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Black Diamond – TV Series
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‘Friendly Fire’ – Feature Film
Production Type: Feature FilmCountry Of Origin: USAProduction Company Name: Sony PicturesShooting Location: Auckland, Kumeu Film Studios Line Producer: *to be released shortly*Production Start: TBCFirst Shoot Date: TBCLast Shoot Date: TBC
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DAISY CHAIN – Feature Film
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Ande Schurr talks Lord of the Flies
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Hayu to relaunch as premium, general entertainment streaming platform!
Auckland – May 12, 2026: Hayu – the direct-to-consumer reality subscription video-ondemand (SVOD) service from NBCUniversal – today announced an evolved product proposition and expanded content offering, introducing blockbuster movies,
Chelsie Preston Crayford – Caterpillar
Chelsie talks about the 8-year journey to Caterpillar and telling the story of three generations of women.
To earn some countries’ film tax incentives, you have to pass the test
Promising rebates of up to 40% on an infamously expensive art form, tax incentives for film and television production — now offered by nearly four dozen countries — have been
Canela Media Launches AI-Driven Vertical Video App Zully, Aiming For Bilingual Microdrama Fans
Hispanic upstart Canela Media has launched Zully, a new app for microdramas in both Spanish and English. While Canela is smaller than legacy players TelevisaUnivision and Telemundo, it has a
Ande Schurr talks Lord of the Flies
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Hayu to relaunch as premium, general entertainment streaming platform!
Auckland – May 12, 2026: Hayu – the direct-to-consumer reality subscription video-ondemand (SVOD) service from NBCUniversal – today announced an evolved product proposition and expanded content offering, introducing blockbuster movies,
Chelsie Preston Crayford – Caterpillar
Chelsie talks about the 8-year journey to Caterpillar and telling the story of three generations of women.
To earn some countries’ film tax incentives, you have to pass the test
Promising rebates of up to 40% on an infamously expensive art form, tax incentives for film and television production — now offered by nearly four dozen countries — have been
Canela Media Launches AI-Driven Vertical Video App Zully, Aiming For Bilingual Microdrama Fans
Hispanic upstart Canela Media has launched Zully, a new app for microdramas in both Spanish and English. While Canela is smaller than legacy players TelevisaUnivision and Telemundo, it has a
NZ On Screen Tuesday Spotlight: Ngā Puna (1993-1996)
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NZ Box Office Report: 10 May 2026
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Jennifer Onyeiwu awarded 2026 Vincent Burke Scholarship
Spada is proud to announce Jennifer Onyeiwu as the recipient of the 2026 Vincent Burke Scholarship. This year’s Vincent Burke Scholarship drew an exceptionally strong pool of applicants, with fifteen emerging producers
Why does government want rid of the BSA?
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Vista Group on track in 2026
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NZ On Screen Tuesday Spotlight: Ngā Puna (1993-1996)
Created to nurture emerging Māori writers, Ngā Puna brings together six first-time television writers — each delivering a standalone 45-minute drama. Executive produced by Don Selwyn and made by He
NZ Box Office Report: 10 May 2026
A ridiculously large number of local titles played on local cinema screens at the moment, which is great to see – and another arrives this week. In its second weekend,
Jennifer Onyeiwu awarded 2026 Vincent Burke Scholarship
Spada is proud to announce Jennifer Onyeiwu as the recipient of the 2026 Vincent Burke Scholarship. This year’s Vincent Burke Scholarship drew an exceptionally strong pool of applicants, with fifteen emerging producers
Why does government want rid of the BSA?
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Vista Group on track in 2026
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BSA finds against TVNZ
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled that TVNZ breached broadcasting standards in its reporting of comments by President Trump in an item on the arrest of the man suspected of shooting
Alice Shearman – NZ Writers Guild
Alice talks about the continuing NZWG50 celebrations – in Christchurch on 21 May – new merch, and progress on the road to negotiations under SIWA.
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Sydney names full line-up
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BSA finds against TVNZ
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled that TVNZ breached broadcasting standards in its reporting of comments by President Trump in an item on the arrest of the man suspected of
Alice Shearman – NZ Writers Guild
Alice talks about the continuing NZWG50 celebrations – in Christchurch on 21 May – new merch, and progress on the road to negotiations under SIWA.
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Video Editor
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Sydney names full line-up
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Peter Thompson – Better Public Media
Better Public Media’s Peter Thompson talks about the current government’s media reform package, introduced to bring legislation around NZ media into the 21st century, and now left lying fallow and
Government to kill off BSA
The Government has agreed to progress with disestablishing the Broadcasting Standards Authority and investigate self-regulation options, Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “New Zealand’s media landscape has changed dramatically,
Brooklyn finds Socks
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LOMU to premiere in NZ & Australia
Following its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival in February, feature documentary LOMU will make its Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on June 13, before returning home for
The Trailer Park
Sky series Bust Up, rolling out from 27 May New trailer for Te Arepa Kahi’s Sgt. Haane, now in cinemas The Time Traveller’s Guide to Hamilton Gardens now in cinemas
NZ On Screen Tuesday Spotlight: Shark In The Park (1990)
New Zealand’s first urban cop show, Shark in the Park traded rural beats for the gritty streets of inner-city Wellington. Devised by Graeme Tetley (Ruby and Rata), it follows Inspector
Kiwi team behind Roblox hit 99 Nights in the Forest lands movie deal
After landing a major movie deal for their breakout game, three New Zealand developers say Kiwis are “batting way above average” on the global platform Roblox. Alec Kieft, Matthew Hufton,
Past love meets present danger in new crime drama Bust Up
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