High-calibre shows and exceptional talent in Aotearoa – both on and off screen - were celebrated at the 2022 New Zealand Television Awards, with Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland a clear winner on the night.
Comedy Drama winner, Miki Magasiva
Auckland shows and crews featured heavily, and included an impressive eight awards for Auckland-based drama The Panthers, for its depiction of the Polynesian Panthers social justice movement in the 1970s. Miki Magasiva won the Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama/Comedy Award for episode one, and the series shot across Auckland also picked up the awards for Best Drama, Best Cinematography (Drama/Comedy), Best Post Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Contribution to a Soundtrack, Best Editing of a Drama Comedy and Best Pasifika Programme.
“Tavake won accolades across a wide range of pivotal production roles,” says Screen Auckland manager Matt Horrocks. “Screen Auckland was proud to sponsor the Best Director Award for Drama Comedy.”
Horrocks congratulated Magasiva, alongside Halaifonua Finau, Tom Hern, Vea Mafile’o, Chris Graham, Mario Faumui “and everyone else involved in this stellar production”.
“Auckland shows, Auckland crews and Auckland businesses took out the majority of the awards, a fitting testament to the work that is coming from the country’s largest city and key hub for the industry.”
The 2022 New Zealand Television Award winners are:
Best Post Production Design
James Gardner
The Panthers
(Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+)
Best Production Design
Gary Mackay - Production Designer, Alistair Kay - Supervising Art Director, Anneke Botha - Set Decorator
Cowboy Bebop
(Intergalactic Productions Limited / Netflix)
Best Costume Design
Sammy Salsa
The Panthers
(Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+)
Best Makeup Design
Amanda Ashton
Ahikāroa: Season 4
(Kura Productions / Whakaata Māori)
Best Contribution to a Soundtrack
Native Audio
The Panthers
(Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+)
Images & Sound Best Original Score
David Long & Stephen Gallagher
Mystic: Series 2
(Libertine Pictures & Slim Film + TV / TVNZ 2)
Best Editing: Documentary or Factual
Prisca Bouchet, Julie Alp and Annie Goldson
A Mild Touch of Cancer
(Occasional Productions / Prime)
Best Editing: Drama / Comedy Drama
Sacha Campbell
The Panthers
(Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+)
Best Camerawork: Documentary or Factual
Bevan Crothers
Moko
(Velvet Stone Media Ltd / Whakaata Māori)
Images & Sound Best Cinematography: Drama / Comedy Drama
Andrew McGeorge
The Panthers
(Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+)
Best Script: Comedy
Tom Sainsbury
Wellington Paranormal - Series 4, Episode 4
(New Zealand Documentary Board / TVNZ 2)
Best Script: Drama
Harry McNaughton and Natalie Medlock
The Pact, Episode 2
(KOHA Productions / TVNZ+)
Best Director: Multi Camera
Mitchell Hawkes
Stan Walker: Impossible Live
(Kura Productions / South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 2)
Best Director: Documentary/Factual
Chris Graham
Scribe: Return of the Crusader
(The Down Low Concept / TVNZ+)
Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama / Comedy Drama
Miki Magasiva
The Panthers, Episode 1
(Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+)
Best Live Event Coverage
Brendon Butt, Tobias Jones
Celebrate Matariki
(Kahawai Productions / Various)
Best Supporting Actress
Timmie Cameron
The Pact
(KOHA Productions / TVNZ+)
Best Supporting Actor
Scotty Cotter
Kura
(Plus6Four Entertainment / TVNZ+)
Reporter of the Year
Barbara Dreaver,
1 News
(TVNZ / TVNZ 1)
Best Presenter: Entertainment
Tāmati Rimene-Sproat
Hongi To Hāngī: And Everything In Between
(Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1)
Best Presenter: News And Current Affairs
Jack Tame
Q+A with Jack Tame
(TVNZ / TVNZ 1)
Best Actor
Ian Mune
The Pact
(KOHA Productions / TVNZ+)
Best Actress
Irene Wood
The Pact
(KOHA Productions / TVNZ+)
Television Legend
Janine Morrell-Gunn
Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Programme
The Casketeers
Annabelle Lee-Mather, Philip Smith, Viv Wigby-Ngatai, Chris Anderton, Francis Tipene, Kaiora Tipene
(Great Southern Television Limited / TVNZ 1)
Te Māngai Pāho Best Reo Māori Programme
Te Karere
Rapaera Tawhai, Ripeka Timutimu, Scotty Morrison
(TVNZ / TVNZ 1)
NZ On Air Best Pasifika Programme
The Panthers
Halaifonua Finau, Tom Hern, Vea Mafile'o, Chris Graham, Mario Faumui
(Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+)
NZ On Air Best Children's Programme
Bird's Eye View
Sharlene George, Gal Greenspan, Tania Smiler, Gemma Easton, Pete Circuitt, Jared Kahi
(SweetShop & Green and Studio Local / HEIHEI)
Best Sports Programme
1-39: The Highlanders Story
Ross Karl, Mark Malaki- Williams
(Sky Sport)
Best Entertainment Programme
Semele
Rebecca Tansley, Rochelle Leef, Tash Christie
(NZ Opera & Greenstone TV / Sky Arts)
Best Factual Series
Chatham Islanders
Kathleen Mantel
(Black Iris Limited / Whakaata Māori)
Best Current Affairs Programme
Newsroom Investigates: Breaking Bad Practice
Melanie Reid, Mark Jennings, Bonnie Sumner, Paul Enticott
(Newsroom)
Best Original Reality Series
Down for Love
Robyn Paterson, Candida Beveridge
(Attitude Pictures / TVNZ 2)
Best Format Reality Series
Match Fit - Series 2
Aaron Dolbel, Mark Taylor, Bailey Mackey
(Pango Productions / Warner Bros. Discovery/Three)
Television Personality of the Year
Bree Tomasel
Celebrity Treasure Island
(TVNZ 2)
Best Comedy
Raised by Refugees
Bronwynn Bakker, Cam Bakker, Pax Assadi
(Kevin & Co / Prime)
NZ On Air Best Documentary
Stuff Circuit – Disordered
Paula Penfold, Louisa Cleave, Toby Longbottom, Phil Johnson
(Stuff)
Best News Coverage
Russia Invades Ukraine
Newshub
(Warner Bros. Discovery / Newshub)
NZ On Air Best Drama
The Panthers
Halaifonua Finau, Tom Hern, Vea Mafile'o, Chris Graham, Mario Faumui
(Tavake Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+)