The Zoo is an award winning New Zealand observational documentary series, made by Greenstone TV, that follows the lives of Auckland Zoo's animals and zookeepers. The series explores the new arrivals and births of Auckland Zoo, to the fights, illnesses and mating rituals, how the animals are fed and how they live. The series' production crew are based full-time at the zoo, but the series also follows zookeepers overseas on zoo-related trips.
The Zoo will be returning to New Zealand's TV One in 2013 for its 13th season.
Our First Home's Goran Paladin and award-winning architect Ken Crosson are from two different worlds, yet they're united on a quest to discover the quintessential New Zealand home.
The little known island of Ngaro has long held many a mystery, though this fact has been largely unnoticed by the quiet townsfolk that call it home. That is until Tane, Fridge and Riley, who call themselves The Barefoot Bandits, take it upon themselves to investigate all the secrets the island has to offer.
Street Hospital follows a team of Wellington Free Ambulance paramedics and their tireless, often comical, frequently frustrating and sometimes life-saving work on the front line of the city's busiest party street.
In this eight-part series, Simon Dallow takes viewers on a journey back in time to the earliest stages of Maori and Pakeha occupation of New Zealand. Along the way he'll debunk myths, solve riddles and shed new light on our collective beginnings. Investigating ancient immigrant communities and prehistoric natural disasters, What Lies Beneath will bring a whole new perspective to New Zealand's past.
Sunday is a current affairs programme broadcast on TV ONE in New Zealand on Sunday nights at 7:30 pm. Presented by Miriama Kamo with a team of New Zealand reporters, the programme began when TV ONE did not renew its rights to 60 Minutes which had aired previously in this time slot. The hour-long show usually features two reports from the local reporters and one report from an overseas current affairs programme. The programme's tagline is "Where there's a story we'll find it".
The show has been reduced to half an hour and moved to a new time slot of 7.00pm due to the New Zealand's Got Talent series. TVNZ has also been reviewing the future of the show
Back Of The Y previously known as Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television is a cult New Zealand TV series, created by Chris Stapp and Matt Heath. Featuring such memorable characters as Randy Campbell, Danny Parker, Dick Johansonson, Cindy Cockburn and Spanners Watson, the show glorified stunts and the consumption of copious amounts of alcohol. The Hollywood special episode featured Randy Campbell jumping off the back of the Y in the famous Hollywood sign.
Back of the Y is centred around a mock live TV show, featuring segments such as Randy Campbell's Extreme Stunts and "Cunstables". The show was low budget and apparently filmed with amateur equipment and edited on home computers. The show description at the start of the first episode references one of the cast members and sets the agenda for the rest of the show "Phil Bruff had a dream. To make a New Zealand TV show that wasn't complete shit. He failed... Miserably!!!"
The show consisted of 7 episodes of Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television and The Back Of The Y Goe
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.
QTV is a New Zealand children's science-based multimedia series designed to engage young people in the world around them.
The series is fronted by the "Q Team", four young people with a passion for discovery and science. The Wellington-based team is Barnaby Fredric, Chelsie Crayford, Tess Devereux, and Paora Durie.
Each week one of the team throws down a new scientific challenge and kids are encouraged to post their findings online, where further opportunities for exploration and participation abound.
"The Great New Zealand Spelling Bee" is a New Zealand game-show type series that pits well known New Zealanders against each other in a Spelling Bee type layout.
A funny and fascinating tour through New Zealand’s rich comedy history. Interviewing comedy greats alongside the best and brightest up-and-comers, the series is a candid and hilarious look at the untold stories behind some of New Zealand’s most iconic performances.
The series chronicles the life and times of this bustling daycare for dogs, and a selection of their besotted dog owners.
Beautifully shot amongst the scenery of New Zealand’s North Island, this series shares the delight, devotion and drama of life at Barkley Manor.
10 troubled New Zealand teenagers were chosen to experience a course of discipline and adventure activities in Napier Prison for 3 weeks to hopefully help them turn their lives around.
New Zealand documentary tells the real-life events of people whose experiences are unique and diverse. These are their accounts, in their own words, taking viewers on a powerful journey via emotional true stories, providing insight into worlds many of us will never be privy to.