News
Tue 2nd Dec 08
Kiwi Production Company Pays Homage to Utzon
NHNZ is joining thousands of Jorn Utzon devotees worldwide in mourning the death of the Danish architect responsible for designing Sydney's Opera House. The television production company made a one-hour documentary which debuted just over a month ago, telling the story behind the Opera House as part...Read More
Tue 2nd Dec 08
Nature Shows Still Hot
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...Read More
Tue 14th Oct 08
Major Blue Chip Co Pro Announced
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...Read More
Fri 10th Oct 08
NHNZ-ETRI Partnership Signals Exciting New Era in TV Production
NHNZ and ETRI have signed a significant Memorandum of Understanding to research and test cutting edge computer graphics that will redefine the future of documentary making. Korean-based ETRI, an internationally renowned research and development institute specialising in information and communication...Read More
Tue 30th Sep 08
Kiwi Prod Co Celebrates Big Three with Full Slate
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 ...Read More
Tue 17th Jun 08
NHNZ Graphics Suite Upgrade Heralds New Era in Doco Production
Multi-award winning NHNZ is set to raise the bar further in factual TV production following a hefty investment in its graphics facilities. Increased demand for High Definition (HD) programming has resulted in the Dunedin-based production company boosting its in-house animation and graphics systems w...Read More
Thu 12th Jun 08
Fledgling Kiwi Filmmakers Selected for Film Festival
Two filmmaking newcomers have beaten stiff international competition to make the judge's final cut in the hotly contested 2008 Wildscreen Festival.Sarah Cowhey, a production assistant at multi-award winning television production company NHNZ and Louise Davidson, an assistant director at Wellington's...Read More
Wed 4th Jun 08
NHNZ's Newest Staff Member Brings Baggage
Internationally-celebrated filmmaker Lawrence Cumbo arrived at NHNZ's Dunedin headquarters this week with unanticipated extra luggage - a spectacular crystal trophy weighing in at 5kg. The Sheikh Zayed trophy was presented at the inaugural Anasy Documentary Awards held in Abdu Dhabi on May 22. The a...Read More
Fri 18th Apr 08
NHNZ to Film Colossal Squid for Discovery in Scientific First
Filming gets underway next week when NHNZ crew will document the first scientific investigation ever of an adult colossal squid by New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa.The largest known specimen of colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni), caught by the San Aspiring in the Ross Sea an...Read More
Wed 12th Mar 08
NHNZ Attracts American Filmmaker Down Under
NHNZ is delighted to name accomplished filmmaker Lawrence Cumbo as one of the company's new Executive Producers.With two decades filmmaking experience, Cumbo will join the New Zealand-based factual television production company in April.Cumbo's most recent credits include executive producing Rookie ...Read More
