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NHNZ footage researcher Lemuel Lyes has received a GBP1000 bursary to attend a training week in England. In memory of highly regarded British footage researcher Jane Mercer, Focal International established the Jane Mercer Footage Training Bursary to provide financial assistance for anyone current... View full article

New Zealand based production company NHNZ has started 2009 with six hours of programming in China and Asia in pre production and production, further cementing its reputation as the region's leading factual filmmaker. A one hour special on the science behind the massive earthquake that killed just ... View full article

A leading global television production company says demand for wildlife programming is as strong as ever. As factual television production company NHNZ celebrates three decades in the business, its work in natural history shows no signs of waning. And although NHNZ has expanded the range of genre it... View full article

Cannes, October 14th, 2008 - A multi million dollar television series which will reveal the power and magic of evolution has been announced at MIPCOM. Japanese broadcaster NHK is taking the lead in the 6 x 1 hour blue chip Weird Edens series. This will be their biggest natural history documentary se... View full article

New Zealand-based prod co NHNZ is daring to go where few production houses have ever ventured as it enters its 30th year in the business. The multi-award winning company began as a production unit within a state broadcaster's documentary department, becoming a stand alone operation in the mid 1990s... View full article