NEW RIDE WITH THE DEVIL Lin is a young Asian recently arrived down under from Beijing. dumb chink with the Gold card”. Kurt promises Lin his own car Cast out by his rich father he ends up in New Zealand under fame and glory and a strange kinship grows over a few cups of the strict guidance of his aunt. His cousin Amy leads two octane-fuelled craziness. 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’s of auto erotica. Episodes: 6 x 22’30” Year: 2007 Lin meets up with Kurt, a hoon who has done time in prison and come out the other side. Kurt is the “design engineer for SHOWCASE B-bay Motors, a hip-hop styled fast fours import workshop (they do up Jap cars). At first Kurt sees Lin as a cash cow - “the THE MARKET The Background: Auckland, New Zealand has one of the The Story: Two strong families, one Maori (native New highest populations of Polynesian peoples in the world. South Zealanders) and one Samoan (Polynesian), make their living at Auckland epitomises their way of life and the weekend market the stalls as they have done for decades. is the community meeting ground where the way of life of the Pacific islands is played out with remarkable accuracy. The Market was shot on location in South Auckland, within Episodes: 13 x 22’30” a five-kilometre radius of the Otara Markets and Otara Year: 2005 Town Centre. Much of the drama was shot on the streets, in rented houses, abandoned buildings, local shops with the local SHOWCASE community playing a vital role. Contact: Tamara George | Content Licensing TVNZ Phone: +64 9 916 7059 | Fax: +64 9 916 7989 | Mobile: +64 21 343 503 [email protected] | tvnz.co.nz/licensing NEW MONSTERS OF THE DEEP THE LOST DINOSAURS OF NZ On April 25 1977, trawling for mackerel off the New Zealand The discovery of The New Zealand Dinosaurs by retired coast the Zutu Maru snagged the rotting carcass of a huge sea housewife turned scientist Joan Wiffen has cast a new light on creature. Concerned it would ruin the rest of the catch the the behaviour of dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous and the captain ordered the mysterious creature to be dumped over the puzzle of why dinosaurs, in general, became extinct. side. Episodes: 1 x 52’ Episodes: 1 x 45’ Year: 2002 Year: 2005 DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY THE WAHINE DISASTER ZIP AND MAC The interisland ferry The Wahine sank in Wellington Harbour ‘Zip and Mac’ is an exciting new 3D animated edutainment series on April 10, 1968 when it was overcome by one of the worst which introduces pre-schoolers to basic literacy skills that storms ever recorded in New Zealand, with the loss of 51 lives help to prepare children for school. Its lead characters ‘Zip the Frog’ and ‘Mac the Dog’ are adapted from the internationally successful series of readers ‘5 Fabulous Frogs and a Dog’ Episodes: 1 x 45’14” Year: 2008 Episodes: 26 x 8’ DOCUMENTARY Year: 2008 CHILDREN’S ANIMATION Contact: Tamara George | Content Licensing TVNZ Phone: +64 9 916 7059 | Fax: +64 9 916 7989 | Mobile: +64 21 343 503 [email protected] | tvnz.co.nz/licensing NEW ANIMAL academy working holiday Animal Academy celebrates a passion for animals of all shapes Working Holiday….It is a Kiwi institution, the way every and sizes. With nearly 800,000 dogs and 1.5 million felines, New adventurous young Kiwi initiates themselves to adulthood. They Zealand has one of the highest pet ownership rates in the world. may end up with a career, a partner or maybe just a memorable holiday! Episodes: 13 x 22’30” Year: 2008 Episodes: 8 X 45’ Year: 2008 FAMILY EXPLORE PASSION IN PARADISE SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE LOVES ME This series traces the relationship between sex and social change When Romania came out of the shadows of totalitarian in New Zealand, from pre-European times to the present day communist rule late last century, the world was shocked by some of the images that emerged from hospitals and orphanages in that country. Episodes: 6 x 45’30” Year: 2008 Episodes: 1 x 45’51” DOCUMENTARY Year: 2008 DOCUMENTARY Contact: Tamara George | Content Licensing TVNZ Phone: +64 9 916 7059 | Fax: +64 9 916 7989 | Mobile: +64 21 343 503 [email protected] | tvnz.co.nz/licensing RETURNING HUNGER FOR THE WILD RAPID RESPONSE Set amongst New Zealand’s stunning scenery, the series takes RAPID RESPONSE four-wheel-drive vehicles of St John are the Logan & Brown to the far corners of the country where they modern face of medical emergency call-out work. Packed with hook up with local identities who help them hunt and gather emergency medical supplies and driven by Advanced Paramedics, their food. Along the way there’s plenty of adventure with a mix they are designed to respond and arrive on location at major of local history and a lot of fun. medical emergencies. Episodes: 10 x 22’30” - Year: 2008 10 x 22’30” - Year: 2007 Episodes: 10 x 22’30” - Year: 2007 7 x 22’30” - Year: 2006 10 x 22’30” - Year: 2009 (Available soon) LIFESTYLE REAL LIFE PIHA RESCUE PIHA RESCUE is now in its fifth year following the efforts of Episodes: 10 x 22’30” - Year 2008 the volunteer lifeguards at New Zealand’s picturesque and 1 x 45” & 9 x 22’30”- Year 2007 dangerous popular black sand beach – Piha. 14 x 22’30” - Year 2006 13 x 22’30” - Year 2005 This season, hearts leapt into mouths on many occasions. 10 x 22’30” - Year 2004 The series begins with a wife frantic to find her husband, last seen swimming beside Lion Rock at dusk! A daredevil fisherman, swept from the rocks in massive surf – a very sad REAL LIFE day for all; and one of the guards is badly injured in a critical after hours emergency. Contact: Tamara George | Content Licensing TVNZ Phone: +64 9 916 7059 | Fax: +64 9 916 7989 | Mobile: +64 21 343 503 [email protected] | tvnz.co.nz/licensing SHOWCASE KAraoke HIGH rude awakenings RIDE WITH THE DEVIL Welcome to “Karaoke High”. The Dimity Rush is in a hurry – to reconnect Lin is a young Asian recently arrived foremost training school with a with an upbeat inner city vibe, to escape down under from Beijing. Cast out fearsome reputation academically and the rural lifestyle block where she has by his rich father he ends up in New in the performing arts. This is where been marooned for seven years with Zealand under the strict guidance of his dreams are chased and everyone will her anaesthetist husband Stuart and aunt. His cousin Amy leads two lives – fight for their moment in the spotlight. their two sons Julian (17) and Ollie (8). 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 Episodes: 15 x 22’30” Episodes: 11 x 45’ of late night cruising, drift competitions, Year: 2006 Year: 2007 and other assortment’s of auto erotica. Episodes: 6 x 22’30” Year: 2007 THE MARKET THE KILLIAN CURSE The Background: Auckland, New Zealand has one of the highest School can be an evil place… The Killian Curse is a comedy- populations of Polynesian peoples in the world. South Auckland horror kidult show about a cursed classroom. epitomises their way of life and the weekend market is the In episode one, the new students of Room 21 are told a community meeting ground where the way of life of the Pacific frightening story… In 1906, a man called Charles Killian founded islands is played out with remarkable accuracy. Killian High School. An eccentric man, he met an ‘accidental’ The Market was shot on location in South Auckland, within death when locals discovered he was teaching the ways of a five-kilometre radius of the Otara Markets and Otara demonology to impressionable young students. He is now Town Centre. Much of the drama was shot on the streets, in sending demons from the underworld to terrorise the current rented houses, abandoned buildings, local shops with the local students, and wreak havoc on those responsible for his death. community playing a vital role. Episodes: 7 x 22’30” - Year: 2006 Episodes: 13 x 22’30” 7 x 22’30” - Year: 2007 Year: 2005 Contact: Tamara George | Content Licensing TVNZ Phone: +64 9 916 7059 | Fax: +64 9 916 7989 | Mobile: +64 21 343 503 [email protected] | tvnz.co.nz/licensing LIFESTYLE COUNTRY CALENDAR HUNGER FOR THE WILD Country Calendar is one of the longest running programme in Steve Logan and Al Brown share a love for fishing, hunting and the world- the first programme went to air in April 1966. What the great outdoors. They also run one of New Zealand’s most is it about the show the show that is has sustained audiences successful up-market restaurants, Logan Brown in downtown and popularity for as long as it has, and consistently delivered a Wellington. In Hunger for the Wild they trade the comfort of top 10 programme rating! that restaurant for life on the road as they chase down New Zealand’s finest and freshest foods bringing us dishes of wild The answer is simple, Country Calendar has documented and game and seasonal delicacies.