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2002 TV Guide NZ Television Awards
The 2002 TV Guide NZ Television Awards were staged on Saturday 29 June 2002 in Auckland, New Zealand. Honouring excellence in New Zealand television for the previous year, the awards were sponsored by New Zealand TV Guide magazine, the final year of its eight-year period as a naming-rights sponsor of the awards. As there had been no awards in 2001, the 2002 awards also covered the 2001 awards period. The awards ceremony was not broadcast on television. Nominees and winners Awards were given in 37 categories, including two people's choice awards – Best New Programme and Best Presenter. Best Children's Programme *''Coke Smokefree Rockquest'', Richard Hansen (Screentime-Communicado) **''jessie.com'', Janine Morrell (Whitebait Productions) **''Pukana'', Nicole Hoey & Matai Smith (Cinco Cine Film Productions) Best Documentary *''1951'', John Bates (Bates Productions) **''Big'', Philippa Mossman (Greenstone Pictures) **''Numero Bruno'', Nicola Saker (La Hood Productions) Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Guide (New Zealand)
''TV Guide'' is a weekly New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ... magazine that lists the country's television programs for each week. History and profile ''TV Guide'' was started in 1986 as a section in ''Truth'' magazine. Soon it became a separate publication. It is published by media business Stuff Ltd, from its Auckland office. Regular features * ''Stuff to watch'' – The best of online viewing * ''Highlights'' – The best of the week's viewing * ''TV Movies'' – more information on movies on television this week * ''Sport'' – the sports news * ''Mr Telly'' – readers share their views about what is on television * ''This week in history'' – Things that happened in history for the week covered * ''Horoscopes'' – horoscope for the week * ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone TV
Greenstone TV (or simply Greenstone) is a New Zealand-based television production company who produce factual, entertainment, drama and documentary television programs. Productions have been made for TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, Three and Prime in New Zealand, and the Seven Network in Australia. Greenstone was founded in 1994 by John Harris. In December 2013, Greenstone was purchased by Australian company CJZ (Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder) creating an independent international production group. Greenstone’s Chairman is Richard Driver, appointed in 2017. Notable programs produced by Greenstone include long-running factual series ''Motorway Patrol'', ''Highway Patrol'', ''Neighbours at War'', ''Border Patrol'', ''Dog Squad'' and ''Coastwatch''. In 1998, Greenstone was awarded a Bravo award by the New Zealand Skeptics for ''The Mighty Moa''. Productions Drama *''The Cul de Sac'' *''Secret Agent Men'' * ''The Amazing Extraordinary Friends'' * ''Bella'' * ''My Life Is Murder'' Factual / rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike King (comedian)
Michael King (born 12 April 1962) is a New Zealand mental health advocate, television personality, and former comedian. He is known in New Zealand as the spokesperson who marketed New Zealand pork, presenting 30-second TV commercials on cooking pork known as ''Mike's Meals'' until he disengaged from the pork industry. King's television career began in 1997 with his debut in the New Zealand comedy show ''Pulp Comedy''. Before television, King worked as a stand-up comedian. He was voted comedian of the year in 1997 by ''Metro'' magazine readers and nominated for the Billy T Award in the same year. After his television debut, King began to appear on more prominent New Zealand television comedy shows, notably ''Comedy Central'', ''Game of Two Halves'' and ''Strassman''. In 2002 he was nominated twice at the 2002 NZ Television Awards for his stand up show ''An Audience With the King''. He went on to host ''Mike King Tonight'' from 2003. The show aired for only one season. He is we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hadlow
Mark Selwyn Hadlow (born 1957) is an Australian-New Zealand actor and comedian. Hadlow is perhaps best known internationally for playing the roles of Harry in ''King Kong'' and Dori, a Dwarf, in ''The Hobbit'' series. Early life Hadlow was born in Australia, in the New South Wales town of Walgett, the son of a New Zealand-born vicar and an Australian mother. They moved to Perth, and then spent three years in Chennai, before moving to New Zealand when Hadlow was nine years old. They lived in Wellington and Christchurch, and Hadlow attended boarding school. Career Hadlow's early film appearances were in serious roles, such as in ''Beyond Reasonable Doubt'', but he is perhaps better known in New Zealand for his comedy roles, particularly in the television sitcom ''Willy Nilly'', and some of the voices for the 1989 Peter Jackson puppet film, ''Meet the Feebles'' (including Heidi the hippo and Robert the hedgehog). He also starred alongside New Zealand Maori comedian, Billy T Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose McIver
Frances Rose McIver (born 10 October 1988) is a New Zealand actress. She starred as Olivia "Liv" Moore in The CW supernatural comedy-drama series '' iZombie'' (2015–2019) and played Summer Landsdown the Yellow Ranger in ''Power Rangers RPM'' (2009). She also played the role of Amber Moore in the romantic comedy film ''A Christmas Prince'' (2017) and its two sequels '' The Royal Wedding'' (2018), and '' The Royal Baby'' (2019). McIver began her career with guest appearances in New Zealand-based series, such as '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and ''Legend of the Seeker''. She also had recurring roles in the Showtime period drama series ''Masters of Sex'' (2013–14) and the ABC fantasy adventure drama series ''Once Upon a Time'' (2013–2017). She is currently starring in the CBS supernatural sitcom ''Ghosts'' (2021–present). McIver made her film debut in the period drama ''The Piano'' (1993). She has since starred in the drama ''The Lovely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Of All Trades (TV Series)
''Jack of All Trades'' is a half-hour-long syndicated action comedy TV series which ran for two seasons in 2000. With ''Cleopatra 2525'', it formed the '' Back2Back Action Hour'' and both shows were notable for being the first American non-animated action series to be produced in the half-hour format since the 1970s. The show was canceled in the middle of its second season. Plot It is set at the turn of the 19th century (beginning in 1801) on the fictional French-controlled island of Pulau-Pulau in the East Indies. Jack Stiles is an American secret agent sent there by President Jefferson. While there, he meets his British contact and love interest, English spy Emilia Rothschild. Together, the two work to stop Napoleon and various other threats to the United States. To the public, Jack is seen as Emilia's attaché (she sometimes serves as his), and in order to protect his identity as a secret agent, while acting against the enemies of America, Jack often adopts the identity of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Devenie
Stuart Forbes Devenie is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, whose career spans three decades on stage and screen. He has performed in theatre productions nationally and internationally. In the 1980s, he was the artistic director of Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North and has been a senior educator at Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School. In 2000, he founded Playfair Ltd theatre company. Film and television As an actor, Devenie is best known for a trio of appearances in Peter Jackson films - ''Meet the Feebles'' (1989), ''Braindead'' (1992 - known in the United States as ''Dead Alive''), and ''The Frighteners'' (1996). His most memorable role may be that of Father McGruder in ''Braindead'', wherein he utters the line ''"I kick arse for the Lord!"''. In 2000, he appeared as Governor Croque in the short-lived Renaissance Pictures television series ''Jack of All Trades'', alongside American actor Bruce Campbell. More recently he played the Norse god Njord in ''The Alm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Balme
Timothy Guy Balme (born 18 January 1967) is a New Zealand actor and screenwriter. He's most well known for his roles on the long-running soap opera ''Shortland Street'' and ''Mercy Peak'', as well as lead roles in the cult favourites ''Braindead'' and ''Jack Brown Genius''. He was a writer and actor on the television series ''The Almighty Johnsons'', and the creator and a writer for ''The Brokenwood Mysteries''. Personal life Balme is married to actress Katie Wolfe, with whom he has two children; daughter Edie (born 2001) and son Nikau (born 2005). Balme also has a son, Sam (born 1987) from a previous relationship. Career Balme graduated from Toi Whakaari in 1989, and his first lead role was in the 1992 film ''Braindead'' (aka ''Dead Alive''). Balme and his wife, along with Simon Bennett and Robyn Malcolm, founded the New Zealand Actors' Company, which ran for three productions before being dissolved. An actor for the better part of twenty years, he has recently branched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Sami
Madeleine Nalini Sami is a New Zealand actress, director, comedian and musician. She started her acting career in theatre before moving to television, where she created, wrote, and starred in ''Super City''. She co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the 2018 film ''The Breaker Upperers'', along with Jackie van Beek, which was a New Zealand box office success. Sami co-hosted ''The Great Kiwi Bake Off''. Early life Sami is one of four children. Her parents are Christine Southee, who has Irish ancestry, and Naren Sami, a Fijian-Indian who settled in New Zealand. Her parents separated when she was 11. She attended Onehunga High School. Career Sami rose to prominence starring in Toa Fraser's play ''Bare,'' winning best actress at the 1999 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. She then was part of Fraser's next play, ''No. 2.'', which won Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2011, Sami created, wrote, and starred in her own comedy series, '' Super City'', which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Bruce
Alison Bruce (born 1962) is a New Zealand television and film actress, who starred in the 1999 feature ''Magik and Rose''. She also appeared in the teen series ''Being Eve'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' and had a recurring role as Simula in ''Young Hercules''. Life and career Bruce was born in Tanzania to a Scottish father and an English mother. Her family moved to New Zealand when she was around eight. After training at Auckland's Theatre Corporate in the early 1980s, she began a busy acting career with stage roles that include starring in ''Hamlet'' (as Ophelia) and ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (as Roxane). Bruce made her screen debut in the 1984 teleplay ''The Minders''. Since then she has acted in more than 30 screen roles, including sizeable parts in two feature films: the 1990 chase comedy ''User Friendly'', in which her character steals a keenly-sought dog statue from a crazed former boss; and 2001 feature ''Magik and Rose'', which Bruce later described as a turning point in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Thomas (actor)
Jeffrey Thomas (born 1945) is a Welsh-born New Zealand actor and writer, best known for his film, television and stage roles. Early life Thomas was born in Llanelli, Wales,Higgins, M.Jeffrey Thomas, ''nzonscreen.com''. Retrieved 12 May 2017. to a fluent Welsh-speaking family. His grandmother's interest in drama awakened an early interest in acting. After leaving school he trained as a quantity surveyor, but grew bored with office work. He attended Liverpool University, completing a BA in English Literature and in Celtic Studies and English Literature. While at university he began writing and acting in university revues. He continued his studies at Oxford University, gaining a Master of Letters (M.Litt) degree. While at Oxford, Thomas met and married a New Zealander, and after completing his studies they moved initially to Australia (where he lectured at La Trobe University) and then, in 1976, to Wellington. Here he taught romantic and Victorian poetry at Victoria University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Laga'aia
Jay Laga'aia (born 10 September 1963) is a New Zealand-Australian actor and singer. He is known internationally for his role as Captain Typho in the films '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' and '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith''. Laga'aia is noted for his television roles, including Senior Constable Tommy Tavita in the Australian police drama '' Water Rats'', lawyer David Silesi in the New Zealand legal drama '' Street Legal'' and Elijah Johnson in the long running Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''. He currently appears in an Australian Children's TV Series called '' Jay's Jungle'', which has been broadcast since 2015. He is a regular feature on Australian kids program '' Play School''. Career Laga'aia debuted as a musician in 1982 as a member of the Consorts, who released the Dalvanius Prime-produced single " Maoris on 45", which was one of the top selling singles in New Zealand in 1982. Laga'aia is known for his part on Australian c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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