spells diverse views of the world. icon, Marc Ellis spends a few days with witches; and running away with each community, living their life, to join the circus, Ellis discovers “There is something peaceful and to better under stand how and why some of the diverse communities assured about the way the Hare they have chosen their given lifestyle. that make up New Zealand, Krishnas carry themselves, almost He jumps the fence of normality breaking down a few preconceived an understanding as to their place. I to check out those who have stereotypes along the way. mean there has to be something to chosen to live a lifestyle outside it; they practice abstinence, say no the main stream. The series is an opportunity to red meat and beer, and still have to understand what makes the a grin from ear to ear.” – Marc Ellis.
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10 x 22’30” 2007
Even My Pet’s A Porker
• 50% in New Zealand are either overweight or obese. • 25% are believed to have diabetes and don’t know it. • 40% eat snacks including chips, hot chips, chocolate, pies and other high fat snacks more than twice a day. • only 20% take regular exercise.
Sound familiar? Surprisingly, Once upon a time it was said pets and their owners, together these statistics actually relate to that we come to look like our with a mutual exercise plan, can our animals rather than humans pets. Now we’re making our pets completely transform the lives of but the figures of obesity in our pet look like us. We’re killing both porky pets and their couch population mirror almost identically ourselves and our pets with a diet potato owners. the statistics in the adult human laden with sugar, salt and fat. populations of the developed world. This fast paced, sometimes It is facing a huge problem with Leading nutritionist and naturopath shocking, sometimes emotive, obesity ... The human race is not only Lani Lopez, and “The Pet Doctor”, humorous and informative show doing a disservice to themselves they veterinarian Seton Butler are on gets to grips with both the pet are also doing the same to their pets. a mission to get to tackle lardy and their owner’s tandem weight lunchboxes and fatty food bowls, problem and is packed with showing that sensible eating for both tips and tricks for viewers.
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5 x 22’30” 1 x 45’30” 2007
Why We Buy
Why We Buy explores why we shop and the strategies, science and psychology used to persuade us to buy.
The series is a mix of But do we really love to shop? experiments, demonstrations and Where does our rampant consumer inside knowledge from experts all urge come from? And how might aimed at revealing the psyche of the marketers and advertisers be seller and the mind of the consumer. persuading us to spend in ways we’re not always aware of? We seem to have moved on from being hunters to shoppers. Billions of This series answers those dollars are spent in retail stores every questions - from the tactics of the year. Shopping has metamorphosed supermarkets (yes those trolleys into a primary leisure activity - just are getting bigger) to the secrets visit any shopping mall on the of designer success stories. weekend for the evidence of that.
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6 x 45’ 2012
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13 x 45’ 2009 - 2011
Intrepid Journeys
Intrepid Journeys debuted on New Zealand television in 2003 and having had consistently strong ratings and won a number of awards has been renewed every season. The show focuses on well-recognised personalities who travel to exotic countries to experience that country’s history, culture and people.
Aside from being physically result, they are able to reflect on experience. The format of Intrepid challenging, Intrepid Journeys also what is special about their lives in Journeys cleverly brings together acts as a conduit to other cultures a Western and privileged world. all the elements in just the right and countries that may otherwise proportions to do just this. only be seen on the news when all Travel shows tend towards hell is breaking loose. This series is luxury, spa and beach breaks Specific moments of drama that are a chance to get past stereotypes, while Intrepid Journeys gravitates a result of situations and challenges myths and bad press, to get out towards countries with interesting that face the presenter, they pull into the real world and experience and troubled pasts and presents. at the heart strings and involve life - challenging and changing travel. Destinations include Libya, Borneo, the audience in ways that can only Iran, Uganda, Myanmar, Tibet, happen when a shared experience Although they are celebrity travellers, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Bolivia, touches someone’s life forever. Dust they travel and live as the locals Cuba, Vietnam, Ecuador and Mali. off the atlas this award-winning do - ride bumpy local buses with travel juggernaut is on the go again. chickens and goats, stay in ethnic Human kind has an insatiable villages and eat traditional food appetite for witnessing and which stretches the palate. As a being entertained by the human
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4 x 45’ 2007
Ends Of The Earth
Ends of the Earth is a series of documentary travel programmes featuring portraits of New Zealanders who feel the need to go beyond our shores (or the traditional London tube or the Bondi tunnel) to find their way in life.
The show discovers each sense of humour firmly in place in The destinations will sometimes be unique corner of the world, and all conditions. He is an avid traveller dangerous and will always be unusual tries to understand how personal with stories of war zone reporting. - Sudan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, the culture, heritage and way of Amazon, the Arctic and the Cocos life influences life overseas and All of us know that getting there is Islands. The series balances, very our interactions with others. half the fun – or sometimes half the smoothly, the story between Paul’s nightmare. The people featured have journey and the New Zealanders In Ends of the Earth, presenter and adapted (some better than others) living and working in these locations journalist Paul Henry will lead us to life in the desert or a war-zone and their life and observations. It is further off the beaten track. He or minus 40 degrees and offer a comical, fascinating, enlightening and offers an intelligent personality, more local perspective on the place’s often surprising – the viewer will not afraid to experience life and to pros, cons and idiosyncrasies. wonder week after week “What observe it with his unique quirky the hell are they doing there?”
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8 x 45’ 2007
Working Holiday
Working Holiday ... it is a kiwi institution, the way every adventurous young kiwi initiates themselves to adulthood. They may end up with a career, a partner or maybe just a memorable holiday!
In this travel series, eight markets where you can’t read another culture. That said, travel young people embark on a six labels, tackling a foreign language, is not always easy – what with week working holiday in far flung meeting new friends and of course sickness, homesickness and language corners of the world and experience discovering things like the sights and barriers – and this series does not the reality of living and working nightlife. This series has two story shy away from the realities of travel. in a foreign culture. A Working streams: being beside a young New Holiday is the New Zealand Zealander as they have a crack at Eight keen Kiwi’s are up for tackling way of making enough dosh to a dream that would otherwise be all this with a camera crew along for experience some of the world. out of their grasp and seeing what the ride, from the word go to whoa. life is like in another country. The bonus is also getting to see another side of a country by This series is about living and fitting into daily life there ... finding working in another country but, most somewhere to live, shopping at importantly, it is about experiencing
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29 x 22’30” 2009 - 2011
NZ On A Plate
NZ On a Plate provides you with the perfect opportunity for your audience to be grabbed off their seats by their taste buds!
This series showcases the foodies and provide a visitor’s Travelling around New Zealand’s country’s distinctive award-winning perspective while the local Kiwi chefs diverse landscape these dedicated cuisine in a compelling show that balance the show with their home- and dynamic chefs take the displays New Zealand food and grown knowledge cooking up a meal freshest and most sophisticated wine in a way that not only grabs that that captures the quintessential ingredients and create gorgeous viewers by the taste-buds but also flavour of that region. Whenever food that can be described as engages them on an emotional level. possible cooking is done outside in a seductive, superb, glamorous picturesque relaxed setting whether and uniquely New Zealand. Featuring celebrity chef’s including it is a beach, a farm or a garden, Australian Paul Mercurio, renowned providing a perfect backdrop that Australian chef Sean Connolly and reflects the beauty of New Zealand. many others, who are all passionate
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27 x 22’30” 2006 - 2009
Hunger For The Wild
International award-winning chefs, Al Brown and Steve Logan travel the length of NZ hunting and gathering ingredients for their dish and discover local history along the way. Each episode of Hunger for the Wild ends with a meal cooked in a unique and beautiful location. It’s a meal that could only be produced in one country – New Zealand – and celebrates the very best of it; our beautiful land, our fresh produce and classic Kiwi characters.
Set amongst New Zealand’s Each episode of Hunger for the Wild “This is first rate television that hits stunning scenery, the series takes ends with a mouth-watering dish all the right buttons. Likeable people, Logan and Brown to the far corners as Logan and Brown move from absolutely fantastic countryside, of the country where they hook up hunter-gatherers to expert chefs and and mouth-watering food.” – with local identities who help them introduce the audience to the art of Linda Burgess, book and television hunt and gather their food. Along the cooking on location. Whether it’s reviewer for The Dominion Post. way there’s plenty of adventure with a bush clad riverbank, a wild West a mix of local history and a lot of fun. Coast beach, a lonely shepherd’s hut, the simple fresh fare is delicious.
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17 x 22’30” 2006 - 2007
Kiwi Kitchen
Local foodie, Richard Till tours provincial New Zealand hunting out iconic New Zealand food which has stood the test of time but possibly not fashion. Richard travels the country, seeking out both the expert and the amateur cook as they create their favourite meals. He takes a look at the origins of the food and explores why it has become a part of New Zealand’s cultural identity.
In these two series Richard Till, He finds and cooks a Wellington Says producer Graham Ritchie, an ex set builder and painter who fondue, a 70’s sausage casserole, ‘We’ve found a great collection of turned to food set up restaurants a classic Kiwi picnic in the Hawkes New Zealanders who share with us and has cooked for the likes of Stevie Bay to mention a few. Richard their food memories and, in some Wonder, U2, Miles Davis, Simply rediscovers recipes from the cases, recipes which have been Red, Jimmy Barnes, New Order, the past and continues in his quest handed down over generations.” English cricket team, and thousands of encouraging the viewer to put upon thousands of Kiwis, continues them back on the kitchen table. It’s really simple - touring the country on his quest to we celebrate New Zealand. seek out iconic New Zealand food.
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35 x 22’30” 2001 - 2005
Taste New Zealand
Peta finds classic foods in classic locations.
She meets producers and farmers Urewera Forest when she visits living the sort of rural life style singer Whirimako Black’s family many a townie might aspire to. property. Episodes feature New There’s salmon from Akaroa’s Zealand trailblazers, those who beautiful harbour, Clevedon found big success with their olive oysters from the Hauraki Gulf and oil, their coffee or their wine. there’s Maori food traditions in the
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7 x 22’30” 2007
A Taste Of Home
For ten years “Taste New Zealand” has featured the best of New Zealand cuisine on screen, and more recently gastronome Peta Mathias travelled the world for culinary inspiration in “Taste Takes Off”.
Peta’s latest venture combines With humour and passion the flavours of New Zealand with Peta discovers the secrets, the international fare – in a series frustrations, the celebrations and that is much closer to home. of course tastes the food of a new migrant’s home country – made in A Taste of Home celebrates the their new home, New Zealand. best of the newest of New Zealand cuisine, brought to our shores Taste New Zealand has screened by immigrants from all over the in more than 100 countries globe, from as far as Korea, Russia, globally and A Taste of Home India, France, Brazil, Northern is a perfect complement to Africa and the Middle East. this well-travelled series.
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16 x 22’30” 2004 - 2006
Taste Takes Off
There’s no better way to discover the culture of a country than through its food and Peta Mathias does just that. This footloose travel writer explores the flavours, the style and the sights of six destinations of the world.
The destinations have been Peta travels to North Yorkshire Beijing is the home of Peking chosen for their diversity and where the simple act of serving Duck and the city’s gargantuan culinary interest. There’s a mix of Yorkshire Pudding with gravy is a duck restaurants serve it as Asian, European, American and one proud symbol of a distinct culinary traditionally as it comes. But in very rural Australian destination. heritage. In Western Australia’s very Beijing there’s much, much more. rural corner of Margaret River there’s First up, Peta travels to the colourful, classy wine, fruit wine vinegar, and There’s Imperial restaurants serving dramatic north of India. In Old Delhi an intrepid canoe journey up the the cuisine of the emperors and she discovers the meaty, spicy style Margaret River in search of bush hotpot restaurants serving the of Muslim cuisine. In Rajasthan, Peta tucker. There’s qandong chutney, food of the Mongol invaders. The discovers two very different food wattle seed dukkah, smoke bush Red Capital Club serves the food cultures. In the villages there’s camel kangaroo and beautiful wild honey. of the politically elite. On a trip milk yogurt, simple bread rotis and to a home in an ancient Great biscuit balls baked in dung, and in the In Rythymno in Crete, an island Wall village, Taste Takes Off magnificent palaces there’s the rich that’s at the very heart and soul of experiences traditional village fare! and elaborate food of the Maharajas. Mediterranean cuisine, the trilogy of Greece’s 5,000 year culinary tradition of olive oil, bread and wine lives on.
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6 x 22’30” 2005
Toast New Zealand
Toast New Zealand journeys through our wine country, meeting the people with a passion for wine.
Designed as a companion series wine tourism, blind tasting, cellaring Presenter and food writer Peta to Taste New Zealand, TVNZ’s and wine making techniques. Mathias is one of New Zealand’s flamboyant food presenter Peta best loved food personalities. She Mathias teams up with wine buff Regular features include a guide teams with talkback radio presenter, Timothy Giles and explores where to the most important grape journalist and wine authority Timothy we’re at when it comes to creating varieties, wine terminology and Giles who brings his knowledge and and consuming wine. They provide in each episode Peta profiles enormous enthusiasm for the subject. practical advice, investigate wine the owners of an award winning styles, meet New Zealand’s wine winery who reveal their life specialists and feature stories about amongst the vines. She cooks a all aspects of wine history, collections, food match for their top tasting drop and tells us how to cook it.
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1 x 45’ 2005
A Taste Of Tea
“A woman is like a teabag – it’s only when she’s in hot water that you realise how strong she is.” – Nancy Reagan.
New Zealand’s flamboyant Chinese, tea making and drinking A Taste of Tea takes us to Sri Lanka, foodie – Peta Mathais brings you her is an art form focused on taste. to the plantations, the factories, idiosyncratic take on the story of We visit a famed Beijing teahouse the tastings and the auctions. Here tea and the world’s addiction to it. to learn about the basics of tea. in a picture perfect landscape we discover the secrets behind “Life is like tea. The longer “Cup of char, deary?” – blame the the diversity of tea. When you it is immersed, the richer it Poms. Our love of tea can be directly look beyond the tea leaves in the becomes.” - Chinese proverb. blamed on the British. A Taste of Tea bottom of a cup you are looking travels to London. Stephen Twining, at a contemporary history of Legend has it that a Chinese emperor a 10th generation Twining from mankind, for the simple tealeaf has named Chen Nung discovered tea London’s world famous tea business, an epic history. It has set national in 2737 BC. When sitting in his recounts the remarkable history of codes, sparked wars, revolutions, garden some dried leaves from a tea and the Brits. Three hundred turned ordinary people into saints nearby camellia bush blew into a years ago London was awash with and sinners, Britain even lost its pot of boiling water. The emperor bawdy coffee and rum houses. No American colonies over it. decided to drink the infusion and lady could be seen in such a place. found it refreshing. A Taste of Tea Thomas Twining created a craze for takes off to China to put some tea among London’s society ladies. geography into the legend. To the
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26 x 22’30” 2011 (HD)
Earlier Series (SD)
Country Calendar
You will be hard pressed to find another series that is the perfect amalgamation of stunningly beautiful high definition pictures and human stories of courage - of following a dream to fruition and finding success from living a life of plenty from the land.
SPANNING 45 YEARS of existence, With it’s typical patient observational Country Calendar’s stories have style (that allows stories of people become increasingly diverse. and the land to gently unfold), it’s Amongst the bucolic tales of an unlikely broadcasting star, but farming, fishing and forestry, there the show’s producer, Frank Torley are high country musters, floods, believes nostalgia for earning an organic brewing, falconry, tobacco honest living from the land is what farming, and newer ventures makes city people yearn for the such like truffles and alpacas. It’s lifestyles the show portrays. popularity remains undimmed – Country Calendar – 26 new episodes one of New Zealand’s top-rated being added every year. HD episodes shows, it’s watched as much in available from 2011. Themed the cities as it is in the provinces packages available on request. where the stories come from.
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60 x 22’30” 2007 - 2011
Just The Job
Every working adult knows just how difficult it was to decide which career might suit us best … most of us wish we had more information about the careers potentially available to us at that stage in our lives. This is where this unique series steps in … Just the Job profiles some of the outstanding career opportunities available to young people.
Targeted at the school leaver, the Each week students aged 16 to 18 show is presented by a regular years, try out their possible future host, who introduces the three careers. By adding a mentor and careers that are profiled in each some hands-on experience in to half hour show, giving the audience the mix, they have every chance a unique up close and personal to discover whether a particular insight into a myriad of career career is for them or not. paths available. The series has been designed as an informative and At the end of each show, career entertaining tool to help students consultants present helpful gain a first-hand understanding information from how to increase of what happens on the job. an individual’s chances of impressing potential employers during an interview to ways of identifying what might be suitable as a career.
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65 x 22’30” 2004 - 2009
Mucking In
In every community there are people who work selflessly for the less fortunate. They are the unsung heroes of our lives. Mucking In works in conjunction with the community.
Together they surprise the The show has provided a range of Mucking In is just as much about chosen recipient and then work with participants who don’t have the celebrating the unsung heroes members of the community towards time to look after themselves or amongst us as transforming building a beautiful garden for them, their gardens, with something they a nondescript back yard while the recipient is away relaxing truly deserve and appreciate. A into a designer garden. at a resort. Wherever possible local parking warden who cares for the companies supply products, materials kids on the streets, a very special and services. And the big payoff is couple who tirelessly care for animals seeing the look on the recipients, who are unloved or need a new faces when they return home! home, a woman who has dedicated her life to helping the families of children with kidney disease.
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7 x 22’30” 2007
Ken’s Hunting & Fishing
Good Kiwi Bloke and well-known NZ entertainer, Ken Moller (aka Lynda Topp from The Topp Twins) presents a new, entertaining and informative hunting and fishing TV show that will take viewers to some of New Zealand’s top fly-fishing spots where we meet some of the region’s best guides and discover the thrill of fishing for feisty Rainbows and ‘Bloody Beautiful Browns’ in NZ’s wilderness.
Ken has been an avid angler for the hunting adventures in the show, years and fished some of the great sharing her passion for hunting and rivers in the world. He also ties his her love of the great outdoors. own flies. His particular favourite Ken’s Hunting and Fishing Show is one for catching trout is his own certain to appeal to keen anglers creation, ‘Lady in Pink,’ specially and non-anglers alike, as our hosts crafted for NZ’s fast flowing rivers. embody the spirit of every NZ man and woman who enjoy the great Ken is joined in the field by Lady outdoors and have ever caught a fish Hunter (Emma Lange) who hosts or enjoyed a tender venison steak.
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46 x 22’30” 2008 - 2011
Animal Academy
Animal Academy celebrates the passion people have for animals. It pays tribute to those who dedicate their lives to looking after animals, who train, save, protect and enable us to move amongst these magnificent, fun loving creatures.
It is an informative, with the rare Hector Dolphins; Animal Academy travels from cosy entertaining and insightful series that horse trekking in the stunning high firesides to the far flung wilderness uncovers the special relationship country, or photographing the rare to meet the country’s fascinating we have with animals in the home and beautiful Royal Albatross. and extraordinary animals. From and in their natural environment. rescuing Chinchillas to rescuing The emphasis is on families earthquake survivors; from a dog In each episode the team takes experiencing animals - large, small, that eats stones to deadly venomous the viewer on an exciting animal tame and wild - up close and snakes - Animal Academy has it all. adventure in and around New personal. You’ll be itching to take Zealand; whether it’s swimming your family on animal adventures after watching Animal Academy.
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26 x 22’30” 2005
Wonder Dogs
Wonder Dogs brings a blend of comedy, warmth, unpredictability, spectacular locations and a wide variety of dogs facing new challenges. Wonder Dogs is consistently reliable, fun television that both adults and children can enjoy together.
This New Zealand series is The dogs are put through their paces Another feature of Wonder shot around the spectacular Peel with three challenges in the form Dogs is a regular visit with ‘Dog Forest and Lake Camp areas in of a clever agility course, a variety Listener’ Jan Fennell, who has Canterbury and a sheep station of fun obedience exercises and great success understanding the called Long Beach near Ashburton. some water retrieving. They have to language of the dog and sorting compete in heats, semi-finals and the out behavioural problems. Wonder Dogs features all kinds of grand final in their quest to be New breeds ranging from Dalmatians Zealand’s genuine ‘Wonder Dog’. The series also includes other dog- and Hungarian Vizslas to Heading related stories, including the latest Dogs, Border Collies and German Our aim is for viewers to have an craze ‘Dances with Dogs’, where Shepherds. The dogs have to be empathy with one, or a number, dogs and their handlers perform masters of the canine universe, of the dogs, fall for their talents choreographed routines to music. skilled at all the challenges: running, and charm and follow their jumping, agility, swimming, retrieving, progress through the series. weaving and being obedient.
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1 x 45’ 2004
Kohi Comes Home
Ten years ago a little Labrador left her home and began training as a guide dog. Her name was Kohi ... meaning ‘to look for’ in Maori, and she was embarking on a journey from her home in Auckland to Invercargill to take care of Stuart Craig.
After his wife died, Stuart a has been your eyes and trusted various milestones. D.J. now divides Korean War Veteran, needed a companion for 10 years, the act of his time between home life (with the companion to guide him through separation is even more intense. old girl as his new companion) and life and Kohi was the chosen one. raising awareness and much needed Ten years have passed and Kohi The second story strand is the funds for Guide Dogs by visiting is about to retire. She is now 12 training process of Kohi’s new mate service and community clubs, schools years old and ready to have a D.J. the four year old Labrador who and corporates. And lastly we more relaxing time in retirement. is the official ‘mascot’ for the Guide look at a very unusual partnership, Dog Services in New Zealand. Over which is also a world first. A farmer In this documentary we catch up with the last couple of years, while living with a guide dog/farm dog. Kohi and Stuart as they prepare to with Mark Leishman’s family, D.J. has separate. It is a heartfelt experience left home for long periods to train as Kohi Comes Home is an for anyone to say goodbye to a a guide dog. We have footage of this endearing and fascinating much loved pet, but when that ‘pet’ training process and him passing the insight into a special world.
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6 x 22’30” 2006
The Dog Listener Down Under
Also known as a dog whisperer, Jan Fennell takes on some of the most cantankerous and badly behaved dogs and talks with their exasperated owners. She can calm the most aggressive dogs and silence the most irritating barkers in front of the camera.
Jan Fennel is The Dog Listener. Stories of frustration, anger and The Dog Listener Downunder is an Author of five books including embarrassment feature together informative and entertaining take on best sellers – The Dog Listener with a sense of sheer desperation life with your dog. The combination and The Practical Dog Listener. of these owners who are hoping of Jan’s skill and great sense of Jan, based in the UK, is a leading their lives will be changed forever. humour, Mark’s endearing personality dog behaviourist with a unique as he links the show and the“dog understanding of the unspoken Invariably, we see the relief and owner” characters from downunder language of the dog. New Zealander, excitement as the owners realise make this series compelling viewing. Mark Leishman is a presenter, there really is a way to have a director and producer. He has polite, obedient and reliable dog. hosted nine series of the top rated The show closes with Jan recapping ‘Wonder Dogs’, developing a niche her advice and offering her as the ‘dog man’ of New Zealand. opinion on how the owner might continue on the path to success.
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10 x 22’30” 2000
Tux Super Dog Challenge
This exhilarating series is a chance for teams from the NZ Police Dog Section to show what they’re worth against the New Zealand Customs Dogs, farm dogs, search and rescue dogs and the highly trained agility dogs. With the clock ticking, the dogs run, swim, retrieve, climb and most importantly obey – while their handlers mountain bike, rock climb, abseil, kayak and negotiate often very hilly countryside.
Both dogs and handlers are scriptwriter, Jim Mora, provides the put to the test as they compete highly entertaining commentary. together in exhausting physical challenges amongst the rivers and After each of the six heats one peaks of New Zealand’s spectacular winning dog/handler partnership South Island High Country. goes through to the semi-finals. The grand final climax is in Episode 10 One of New Zealand’s long time and when the Super Dog is revealed. well liked presenters, Mark Leishman, Super Dog Challenge is full of hosts the show with international warmth fun and humour but endurance/adventure athlete, Steve there is a serious element and Gurney joining him as the Super at times the heat is really on! Judge. Broadcaster and acclaimed
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1 x 90’ 2011
Billy
Billy is the personal story of New Zealand’s most loved entertainer, the late Billy T James. This feature length drama goes beyond the public façade to reveal the man behind the chuckle.
Billy is a love story set in the changing culture of New Zealand in the seventies and eighties. It also portrays the journey of a shy, loyal and musically gifted boy who married his first love and went on to achieve extraordinary success. A Maori boy who, within a few short years, lost everything, including his life.
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11 x 45’ 2007
Rude Awakenings
Dimity Rush is in a hurry – to reconnect with an upbeat inner city vibe, to escape the rural lifestyle block where she has been marooned for seven years with her anaesthetist husband Stuart and their two sons Julian (17 years) and Ollie (8 years).
Ponsonby – the holy grail of lived over the fence in his rundown Over the course of a heated summer, Auckland real estate – becomes rental for twenty years bringing old Ponsonby fights new, as Dimity the battleground as Dimity fixates up his two teenage daughters, and Arthur fight for the soul of on acquiring not only a done- dance student Amber (18) and Ginger Street, and the futures of up villa for her family, but also surveillance freak Constance (15), their families and livelihoods. The the neighbouring property on with his ex-street-kid wife Sharon, clash of two cultures and lifestyles Ginger Street as investment. who has just left him for a woman. is the basis for this new satirical drama that explores the country’s As Stuart loses his grip on what Arthur knows that Dimity will be most burning obsession – buying the life is meant to be about, tossing the ruin of everything he stands for, perfect house in the best location. in his lucrative career, his wife, and he summons every weapon in the human resources manager, his armoury to resist her advance. Sexy, abrasive, funny and touching, takes charge and makes the Rude Awakenings throws up the decisions, mostly disastrous. Arthur sees this as a matter of differences and conflicts between honour, of resisting rapacious a woman who believes a suburb is Her neighbour and nemesis, failed feminism and reasserting a way to get ahead and man who social worker Arthur Short, has his masculinity. clings to the notion of community.
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15 x 22’30” 2006
Karaoke High
Welcome to Karaoke High. The foremost training school with a fearsome reputation academically and in the performing arts. This is where dreams are chased and everyone will fight for their moment in the spotlight.
Karaoke High is a teen drama, The nick name Karaoke High was draws on a rich vein of real teen where the gloss is leavened by a coined by those disdainful of a school stories, young love, the pressure good dose of reality.The series taps that prides performance alongside of performance and rivalry. into the aspirational dream factor academia. It has been adopted that made ‘Fame’ a huge success. by the students to affectionately With all-original music created refer to the school they hope will just for Karaoke High, spectacular Kingston High is a school with a make their dreams come true. dancing choreographed by ‘Dancing difference. Not only is it one of the With The Stars’ Candy Lane, best high schools in the country, This exciting new drama follows gripping drama, great writing, it also has a performing arts wing the trials and tribulations of storylines and performances that called Kingston Academy, which is several students whose dreams lift the show beyond the ordinary. second to none. Competition to get and aspirations are on the line into the academy is fierce and only and the teachers who hold those the very best students are accepted. dreams in their hands. Karaoke High
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6 x 22’30” 2007
Ride With The Devil
Lin is a young Asian recently arrived down under from Beijing. Cast out by his rich father he ends up in New Zealand under the strict guidance of his aunt. His cousin Amy leads two lives – one of perfect student, the other the leader of an all girl ‘Boy Racer’ crew. Almost impossible to own a car where he is from, Lin is drawn into the world of late night cruising, drift competitions and other assortment of auto erotica.
Lin meets up with Kurt, a hoon The unholy alliance becomes damned From the director (Murray Keane) who has done time in prison and forever when a street race kills and writer (Kate McDermott) come out the other side. Kurt innocent people and the cops come both on Outrageous Fortune and is the design engineer for B-bay looking for the culprits. Boy Racers Shortland Street comes a high Motors, a hip-hop styled fast fours are the scourge of society to some octane drama with a unique Asian import workshop (they do up Jap and being Asian only makes it worse. slant, that is as close to the late night, cars). At first Kurt sees Lin as a street youth scene as you can get. cash cow - “the dumb chink with But despite “conrods from gods” the gold card.” Kurt promises Lin own garage being thrown in the *This programme is rated adults his own car fame and glory and a cylinder heads, the two young only. It contains language that strange kinship grows over a few men attempt to keep themselves may offend some people. cups of octane-fuelled craziness. and their friendship alive.
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13 x 22’30” 2005
The Market
A contemporary classic Romeo and Juliet love story between two strong families, one Maori and one Samoan. The war between the families is turned on its head when the family’s youngest members, Julia and Tipene meet for the first time. The attraction is instant and the two teenagers struggle to protect their fledgling relationship amidst the chaos of their families feuding.
The Market was shot on Five years ago, the friendship Tipene Johnson meet for the first location in South Auckland, within between the Johnsons and the Limas time. The attraction is instant and the a five-kilometre radius of the Otara was broken; one son died in a fight, two teenagers struggle to protect Markets and Otara Town Centre. and another, Sef went to prison for their fledgling relationship amidst the Much of the drama was shot on the his murder. Now the old wounds chaos of their family feuds. Can the streets, in rented houses, abandoned are re-opened with the return cycle of revenge be stopped, and buildings, local shops with the local of Sef to the market. While Sef ’s if so, are they the ones to do it? community playing a vital role. family welcome his return, the dead boy’s brother, Mike, has nurtured The Story: Two strong families, one a hatred of Sef and his family. Maori (native New Zealanders) and one Samoan (Polynesian), The war between the families is make their living at the stalls as turned on its head when the family’s they have done for decades. youngest members, Julia Lima and
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14 x 22’30” 2006 - 2007
The Killian Curse
School can be an evil place ... The Killian Curse is a comedy-horror kidult show about a cursed classroom.
In episode one, the new students the students all have a different Designing the terrifying creatures for of Room 21 are told a frightening terror to face. And each of their The Killian Curse, was none other story ... In 1906, a man called Charles curses is specifically tailored to their than WETA’s Richard Taylor (Lord Killian founded Killian High School. An own personal weaknesses! There are of the Rings trilogy and King Kong), eccentric man, he met an ‘accidental’ unimaginable consequences should the triple Academy Award-winning death when locals discovered he was they not beat this curse - Killian special effects guru. The young actors teaching the ways of demonology will take their soul ... forever. He include Jacinta Waiwai (King Kong, to impressionable young students. only needs 11 more souls until he Into the Blue), Cameron Wakefield He is now sending demons from has enough power to return from (Road to Terebithia and Australasia’s the underworld to terrorise the the dead and seek vengeance! youngest Elvis impersonator), current students, and wreak havoc Georgia Fabish (Into the Blue) and on those responsible for his death. Not everyone will succeed; but will James Shaw (The New Tomorrow). enough of the Room 21 students win The adult cast include some of New The 21 students in Room 21 each to stop the curse? The show is fun, Zealand’s veteran actors; Nathaniel face one of Killian’s evil curses, a tongue-in-cheek and scary. A must- Lees (Star Wars, The Matrix), Nick battle with a beast sent from the see children’s horror show, even if Blake (Shortland Street), Jed Brophy underworld. From vampires, witches, it’s watched from behind the couch! (Lord Of The Rings, Heavenly warlock, and werewolves to aliens, Creatures), Grant Roa (Whale Rider) and Stephen Ure (Lord of the Rings).
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1 x 45’ 2011
Who Killed Trent Keegan?
The makers of this New Zealand documentary have forced a major break in an international murder mystery.
Trent Keegan, an adventurous Documentary maker Rob Harley Rob Harley went inside the Kenyan freelance photographer, was set out to investigate. He travelled Prison and their legal system and found murdered in a ditch in deep into to the wild safari lands gathered information which was Nairobi, Kenya in May 2008. of East Africa and in to one of the then passed on to Nairobi police Just before he died, Trent had world’s toughest prisons, looking and New Zealand’s Ministry of been on a photo assignment in for clues into Trent’s death. Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs Northern Tanzania, covering a has confirmed that the man land dispute between a safari With no suspects in custody, Trent’s the documentary team strongly company and Masai tribes people. family were desperate for answers. believed had murdered Trent Internet chatter in the weeks after Keegan has since been charged with Trent’s laptop and camera were Trent’s death, raised questions about offences relating to Trent’s death. stolen when he was murdered, whether there might have been a link His court case is now underway. but the robbers left his bulging between the murder and the young wallet and passport on his body. Kiwi’s photography in Tanzania.
Kenyan police said the attack on Trent didn’t look like a normal mugging.
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1 x 45’ 2011
Broken Promises Broken Brides
In the otherwise ordinary neighbourhoods of New Zealand cities, a scandal is happening. Women from Asian countries are being enticed into marriages here: marriages which turn violent and ugly, leading to death, misery and heartache.
Investigative reporter Rob and no-one seemed to be offering being bashed, humiliated and Harley had an image in his mind any answers to the domestic in the words of one anguished that wouldn’t leave him. It was the violence that claimed her life.” Indian father, ‘tortured’ behind memory of a once vibrant and closed doors in Kiwi homes. happy woman, who came to New The memories of that tragic end Zealand looking for a brighter led Harley to start asking the The documentary Broken Promises, future, but the end result was a question: How badly are Asian brides Broken Brides, has required what miserable death at the hands of being treated in New Zealand? Harley calls “enormous courage” a jealous and possessive man. The answer astonished him. on the part of several women who’ve been told that either “I had filmed this poor woman, It turns out that one Asian Women’s they or their family members after she was shunted back to Rights group is fielding up to 600 will be killed if they speak out. Malaysia,” recalls Harley. “She lay calls a month, about the desperate dying in a Kuala Lumpur Hospital, plight of young wives, who are
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1 x 45’ 2011
Who Deserves To Be Born?
They lost their first child to cystic fibrosis at only eight days old; their second child has the disease and is sickly but making good progress. The documantary tells of their fight for a healthy baby number three. As its title suggests, the programme explores some of the dilemmas faced by families who are deciding how to ensure that birth defects which have blighted the lives of their existing children, don’t occur in future births.
Who deserves to be born? short. The technique involves God … You sense the real internal is a documentary that was three fertilising embryos in the laboratory wrestling that’s going on right years in the making. and allows scientists to extract through this programme,” says single cells from the eight-cell Rob Harley. “One of the couples The documentary follows the embryos – cells which can be in particular find their emotions journeys of two couples, both tested to see whether the potential jerked all over the landscape as desperate to have a healthy child. baby will have cystic fibrosis. they make their choices. We are Each couple already has one child with them right as the vital medical afflicted with cystic fibrosis, and don’t Documentary director Rob Harley verdicts come in on their progress, want to bring into the world, another says the journey both families took and you find yourself getting very child, with the crippling condition. to try to have a healthy baby was caught up in their struggle.” emotionally very demanding for Science appeared to offer both all concerned. The decisions each The outcome of the process for both couples an answer, the form of a couple had to make along the way families is – say the directors – a technique called Pre-implantation were very gruelling. “One of the very unexpected series of surprises. Genetic Diagnosis – or PGD for mums compared it to playing
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1 x 22’30” 2011
Road To Forgiveness
Raymond Hansen, a farmer drives to the pub, gets drunk, drives home. He knows he shouldn’t drink and drive.
One evening in 2005 he does Instead of becoming bitter, she It was a powerful message that as he is accustomed to do - drives was determined that she would helped salvage the lives of those home inebriated and kills beautiful make “something beautiful” out of affected by Rochelle’s tragic end. 22 year old Rochelle and two of Rochelle’s memory. She instigated her friends in an horrific accident, a process of restorative justice A short clip from the meeting has leaving only a blazing wreck of a car. and she invited this documentary been used in prisons in several team to watch it happen in a countries to teach people who The mother of one of the girls, rural New Zealand Prison. visit prison inmates about the can’t accept or forgive Raymond power of extending forgiveness. Hansen and fights at every parole A nervous Hansen heard things he hearing to ensure he stays in never expected to hear, including the Raymond’s likely to be paroled prison for as long as possible. fact that she had made a conscious this year. He and Jan plan to decision not to hate him or be angry work together to help promote However, Jan Wallis, mother of with him, because, she said, “I did the anti drink-drive message. Rochelle, did several things that not want this tragedy to rule my have perplexed those around her. whole life for the rest of my days”.
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1 x 22’30” 2011
The Girl On The Top Floor
Stacey Reeves is the unseen, tragic face of the Christchurch earthquakes.
She was working in the As Urban Search and Rescue Major infections continued to Christchurch Press Building when personnel clambered through the impede her recovery, but gradually the February quake struck. Its sheer rubble trapping Stacey, one rescue she pulled through, and has since randomness meant that a woman specialist pulled out his handycam, even managed to get married to colleague on one side of Stacey’s recording the entire rescue. her childhood sweetheart Nick. desk was killed, while a woman at another desk got out unscathed. Stacey was eventually freed, and Stacey, Nick, Stacey’s parents and transported to hospital, where Christchurch Hospital allowed Twenty-four year old Stacey both of her legs were amputated. director Rob Harley an intimate was pinned underneath look at the recovery of one concrete masonry. It became an arduous journey especially gutsy young woman. of recovery. Stacey was in an She suffered multiple injuries – the induced coma for the first couple worst to her legs. Before the quake of weeks after the quake. Stacey was a part time model.
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1 x 22’30” 2011
Two Sues
Two women go to extraordinary lengths to help battle child slavery and prostitution in Cambodia.
About ten years ago two Some of these young children were courageous women, Sue Hanna and the victims of the international Sue Taylor put their comfortable pedophiles – some have been secure lives in New Zealand behind sold into slavery and servitude them and dedicated themselves at ages as young as five. to improving the lives of young victims of terrible atrocities. The documentary crew while working to capture the Sues’ story They joined forces with an recently found them right in the thick international organization called of major humanitarian work such Hagar and had phenomenal as the aftermath of the disastrous success in Phnom Penh. They’ve stampede across a Phnom Penh managed to help rescue hundreds bridge after a water festival. of children, educate and rehabilitate them into mainstream society.
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1 x 45’ 2011
Bill Sevesi’s Dream
It wouldn’t be news to anyone that the most popular musical instrument of the moment is also one of the humblest, the ukulele. The “uke” is everywhere. This is in part due to the work of Bill Sevesi whose dream it was to popularize Hawaiian style music in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Born Wilfred Jeffs in Tonga in 1923, he began playing the Hawaiian Steel Guitar in 1936 and in later years his band ‘Wilfred Jeffs and the Islanders’ became ‘Bill Sevesi and the Islanders.’ He has performed all over the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia and United States. Sevesi has composed more than 200 songs with over 20 albums to his credit during a career spanning six decades.
As this new television performing on stage, home in Tonga, San Francisco in 1915, when Hawaii documentary reveals, there’s a only a few weeks after the filming.) hosted a hugely popular pavilion, lot more to the little uke than all featuring plenty of ukulele music. this sudden popularity. Bill Sevesi’s In its telling of the story of the As a result, America fell for the Dream takes the current popularity ukulele, how it found its way from little instrument and the world of the ukulele as the starting point Madeira to Hawaii, through the followed. And so it bounced in of a journey to the uke’s roots. Pacific and out to the world, Bill and out of popularity. Antique The documentary film finishes with Sevesi’s Dream effectively uses pop songs become whimsical or 87-year-old Sevesi and his 68-year- live music, newly filmed with a amusing when ukuleles are applied old one-time pupil Sione Aleki playing wild variety of performers. The to them and this has been a large their ukes together one last time. documentary also makes rich use part of the little instrument’s (Aleki – a virtuoso sometimes billed of archive, stretching back to the recent worldwide popular surge. as the Jimi Hendrix of ukulele – died landmark Panama-Pacific Expo in
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18 x 45’ 2007 - 2011
The Investigator
An in-depth look into some of New Zealand’s most puzzling crimes in recent history, investigating if there was more to each crime than meets the eye.
Through interviews with investigators, witnesses recollections, forensic reports, crime-scene photographs, news archive footage and dramatic reconstructions, this edgy and in-depth series promises to delve into each crime with meticulous methodology, in the hope to shed new light on the details of how each crime was committed.
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3 x 45’ 2007
Under Investigation - New Zealand Medical Mysteries
Medical mysteries are as fascinating as murder mysteries.
Every country has its scientific controversies and dilemmas and New Zealand has some intriguing cases which will stand some scrutiny. Some of the best stories in this genre only ever make a brief news item or two and then vanish from the public radar. New Zealand Medical Mysteries takes a strongly investigative approach to delving into these stories.
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1 x 45’ 2009
The Killing Of Sophie Elliott
Charming his way into Sophie Elliott’s house, Clayton Weatherston stabbed Sophie a total of 216 times – inflicting the most extensive and horrific injuries seasoned pathologists had ever seen.
Twenty-two year old Sophie The documentary examines an was on the cusp of a brilliant career increasingly common personality as an economics whiz-kid. But an phenomenon known as narcissism. obsessed and twisted ex-boyfriend put an end to those dreams in The programme makers walk the the most brutal way imaginable. painful journey taken by Sophie’s What drove Weatherston to end family as they come to terms with Sophie’s life in such an awful manner? her violent death.
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1 x 45’ 2009
Chasing The Ghost
Having had the glare of painful publicity thrust upon him, New Zealand’s best known broadcaster, Paul Holmes, sets out to meet those who’ve been in the grip of methamphetamine and confronts his own demons as a dad along the way – asking big questions about what he might have done differently as a parent.
Paul Holmes embarks on a quest It’s a drug that’s causing havoc in the to learn as much as he can about a lives of young people throughout the deadly illicit drug that has blighted western world. On his journey of the life of his family. Paul’s daughter inquiry, he encountered some of the Millie found herself in the grip of most searing stories of personal pain a drug known to New Zealanders and destruction he has covered in as “P”. The P stands for pure decades of broadcasting. methamphetamine.
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1 x 45’ 2009
The Worst That Could Happen
It’s one of the worst things a school teacher can be accused of – an addiction to pornography. What chance does a man have of clearing his name, when he’s suspected of surfing the internet for pornography on his work computer?
School principal, Tim In the face of apparently damning The Worst That Could Happen Jenkinson’s fight to clear his name evidence, Tim resigned his job in is a nine-month journey with a brings him into contact with other disgrace – a disaster that cost him his thoroughly normal family who found ‘virus victims’ on the other side of the home, his health and nearly his sanity. themselves caught in the eye of a 21st world, whose lives have also been But it was all a terrible mistake. Later century technology storm. wrecked by false allegations. analysis showed Tim’s protestations of innocence were completely true: Tim was at the peak of his he hadn’t downloaded a single bit professional career when he of porn – rather, the images had found himself accused of having infested his computer by way of downloaded pornographic images on viruses he knew nothing about. his school-supplied laptop computer.
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1 x 45’ 2009
The Wahine Disaster
The inter island ferry The Wahine sank in Wellington harbour on April 10, 1968 when it was overcome by one of the worst storms ever recorded in New Zealand, with the loss of 51 lives.
Stunning new animation Fifty-one of the ship’s 735 along with animation illustrating brings to life the last moments. passengers and crew died after for the first time, how the With wind gusts reaching an they were forced to jump for their Wahine succumbed in a terrible amazing 276 kilometres an hour, lives, just hundreds of metres storm to become one of New the realistic animation shows from shore. Rescue attempts Zealand’s worst sea tragedies. how a giant wave picked up the were difficult and dangerous. 9,000 tonne Wahine and flung her sideways. In zero visibility the This TVNZ documentary provides ship’s Master tried to manoeuvre a new look at the disaster by his vessel back out of the harbour, concentrating on some of the but instead he struck Barrett Reef. survivors and their day of horror,
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1 x 66’ 2008
Sir Ed - A Tribute To Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary was the last great twentieth century explorer and adventurer. He is the only person on the planet who has stood on the top of Everest and at the North and South Poles. His craggy features, tousled hair, grin and lumbering gait are easily recognizable and are what the world knows and remembers him for. For Sir Ed, his wish was to be remembered for more than a hard climb up a steep mountain!
This documentary fulfils that their relationship with the “Burra for the people of Nepal, his tireless wish. It goes beyond the climbing, Sahib”. “He is our Mother and our efforts to make their life better. High the fame and the knighthood and Father.” they respond quietly. in the remote mountains of Eastern explores the sum of what his life Nepal, Sherpa friends ask if he can really was - his extraordinary life Remembering Ed- A Tribute to Sir build them a school. Hillary quickly and affinity for the people of Nepal. Edmund Hillary was made during the agrees. But one school won’t be These are hardy proud people last months of his life with complete enough. They also need hospitals, not given to readily displaying their support of his family and friends. It better bridges and decent drinking emotions, but their eyes brim with is a definitive look at his life beyond water. At last Hillary will be able to tears when asked to describe the summiting of Everest, his passion put the burden of fame to good use.
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1 x 45’ 2006
Saving A Wild Boy
Sujit Kumar was locked up in a chicken coop from the time he was just a toddler on the outskirts of the Fijian capital, Suva.
Sujit’s plight had two remarkable quest to bring Sujit from a mute, sequels: first, he was ‘rescued’ from animal-like existence into regular the family home by Fijian social society, is a powerful and moving services, who placed him in the only tale of devotion and patience. facility that would take him – an old people’s home. There he was tied Documentary makers Rob Harley up for a further 22 years – anchored and Linda Gollan worked alongside to a wall with strips of bed linen, Elizabeth and Sujit for eight months. because he was considered wild and The result of Gollan and Harley’s unmanageable. Then came Sujit’s work is a distinctive documentary encounter with Elizabeth Clayton – which shows how imaginative people an Australian businesswoman who have pooled their skills to help save a decided to try to give him something wild boy whom time had forgotten. approaching a normal life. Elizabeth’s
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10 x 22’30” 2006
Ghost Hunt
Do you believe in ghosts? Three brave New Zealanders are about to find out if they are cynics or believers. They put their fears aside while exploring New Zealand’s haunted sites.
Each week, the Ghost Hunt team It’s a frightening tour and no- in Dunedin,Taylor was forced into use a combination of technological one knows this better than host a deserted Larnach Castle in the gadgets and old fashioned bravado Carolyn Taylor. Since filming began middle of the night, just as fog was in their pursuit of paranormal on Ghost Hunt, Taylor has started enveloping the property. “It did my activity. They explore a number sleeping with her light on.“I didn’t head in a bit,” she says. “It was an old of spooky locations, including an want to go into each and every place with such a morbid history.” abandoned psychiatric hospital, location,” Taylor laughs. “I was the Waitomo Caves Hotel, so scared on every shoot, it’s a The cast has one message for the Riccarton House in Christchurch, feeling you just can’t get used to!” cynics: “Everyone is allowed their Vulcan Hotel in St Bathans, St opinion, but whether or not you James Theatre in Wellington The 24-year-old found certain sites believe, you certainly can’t say that and Kinder House in Parnell. scarier than others. During filming the unknown doesn’t exist!”
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1 x 70’33” 2004
Colin McCahon - I Am
Colin McCahon pioneered a new contemporary form of New Zealand painting. He is now regarded as our most important artist. His work over a 50 year period explores ideas about man’s place in both the “real” world and in the unseen world of the spirit and the imagination.
I AM follows the evolution of McCahon followed the path of a McCahon’s story is also the story McCahon’s work from his early modernist painter in the middle of New Zealand’s own cultural paintings, which placed well known of the depression - twenty years coming of age. I AM is a story Christian events, such as the before the first dealer gallery in of single-minded obsession that crucifixion of Christ, in a New New Zealand even existed. A brave is ultimately tinged with sadness Zealand context, to paintings such and uncompromising path that saw because it is only after his death as The Gate series, which uses him derided and misunderstood for that McCahon’s work is fully more abstract forms to evoke most of his career, by both the art appreciated by a wider audience. ideas about man needing to find a establishment and the general public. way through looming political and environmental crises, to his final paintings which use words, to spell out a message to his audience.
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1 x 45’ 2004
Black Grace
In 2004 Neil Ieremia and Black Grace, New Zealand’s acclaimed Pacific Contemporary Dance Company, were invited to feature at America’s prestigious dance festival, Jacob’s Pillow in Boston.
This rare invitation, the When the all male core group of Black Grace is a close ensemble first ever to be offered to a New Pacific Island and Maori dancers company that have not only worked Zealand dance company came first burst on to the Auckland together but also lived and toured on the eve of Black Grace’s tenth stage they took the dance world together for several years. We get birthday and fulfills the last of their by storm. The cultural context to know Tai, Mal, Sam, Tamihana, mission statements “to present of their stories and the mix of Sean, Daniel and Jeremy as we New Zealand contemporary traditional and contemporary dance travel with Black Grace to Boston dance on an international stage”. forms engaged and electrified. and track their first rehearsal on stage, the pre-show nerves and then their opening night performance.
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1 x 45’ 2003
The Jonathan Lemalu Story
Jonathan Lemalu has a voice that is a bit like dark liquid chocolate – smooth, rich and even. When he sings, the warmth and charisma he exudes caresses the audience, his sparkling eyes reach the back of the stalls, for here is a man who loves to sing.
Perhaps that’s why London’s Zealand. There was no silver spoon before, we discover what sets this Sunday Times has called him the in this boy’s mouth, in fact there was remarkable singer apart and hear ‘Next Big Thing’. They’re probably a stage when music classes could him in action in everything from right, for opera’s Pacific jewel - bass - have stopped due to a lack of funds. the loose informality of his shower baritone Jonathan Fa’afetai Taught by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s to the teutonic grandeur of the Lemalu - is embarking on what Hungarian born music teacher Vera Cuvillies Theater in Munich. For promises to be a stellar career Rosza, there are very few recordings Jonathan this is only the beginning! and this documentary traces how aside from this documentary that career has come to be ... where we have the opportunity to see teacher and pupil at work. By Jonathan Lemalu was born of exploring his early life and talking Samoan parents in Dunedin, New with those who have been this way
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1 x 52’ 2002
Lost Dinosaurs Of New Zealand
The discovery of the New Zealand dinosaurs by retired housewife turned scientist Joan Wiffen has cast a new light on the behaviour of dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous and the puzzle of why dinosaurs, in general, became extinct.
This programme tells the Joan’s story is the ‘back bone’ of the remarkable story of Joan Wiffen, a documentary which includes other retired housewife, who at age 68 sub-stories along with interviews went fossil hunting and found New with world experts. The aim is Zealand’s first dinosaur bones. not only to build a picture of what these ancient creatures were like It was a discovery of such but to explore what their discovery international importance that Joan contributes to our knowledge was eventually awarded an honorary of dinosaurs world wide and the PhD for her painstaking work. reasons for their extinction.
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1 x 52’ 2005
Monsters Of The Deep
On April the 25th 1977, trawling for mackerel off the New Zealand coast, the Zutu Maru snagged the rotting carcass of a huge sea creature. Concerned it would ruin the rest of the catch the captain ordered the mysterious creature to be dumped over the side – but not before crewman Yano Michiko took a snapshot of it, as well as a sample of the animals’ flesh.
Was this the remains of a pleisosaur as some scientists claimed? A creature that was suppposed to have died 60 million years ago? And if it wasn’t a monster from the past what was it?
This 52 minute documystery explores the myth and the reality behind the stories of huge sea creatures and why we need to believe in monsters at all.
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1 x 66’ 2004
Big Boys Super Toys
This is a documentary about the second Millennium Cup Regatta from Auckland to Kawau Island, an idyllic spot north of Auckland city, New Zealand’s commercial capital.
The documentary details the largest gathering of luxury yachts and launches in the world. It follows the owners of these beautiful and expensive yachts and their crews from the preparation for the race to the end of the race itself.
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Horse Of The Year: 100’ Bell Tea Olympic Cup: 64’ 2011
2011 Horse Of The Year Highlights
The New Zealand Horse of the Year Show has grown to become one of the largest and most prestigious annual Equestrian Event in the Southern Hemisphere.
It’s mandate is to provide one Horse Of The Year Bell Tea Olympic Cup huge event in which competitors, Highlights Package 1 Highlights Package 2 young and old, experienced and inexperienced, and from all Relive the thrills and spills from McVean wins third Olympic Cup! equestrian disciplines, can compete. this huge event which takes in 17 Katie McVean provides the fairy tale Being held at one magnificent disciplines, across 28 arenas over finish at the 2011 NZ Horse of the venue, its aim is to create a true six full days of competition. Year Showin Hastings, when she celebration of the equestrian art. won the $200,000 Bell Tea Olympic Featuring Cup beating Australian Jamie TVNZ is pleased to bring you • Pony of the Year Kermond in a nail-biting jump-off. the opportunity to license • Dressage - Musical KW for the highlight packages. Grand Prix Freestyle • 2 Frence Puissance • Events of the Year - Featuring Cross Country and Show Jumping • Pony Six Bar • Silver Fern Stakes
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1 x 75’ 2004
The Test
100 Years of All Blacks Test Match Rugby, The Test is the story of All Black test rugby told by those who played the matches, selected the teams, coached players and reported their deeds throughout the last 100 years.
This is a test the All Blacks win, audience the unscripted drama of live lose and draw, a test that has had sport, encapsulating the experiences 1,050 men selected for it, a test that have sustained the All Blacks played on Twickenham, Ellis Park and their foes for 100 years. and Carisbrook. This is a test and a team that has a nation behind it. The Test embodies All Black values, traditions and spirit down through This programme tells us about test the years – courage, commitment, rugby, not test results. It gives the loyalty, sacrifice and success.
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1 x 45’ 2004
The Mighty Pride
The British Lions are unique in sport – the only team chosen to play exclusively away from home.
The team is selected from the touring since 1930 through to 2005 traditionally the toughest, fastest, best footballers in England, Wales, to continue a 117-year history of talented teams and the only team Scotland and Ireland and tour every the ‘mother countries’ visiting her that has ever been cheered by New four or so years to either South most far-flung foot balling protégé. Zealanders against the All Blacks! Africa, Australia and New Zealand, so a tour to New Zealand in Of all the teams and of all the All this history is magnified from the professional era is a very history of rugby being played in it’s past as The Mighty Pride rare occurrence (approximately New Zealand, the British Lions illustrates the combative and every 12 years). are the public’s favourites, nearly brilliant competition between a third of the country (800,000 the best of the British and New From 1888 the British have toured out of 2,500,000 kiwis) paid to Zealand sporting heroes. New Zealand; with the Lions proper, watch them play in 1959. They are
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1 x 45’ 2004
A Political Game
A Political Game explores an issue whose origins are to be found in the first decades of this century. It is about the battle for the soul of New Zealand, about an affluent period in our history when internationalism was popular and idealism was affordable.
In broad brush-strokes we learn racial politics greater than it was in and celebrations. And it didn’t just do the context of rugby, politics and New Zealand. What does this tell that for New Zealanders. It did it also apartheid from 1921 through to 1996 us about ourselves? Why was the for white South Africans. Nothing it and today. What did we do, and why New Zealand/South Africa rugby seemed was bigger than the game. did we do it? What effect did we connection the subject of such an Defeats were national disasters. have not only on New Zealanders intense and protracted debate? Rugby was godlike. To question that attitudes towards sporting and was to question New Zealand. other contacts with South Africa, Rugby did more than mirror but on wider related issues such emerging cultural values; it stimulated as New Zealand’s foreign policy? national pride and national feelings. It brought a nation together, providing Outside South Africa itself, nowhere a focus for a feeling of unity ... rugby was the impact of that country’s provided the biggest public rituals
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1 x 45’ 2004
Khaki All Blacks
For almost a century, rugby has defined New Zealand. There are those who don’t appreciate it and there are those who don’t understand it. But equally they belong to a nation for which rugby has remained a constant.
Since July 1903, more than 1,000 They were a band of brothers most was hope at a time when post- men have worn the distinctive like no Hollywood epic. They war Britain battled in the darkness. black jersey with the silver fern, were the men of the 2nd New and though its design has evolved, Zealand Expeditionary Force, They were not All Blacks. They the passion required for earning brought together at the end of became loved as ‘The Kiwis.’ one has not. We have come to WWII to fight one more battle. But as game after game they honour these men as All Blacks. honoured the fern they wore, few This is not their story. This is the They were taken, not from the recognised the distinction. This is story of men whose first success provinces of a rugby- mad nation, but their story. And it endures today. was to survive a war that divided a the battlefields of North Africa and world. A story of survival, certainly. Europe. They would represent New But also one of comradeship, of Zealand; but what they represented celebration, of renewal. And of rugby.
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1 x 49’ 1997
No Latitude For Error
The rules are simple. Start whenever you like, round the main Capes to port with no motors, no assistance and no stopping. And the yacht? No restrictions. Anything goes. Until the Jules Verne Trophy, nobody could be certain that 80 days around the world by sail was even possible.
To achieve the feat in a world record of 74 days, 22 hours and 17 minutes, Peter Blake sailed ENZA New Zealand, the world’s largest racing catamaran to cross the finish line two days ahead of the French trimaran skippered by Robin Knox-Johnson to take the Jules Verne Trophy.
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1 x 45’ 1994
No Good Calling For Mum
Before they set out on the Southern ocean leg of the 1993/94 Whitbread, the crew of New Zealand Endeavour agreed to participate in a unique experiment.
They would keep written and taped diaries of their most private thoughts and feelings, their fears and frustrations. An intensely personal record of what it means to race the Southern ocean. This is their story.
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Rugby Archives
Rugby was first played in England two hundred years before three boys set down the first set of rugby rules in 1845 in Rugby School in England.
The Nelson Football Club history, its core values of camaraderie introduced rugby union to New and community still hold New Zealand by adopting the code in Zealand and the world spellbound. 1870. On Saturday 14 May 1870, TVNZ has held in its archives a Nelson College played Nelson rich collection of iconic games and Club at the Botanical Reserve, highlights packages which we are Nelson. This was the first interclub pleased to have the opportunity rugby union football match to to offer you, including the first live be played in New Zealand. rugby telecast by the NZBC network – New Zealand versus Australia Today almost a century and a half at Eden Park, September 1972. later the values of rugby, its rich
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New Zealand Heritage Collection
The National Film Unit was New Zealand’s official film-maker since the early 1940’s, the collection contains 250 programmes produced over 45 years.
Included are film reels of Weekly Reviews and Pictorial Parade, all of which recorded aspects of early New Zealand.
The catalogue includes programmes ranging from environment, health, technology, agriculture, transport, wildlife and the largest collection, in the world, of moving images recording the culture and heritage of Maori.
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