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Living the Dream
2004
Living the Dream
2004
Living the Dream was the New Zealand version of Spike TV's Joe Schmo Show, produced by Touchdown Television for TV2.The Lion Man
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The Lion Man
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The Lion Man was a New Zealand television documentary series about a New Zealand big cat park called Zion Wildlife Gardens. The series was named after Craig Busch, the park's founder, who had styled himself as "the Lion Man". The series followed Busch and the park's employees as they managed the park and its collection of approximately 30 lions and tigers of various species, and other animals. As well as first-hand comment from Busch and his staff, the series was narrated throughout by Paul Casserley in New Zealand and actor Miles Anderson in the United Kingdom. The series also showed Busch during related promotional activities as well as his various wildlife missions abroad, including trips to Africa and Thailand. The Lion Man was one of New Zealand's most successful television series, showing in 93 countries worldwide, including Sky1 in the United Kingdom. Three series were produced, the first of which began screening in New Zealand on 17 June 2004. The first two series were commissioned by state broadcaster TVBlack Hands
2020
star 7On June 20, 1994, five members of the Bain family were found dead in their Dunedin home. The atrocity captured the nation, and it remains one of New Zealand’s most controversial cases. This dramatised version tells the story of each of the family members in the months leading up to their deaths.Motorway Patrol
1999
Motorway Patrol
1999
Observational documentary following the daily lives of police officers patrolling the motorways in and around Auckland, New Zealand's largest urban area.Hillary
2016
star 4The life of the legendary mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, from his lonely childhood, to the man he became - Hillary the climber - a man that conquered Mt Everest, a man loved by a nation.Fair Go
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Fair Go
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Fair Go is a New Zealand consumer affairs television program now co-hosted by Gordon Harcourt and Pippa Wetzell. First aired in 1977, it is one of New Zealand's longest-running and highest-rated programmes, frequently placed high in the New Zealand TV Guide list of most viewed programs. Fair Go features a mixture of investigative journalism and consumer affairs stories, based on the motto: "If you've been ripped off, short-changed or given the runaround and nobody wants to know...we do!" Fair Go also holds the annual Fair Go Ad Awards, in which the best and worst advertisements on New Zealand television are announced, and a competition to find the best 30-second video by New Zealand students is held.The Pact
2021
The Pact
2021
When a family member is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides they want to end their life, fundamentally different beliefs threaten to blow the family apart. Will they be able to come together before it’s too late?Dirty Laundry
2016
star 1.5The Raffertys are a typical NZ family. But their entire life is based on a very dirty secret...Police Ten 7
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Police Ten 7
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Police Ten 7 is a New Zealand reality television show, produced by Screentime with the assistance of the New Zealand Police for Television New Zealand's TV2. The show profiles wanted criminals and asks the public to help the police in their search for them. In addition, the programme follows the work of police officers in their patrols and other police activities. The show is hosted and narrated by Detective Inspector Graham Bell. It also airs in Australia on Fox8. Police Ten 7 takes its name from the New Zealand Police ten-code 10-7, which means "Unit has arrived at job".Coast New Zealand
2016
Coast New Zealand
2016
Neil Oliver takes a fascination journey around the coast of New Zealand, uncovering stories that make us the island nation that we are today.Mind Over Money
2017
Short Poppies
2014
star 6.2Journalist David Farrier goes on a quest to small town New Zealand to find the average Kiwi. What he finds in this mockumentary series, is a lovable bunch of people who are anything but ordinary or average. Each week he meets a new local, all played by Rhys Darby.Dear Murderer
2017
star 1A drama about the life and times of larger than life barrister, Michael Bungay. Spanning several decades chronicling good, evil, rights, wrongs, strengths and flaws, all centred around one of NZ's most infamous characters.Fresh Eggs
2019
star 5.8This deliciously twisted six-part drama follows a couple's quest for "the good life" that goes wickedly awry.Late Night Big Breakfast
2014
star 10NZ's first and only live, rather pre-recorded 'as live', late night but closer to prime time, highly scripted yet impromptu breakfast entertainment show.Unbreakable
2020
Unbreakable
2020
Join a cast of nine remakable Kiwis with disabilities as they shoot for the moon. Their ambitions are huge but so are the obstacles. Made with the support of NZ on Air.Duggan
1997
Duggan
1997
Duggan was a TVNZ police drama from 1997, featuring New Zealand actor John Bach as Detective Inspector John Duggan and Fiona Mogridge as Ruth Duggan. Unlike other New Zealand police drama series, Duggan was produced as a series of one-off programmes, akin to British crime series of the time such as Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders. In all, 13 episodes were made between 1997 and 1999.Terry Teo
2016
Terry Teo
2016
Young crook turned detective, Terry Teo is on a mission to avenge his father's murder. The 80s comic book hero is back!Passengers
2023
Passengers
2023
Journey back through the hardships and triumphs of some of Aotearoa's earliest Anglo Indian, Cook Island, Chinese & Bohemian settlers through the lens of their modern day descendants.
