Hot Off the Press Release: The Luminaries Shines in TV Award Nods
October 22, 2020 
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FINALISTS ANNOUNCED IN THE 2020 NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION AWARDS
(Auckland – October 22, 2020) The New Zealand Television Awards are delighted to announce this year’s finalists, with a total of 114 nominations from more than 570 entries across 38 judged categories.
Southern Light Films and Working Title TV’s The Luminaries, an epic drama set in 19th century New Zealand, has struck nomination gold with a total of 14 nods – a record number for any production in recent years due to the introduction of Best Supporting Actress and Actor categories to the Television Awards in 2020.
Adapted by Eleanor Catton from her Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Luminaries screened on TVNZ 1 earlier this year and is up for NZ On Air Best Drama Series, Best Director – Drama (Claire McCarthy), Best Actress (Eve Hewson), Best Actor (Himesh Patel), Best Supporting Actor (Ewen Leslie), Best Editing – Drama (Alistair Reid), Best Cinematography (Denson Baker ACS, NZCS), Best Contribution to a Soundtrack (Images & Sound team), Images and Sound Best Original Score (David Long), Best Post Production Design (Alana Cotton), Best Production Design (Felicity Abbott and Daniel Birt), Best Costume Design (Edward K. Gibbon), Best Make-Up Design (Jane O’Kane) and Best Script: Drama (Eleanor Catton).
The Gulf, produced by Lippy Pictures and Screentime New Zealand along with Letterbox Filmproduktion (Germany), receives six nominations. The crime drama series aired on Three in New Zealand and is a finalist in Best Director: Drama (Charlie Haskell), Best Actor (Ido Drent), Best Editing: Drama (Jochen Fitzherbert), Best Costume Design (Tracey Sharman) and has two nominations in the Best Cinematography: Drama category (Ginny Loane and Dave Cameron NZCS, ACS).
GFC Film’s supernatural fantasy series The Dead Lands, which premiered in New Zealand on TVNZ OnDemand; Great Southern Television’s Queenstown-based crime series One Lane Bridge (TVNZ 1); and the penultimate season of South Pacific Pictures’ West family saga Westside (Three) each receive five nods (details listed in full below). Wellington Paranormal, produced by the New Zealand Documentary Board for TVNZ 2, has a total of four nominations: Best Comedy/Entertainment Programme, Best Makeup Design (Don Brooker) and double nods for Best Script: Comedy (Nick Ward and Paul Yates).
In the news and current affairs categories, The Hui, produced by Great Southern Television for Three, is a finalist in three categories including Best Current Affairs Programme, Best Presenter: News & Current Affairs (Mihingarangi Forbes) and Te Māngai Paho Best Reo Māori Programme.
Elsewhere, TVNZ 1’s Seven Sharp receives two nominations across Best Presenter: News & Current Affairs for Hilary Barry as well as Best Presenter: Entertainment for Hilary Barry & Jeremy Wells, while Three’s Newshub is a finalist in both the Reporter of the Year (Michael Morrah) and Best News Coverage categories. TVNZ’s 1 News and Māori Television’s Te Ao Māori round out the Best News Coverage field with TVNZ 1 Marae’s Hikurangi Jackson and Sunday’s Jehan Casinader also garnering Reporter of the Year nominations.
Cannabis, rugby and the Christchurch earthquake comprise the subject matter for this year’s Best Documentary finalists with Three’s Patrick Gower: On Weed receiving three nominations overall for Best Documentary, Best Director: Documentary/Factual (Justin Hawkes) and Best Presenter: Entertainment (Patrick Gower), while Rogue Productions’ TVNZ 1 documentary By the Balls and Whisky Tango Foxtrot’s Help Is On The Way documentary feature for Prime each receive two nods.
Tikilounge Productions made a clean sweep of the Best Pasifika Programme category with nominations for Fresh (TVNZ 2), Marks of Mana (The Coconet TV & Māori Television) and Tales of Taonga (The Coconet TV). The finalists for Te Māngai Paho Best Māori Programme are Great Southern Television’s NZ Wars – Stories of Waitara for RNZ, Te Tiriti o Waitangi series The Negotiators, produced by Tawera Productions for Māori Television and Living By The Stars: Whakamoe Tau with Professor Rangi Matamua which screened on Facebook and is also nominated for Te Māngai Paho Best Reo Māori Programme.
“We feel privileged that – at this stage – the New Zealand Television Awards will be one of the only live screen awards ceremonies to be held this season, globally,” say New Zealand Television Awards owners and producers Justine McKay and Andy Dowding of janda Productions.
“Like many industries, the New Zealand television and screen production communities were among those hit hard by the COVID-19 lockdowns. It’s great to see the local screen sector has rallied and we are thrilled that our television industry can get together to celebrate its achievements after a very tough year.”
Finalists in the publicly voted Television Personality of the Year category will be announced later this month, and the 2020 Television Legend honouree will be revealed in early November.
The 2020 New Zealand Television Awards winners will be announced on Wednesday 18 November at a red carpet gala event held at Auckland’s Shed 10. The ceremony will be hosted by actor-writer-comedian and last year’s New Zealand Television Awards “Trophy Boy”, Tom Sainsbury.
NZ On Air Best Drama Series
One Lane Bridge
Philip Smith,Carmen J Leonard, Deb Cope
Great Southern Television (TVNZ 1)
The Dead Lands
Matthew Metcalfe, Glenn Standring, Fraser Brown, Liz Adams, Tainui Stephens
GFC Films (TVNZ OnDemand)
The Luminaries
Lisa Chatfield, Tim White, Andrew Woodhead, Tim Bevan, Judith Trye, Luke Robinson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Images & Sound Best Feature Drama
Ablaze
Philly de Lacey, Tina McLaren, Bridget Bourke
Screentime New Zealand (TVNZ 1)
Runaway Millionaires
Carmen J Leonard, Deb Cope, Danny Mulheron
Fearless Productions (TVNZ 1)
A War Story
James Heyward, Chris Hampson
Making Movies (TVNZ 1)
Best Factual Series
Hyundai Country Calendar
Julian O’Brien, Dan Henry
TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
David Lomas Investigates
David Lomas
Warner Bros. International Television Production NZ (Three)
High School Mums
Claire Meech
Rogue Productions (TVNZ 1)
Best Documentary
Patrick Gower: On Weed
Arwen O’Connor, Mitchell Hawkes
Ruckus (Three)
By the Balls
Charlotte Purdy
Rogue Productions (TVNZ 1)
Help Is On The Way
Clare Mackey, Irene Gardiner
Whisky Tango Foxtrot Productions (Prime TV)
Best Original Reality Series
Unbreakable
Rachel Currie
Storymaker (TVNZ 1)
The Casketeers – series 3
Annabelle Lee-Mather, Philip Smith, Carmen J Leonard, Susan Leonard
Great Southern Television (TVNZ 1)
Class Act
Bailey Mackey, Matiu Sadd
Pango Productions (TVNZ 1)
Best Format Reality Series
Eat Well For Less New Zealand
Tina McLaren, Dominic Smith
Screentime New Zealand (TVNZ 1)
My Restaurant Rules
Simon Fleming, Anna Lynch, Philip Smith
Great Southern Television (TVNZ 2)
The Block NZ – season 8
Sue Woodfield, Angela Mann, Emma White, Greg Heathcote, Aaron Dolbel
Warner Bros. International Television Production NZ (Three)
Best Lifestyle Programme
Attitude
Robyn Patterson
Attitude Pictures (TVNZ 1)
Fair Go
Sophie Baird, Fair Go team
TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
Off the Grid with Pio
Meg Douglas
Scottie Douglas Productions (Māori Television)
Best Current Affairs Programme
The Hui
Mihingarangi Forbes, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Rewa Harriman, Philip Smith
Great Southern Television (Three)
Stuff Circuit
Toby Longbottom, Paula Penfold, Phil Johnson, Eugene Bingham
Stuff Circuit (Stuff)
Te Ao With Moana
Hikurangi Jackson
Māori Television (Māori Television)
Best Children’s Programme
Kiri and Lou
Fiona Copland
Stretchy (TVNZ 2)
Science on Ice
Janine Morrell-Gunn, Reuben Davidson
Whitebait Media (TVNZ HEIHEI)
He Paki Taonga i a Māui
David Brechin-Smith, Yvonne Mackay, Ranea Aperahama
ProductionShed.tv, Te Wuruhi | Lean Dog (Māori Television)
Te Māngai Paho Best Māori Programme
NZ Wars – Stories of Waitara
Mihingarangi Forbes, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Mahanga Pihama, Philip Smith, Deb Cope
Great Southern Television (RNZ)
Living By The Stars: Whakamoe Tau with Professor Rangi Matamua
Kristin Ross, Hōhepa Tuahine
Punarau Media (Facebook)
The Negotiators
Toby Mills, Moana Maniapoto
Tawera / Black Pearl Productions (Māori Television)
Te Māngai Paho Best Reo Māori Programme
Haka Life
Kawariki and Kym Morgan
Mako Media (Māori Television)
Living By The Stars: Whakamoe Tau with Professor Rangi Matamua
Kristin Ross, Hōhepa Tuahine
Punarau Media (Facebook)
Waka Huia
Whatanui Flavell, Meg Douglas, Ani-Piki Tuari
Scottie Douglas Productions (TVNZ 1)
NZ On Air Best Pasifika Programme
Fresh
Oliver Coddington, Elizabeth Koroivulaono
Tikilounge Productions (TVNZ 2)
Tales of Taonga
Lisa Taouma
Tikilounge Productions (The Coconet TV)
Marks of Mana
Lisa Taouma
Tikilounge Productions (The Coconet TV & Māori Television)
Best News Coverage
Newshub – Samoa Measles Outbreak
Newshub Live at 6pm and The AM Show production teams
MediaWorks (Three)
Te Ao Māori News
Arana Taumata
Māori Television (Māori Television)
1 News – COVID-19
Graeme Muir, 1 News team
TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
Best Sports Programme
Isolation Nation
Marcus Kennedy, Gareth Thorne, Ross Karl, Kyle Williams
Sky Television New Zealand (SKY)
Scratched: Aotearoa’s Lost Sporting Legends
Amber Easby, Duncan Greive, Scotty Stevenson, Natalie Wilson
Hex Work Productions (The Spinoff)
The Story of Rugby
Steven O’Meagher, John Pearson
Desert Road (TVNZ 1)
Best Live Event Coverage
All Blacks v Springboks Match
Marcus Kennedy, Mark Kearns, Gavin Service
Sky Television New Zealand (SKY)
Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2019
John McDonald, Charlotte Hobson
MediaWorks (Three)
Aotearoa 250
Bailey Mackey, Blake Ihimaera
Pango Productions (Māori Television)
Best Comedy/Comedy Entertainment Programme
Life Is Easy
Ruby Reihana-Wilson, Karin Williams
Us People Productions (TVNZ OnDemand)
Wellington Paranormal – Series 2
Paul Yates, Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
New Zealand Documentary Board (TVNZ 2)
Aroha Bridge
Morgan Waru, Jessica Hansell, Simon Ward, Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi, Paul Horan
Piki Films (Māori Television)
Best Director: Documentary / Factual
Simon Coldrick
By the Balls
Rogue Productions (TVNZ 1)
Justin Hawkes
Patrick Gower: On Weed
Ruckus (Three)
Jess Feast
Shot Bro
Storybox (Māori Television)
Susan Leonard
The Casketeers
Great Southern Television (Three)
Best Director: Drama
Charlie Haskell
The Gulf
Screentime New Zealand, Lippy Pictures, Letterbox Filmproduktion (Three)
Claire McCarthy
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Michael Hurst
The Dead Lands
GFC Films (TVNZ OnDemand)
Best Actress
Eve Hewson
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Miriama McDowell
Head High
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
Antonia Prebble
Westside
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
Best Supporting Actress
Anna Jullienne
Mean Mums
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
Sara Wiseman
One Lane Bridge
Great Southern Television (TVNZ 1)
Aroha Rawson
Mean Mums
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
Best Actor
Ido Drent
The Gulf
Screentime New Zealand, Lippy Pictures, Letterbox Filmproduktion (Three)
Craig Hall
Head High
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
Himesh Patel
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Best Supporting Actor
Jayden Daniels
Head High
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
Craig Hall
Jonah
Great Southern Television (Three)
Ewen Leslie
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Reporter of the Year
Jehan Casinader
Sunday
TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
Michael Morrah
Newshub
MediaWorks (Three)
Hikurangi Jackson
Marae
Pango Productions (TVNZ 1)
Best Presenter: Entertainment
Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court
On the Rag
Hex Work Productions (The Spinoff)
Patrick Gower
Patrick Gower: On Weed
Ruckus (Three)
Jeremy Wells, Hilary Barry
Seven Sharp
TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
Best Presenter: News & Current Affairs
Mihingarangi Forbes
The Hui
Great Southern Television (Three)
Hilary Barry
Seven Sharp
TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
Jack Tame
Q+A
TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
Television Personality of the Year
Finalists to be announced.
Television Legend
2020 Television Legend to be announced.
Best Editing: Documentary/Factual
Emma Patterson
Help Is On The Way
Whisky Tango Foxtrot Productions (Prime TV)
James Brown, Prisca Bouchet
Funny As
Augusto (TVNZ 1)
Elisabeth Topping, Tibor Riddering
High School Mums
Rogue Productions (TVNZ 1)
Best Editing: Drama
Alastair Reid
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Eric de Beus
Westside
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
Jochen Fitzherbert
The Gulf
Screentime New Zealand, Lippy Pictures, Letterbox Filmproduktion (Three)
Best Camerawork: Documentary/Factual
Peter Young
Hyundai Country Calendar
TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
Arthur Rasmussen
The Hui
Great Southern Television (Three)
Phil Johnson
Infinite Evil
Stuff Circuit (Stuff)
Best Director: Multi Camera
Mitchell Hawkes
Survive the 80s
Ruckus (TVNZ OnDemand)
Brendon Butt
Aotearoa 250
Pango Productions (Māori Television)
Glen Broomhall
Pacific Island Food Revolution
Pacific Island Productions (TVNZ 1)
Best Cinematography: Drama
Ginny Loane
The Gulf
Screentime New Zealand, Lippy Pictures, Letterbox Filmproduktion (Three)
Denson Baker, ACS, NZCS
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Dave Cameron
The Gulf
Screentime New Zealand, Lippy Pictures, Letterbox Filmproduktion (Three)
Best Contribution to a Soundtrack
Tom Miskin, Mike Bayliss, Matt Stutter, Steve Finnigan
Images & Sound
One Lane Bridge
Great Southern Television (TVNZ 1)
Ben Sinclair, Chris Sinclair, Matt Lambourn, Steve Finnigan
Images & Sound
The Dead Lands
GFC Films (TVNZ OnDemand)
James Hayday, Chris Sinclair, Mike Bayliss, Steve Finnigan
Images & Sound
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Images & Sound Best Original Score
Lachlan Anderson
The Dead Lands
GFC Films (TVNZ OnDemand)
Claire Cowan
Runaway Millionaires
Fearless Productions (TVNZ 1)
David Long
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Best Post Production Design
Paul Lear
One Lane Bridge
Great Southern Television (TVNZ 1)
Alana Cotton
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Paul Lear
The Dead Lands
GFC Films (TVNZ OnDemand)
Best Production Design
Miro Harré
Jonah
Great Southern Television (Three)
Felicity Abbott, Daniel Birt
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Ross McGarva
Ablaze
Screentime New Zealand (TVNZ 1)
Best Costume Design
Tania Klouwens
Westside
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
Tracey Sharman
The Gulf
Screentime New Zealand, Lippy Pictures, Letterbox Filmproduktion (Three)
Edward K. Gibbon
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Best Makeup Design
Don Brooker
Wellington Paranormal – Season 2
New Zealand Documentary Board (TVNZ 2)
Jane O’Kane
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
Vanessa Hurley
Westside
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
Best Script: Comedy
Nick Ward
Wellington Paranormal – Season 2
New Zealand Documentary Board (TVNZ 2)
Amanda Alison
Mean Mums – Season 1, Episode 7
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
Paul Yates
Wellington Paranormal – Season 2
New Zealand Documentary Board (TVNZ 2)
Best Script: Drama
Pip Hall
One Lane Bridge
Great Southern Television (TVNZ 1)
Eleanor Catton
The Luminaries
Southern Light Films & Working Title TV (TVNZ 1)
James Griffin / Kate McDermott
Westside – Season 5, Episode 10
South Pacific Pictures (Three)
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