News
Wed 8th May 13
NHNZ recognised second year running at IWFF
For the second year in a row, NHNZ has gained the top award for Best Television Program Under $250,000 at the Annual International Wildlife Film Festival.
Hunting the Ice Whale – a documentary about the daring scientists who risk life and limb in order to understand these giants of the deep u...Read More
Tue 7th May 13
NHNZ and Our Big Blue Backyard need your help!
Have you seen the orca?
NHNZ, New Zealand’s premier documentary production house, is currently producing Our Big Blue Backyard, a six-part series for TVNZ that will show the amazing underwater world that’s right on New Zealand’s doorstep.
NHNZ Executive Producer Judith Curran say...Read More
Wed 10th Apr 13
Haslingden’s new trio wins big at New York Festivals
David Haslingden’s new stable of production houses—NHNZ, Beach House Pictures and Northern Pictures—got plenty of booty at the New York Festivals Television and Film Awards this year, gaining four gold, and two silver awards.
Beach House Pictures’ Mao’s Cold War series...Read More
Mon 8th Apr 13
Discovery Networks announces second season of locally commissioned series: Abalone Wars
Discovery Networks today announced the production of the second season of its hit series, Abalone Wars, produced by NHNZ, which ventures inside the high stakes game of one of Australia’s most dangerous professions – diving for abalone.
Abalone Wars Season One premiered on November 7, 20...Read More
Sun 7th Apr 13
Game fishing collection lands at NHNZ Moving Images
NHNZ’s stock footage archive Moving Images has secured exclusive rights to sell Tightlines’ action-packed game fishing footage from Matt Watson’s Fishing Show.
The collection of over 1500 clips features a wide diversity of the Southern Ocean's target species - on the hook and in t...Read More
Production house NHNZ’s latest series Middle Kingdom Ride, following two daring brothers tackling the world’s first motorcycle circumnavigation of China, has been picked up by Travel Channel’s international group.
Middle Kingdom Ride is a co-production between NHNZ, G219 pro...Read More
Fri 22nd Feb 13
Journey to the Amazon Rainforest to Raise Butterflies with Flutter™: Butterfly Sanctuary for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
SAN FRANCISCO – February 22, 2013 – Flutter™: Butterfly Sanctuary, a mobile game from DeNA Co., Ltd. and Runaway™ that takes players deep into a realistic rainforest environment to raise and collect butterflies from all over the world, is now available for...Read More
Tue 19th Feb 13
Northern Pictures joins NHNZ and BHP stable
Australia’s Northern Pictures this week joined a production stable that already houses New Zealand-based NHNZ and Beach House Pictures (BHP) in Singapore.
Sydney-based David Haslingden, who bought NHNZ and its sister company BHP from Fox last October, acquired Northern Pictures to add an Aust...Read More
Thu 31st Jan 13
NHNZ Moving Images experiences surge in archive demand
NHNZ’s stock footage archive hit the ground running in 2013 with a 400% increase in requests for natural history footage, from producers of archive-driven shows.
NHNZ Moving Images archive director Caroline Cook says from the day she and her team got back in January, the number of reque...Read More
Wed 23rd Jan 13
NHNZ dives under NZ’s oceans for original blue chip TVNZ series
TVNZ has commissioned NHNZ to produce a six-part series on New Zealand’s oceans and the creatures that swim in them.
The series titled OceaNZ is now in production, and will be the first blue chip natural history series on New Zealand’s oceans ever produced.
OceaNZ executive...Read More
