NEW ZEALAND’S NEXT TOP MODEL – New Season!!

New Zealand’s next top model second season is set to premiere on our screens early August. For the second instalment of drama, entertainment and an insight into the New Zealand Fashion industry tune into TV3 on friday, August 6th at 7:30pm.

Go down the rabbit hole with Alice

EA and Spicy Horse Games Send Gamers Down the Rabbit Hole in Alice: Madness Returns New Zealand. Gaming visionary American McGee returns to Wonderland as Electronic Arts Inc. and Spicy Horse Games announce Alice: Madness Returns, the dark and deranged sequel to the year 2000 PC hit, American McGee’s Alice(TM).

Top ten rating NZTV programmes

Here is a copyof the top ten programmes on NZTV, recorded as of the 19th of July 2010 via Nielsen TV Audience Measurement. The top programme being watched as of the 19th of July is One news TV ONE, and a new entrant Outrageous Fortune is close behind in second place.

Reservoir Hill back for a second series

TVNZ is happy to announce that the Emmy-award winning interactive drama Reservoir Hill is back for a second series. The successful online series became the first New Zealand production to win an International Digital Emmy Award earlier this year. Now, TVNZ and production company KHF Media have secured funding from NZ On Air for a [ Read More ]

Top ten TVNZ programmes

Here is a copyof the top ten programmes on NZTV, recorded as of the 12th of July 2010 via Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.

Melbourne Film festival to showcase five NZ short films

Image from the set of ‘Careful with that cross bow-One of five NZ short films picked to be shown at the Melbourne Film Festival Australia’s biggest and most well respected film festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, has choosen five short films from some of New Zealand’s most gifted and hopeful filmmaking talent. The 59th [ Read More ]

NZ on screen showcases NZ SHORT FILMS

NZ On Screen has launched a very important compilation of classic NZ short films. The first in a series – in partnership with the NZ Film Commission – it showcases award-winning examples of Kiwi short filmmaking. From the seminal Kitchen Sink to the sleazy charms of The Lounge Bar, from Cannes to Ngawi; this collection [ Read More ]

‘The Almighty Jonhsons’ new TV3 series

A well experienced all-star cast joins together in TV 3′s new primetime series THE ALMIGHTY JOHNSON’S, produced by South Pacific Pictures. The series is due to start shooting today, Monday July 5th 2010. Tim Balme (Maddigan’s Quest, Mercy Peak, Shortland Street), Dean O’Gorman (McLeod’s Daughters, Shortland Street), Jared Turner (Go Girls, Power Rangers) and newcomer [ Read More ]

NZ short film 'Poppy' wins at Computer Animation Festival

NZ short Film Poppy awarded for its innovation of motion capture and flawless facial animation. Poppy has been awarded the Computer Animation Festival’s Jury Prize ahead of the SIGGRAPH 2010 International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, which is being held in Los Angeles on the 25th – 29th July.

'Warbrick' NZ short film honoured in Montreal Film festival

New Zealand short film ‘Warbrick’ honoured in an international film festival in Montreal, Canada. New Zealand film making brothers Meihana and Pere Durie have been awarded the TEUEIKAN prize at Montreal First People’s Film Festival. Warbrick is a short drama based on the true story of Joe Warbrick and the 1888 New Zealand Natives rugby [ Read More ]