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The New Zealand television legend reflects on the legacy of Cheryl West, working with Jane Campion, and why she’s still haunted by banana skins. Just like her Far North co-star (and fellow My Life in TV contributor) Temuera Morrison, Robyn…

Kiwi superstar director Taika Waititi has splashed out on a $10.5 million waterfront pad in Point Chevalier. Murmurings around the smart, former working-class suburb have circled for weeks that New Zealand’s most famous entertainment export had invested in an Auckland…

It may have been a break-up with a boyfriend that flicked a switch in Roxi Bull’s mind to enter the film industry, but it’s a decision that is seeing her working with some of the biggest names in the industry.…

Who makes the best horror films? It’s a question frequently, viciously, debated between genre fans. Japan brought us classics like Ringu, Ju-On and Audition, A24 continues to raise the bar in the US, and revered subgenres like French extremity and…

The south of France seems like the least likely place to find thousands of television buyers from around the world, hot-footing it around the 35,000 square metre Palais des Festivals searching for the hot new program that will nudge their…

While TVNZ should be very proud of After the Party – read our very positive review here – there are signs that it may not be the start of a new golden age. The show came out of Te Puna…

Amazon is rolling out a new beta feature that lets advertisers create AI-generated image backgrounds for products. The company describes it as “a generative AI solution designed to remove creative barriers” while boosting ad performance. “It’s a perfect use for…

Great Southern Television, New Zealand’s largest locally owned production company, has appointed TVNZ top senior executive Cate Calver as the new Chief Executive Officer. Calver has worked at TVNZ for the past 10 years, with most of that time as…

When one thinks of action film scores, themes to Indian Jones, Mission: Impossible, and Batman probably come to mind. In the horror genre, Halloween, Psycho, and Jaws are also probably the most recognizable. Each of these genres has unique sounding…