TVNZ people and programmes won 13 categories at the 2019 Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards tonight.

TVNZ and 1 News’ coverage of the Christchurch terror attacks and memorial service was recognised with TVNZ awarded Best Live Event Coverage and Hilary Barry being named Best Presenter: News & Current Affairs.

TVNZ 1 Breakfast presenter, Matty McLean was crowned Woman’s Day Television Personality of the Year, won by public vote. He follows in the foot-steps of his Breakfast co-presenter Hayley Holt who won the title last year.

TVNZ’s Head of News and Current Affairs, John Gillespie says: I’m proud to see the efforts of our News and Current Affairs teams recognised at tonight’s awards. Viewers are at the heart of everything we do, and it’s a privilege to be welcomed into the homes of New Zealanders around the country day in and day out. It’s also great to see Hilary and Matty celebrated for the outstanding presenters that they are – on and off screen.

Drama, reality, comedy and factual series made by local production houses to screen on TVNZ’s platforms also took out top awards at tonight’s ceremony.

TVNZ 1’s Teina Pora telefeature, In Dark Places was honoured with awards for Best Director: Drama (Michael Bennett) and Best Feature Drama, in addition to its Craft Award for Best Contribution to a Soundtrack.

Fresh from its three-award sweep at the Craft Awards, Fresh Eggs took home another coveted award at tonight’s gala with Danielle Cormack being crowned Best Actress.

Wellington Paranormal star Mike Minogue scooped the award for Best Actor.

For the second consecutive year, Anika Moa was named Best Presenter: Entertainment for her TVNZ OnDemand series Anika Moa: Unleashed.

The Casketeers once again took out Best Original Reality Series as well as Best Māori programme; and Waka Huia – Rereata Makiha, Best Reo Programme.

HEIHEI’s Welcome to Cardboard City was named Best Children’s Programme.

Fan-favourite Shortland Street was crowned the 2019 TV Legend award, cementing its place as New Zealand’s number one drama series. It is the first time a standalone television show has taken out the award, with organisers praising the 27 year-running series’ “ongoing success, its significance in New Zealand popular culture and the show’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.”

TVNZ Director of Content, Cate Slater says: “Viewers love local content, and we’re proud to see our local slate celebrated at tonight’s awards. It’s especially great to see Shortland Street recognised as the television icon that it is.

“Ambitious local shows are integral to our programming line-up and the success of these shows is only possible with thanks to our incredible production company partners, cast and crews, as well as NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho. Congratulations to all our well-deserved winners.”

The Huawei Mate 30 Pro NZ TV Awards were held in Auckland, New Zealand on the 21st of November 2019.

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The 2019 Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards have just wrapped up with Sky taking home two major category wins for Sky Sport and Prime.

Congratulations to Brian Hitchcock, Dean Pooley, Gareth Thorne, Simon Head, and Mark Malaki-Williams who took out the ‘Monstavision Best Sports Programme’ category with part one of their three-part Sky Sport documentary, Keeping The Faith: 25 Years Of The Warriors.

Part one of the docu-series premiered in May on Sky Sport 2 and documented the Warriors’ early years, from the creation of the club right through to their first six seasons as a team. Both archival footage and unique interviews were used to tell the story that had Kiwi league fans across the country captivated and eagerly awaiting subsequent episodes.

Keeping The Faith

“As the home of sport in New Zealand, we are delighted to win this prestigious award recognising the skills and storytelling talent of our Sport Production team. This documentary series was a labour of love and acknowledges our strong and long-standing partnership with the Warriors, past and present,” says Brian Hitchcock, Head of Sports Production.

Owen Hughes accepted the award for ‘Best Factual Series’ on behalf of the crew behind Uncharted With Sam Neill. The local production was produced by Frame Up Films for Prime in New Zealand, and followed the Pacific voyage of Captain James Cook in the 18th century.

This documentary, led by internationally-recognised actor Sam Neill, was made with the support of New Zealand on Air and was available free-to-air on Prime (as well as Neon) for Kiwi audiences.

Uncharted With Sam Neill

“Congratulations to our Prime and Sky Sport teams for their wins tonight. It’s fantastic to see their talent and dedication recognised in this way. On behalf of our 1,100-strong crew at Sky, they’ve done us extremely proud,” says Martin Stewart, Sky CEO.

“We love creating great local television for New Zealand audiences, and both of the awards tonight cover topics that mean a lot to Kiwis. Keeping the Faith tells the great sporting story of the Warriors’ journey from the start to where they are now ­– a strong competitor with an incredibly loyal fan base. If you haven’t seen it yet make sure you catch it on Sky Sport Now. Uncharted with Sam Neill is also a great watch and takes viewers through a deep dive at an important part of New Zealand history.

“Together, these awards recognise the depth and breadth of our sport and entertainment offering,” adds Stewart.

Sky wins at NZ TV Awards:

Monstavision Best Sports Programme

• Keeping The Faith Episode One

Sky Sport (Sky NZ) – Brian Hitchcock, Dean Pooley, Gareth Thorne, Simon Head, Mark Malaki-Williams

Available on Sky Sport Now

Best Factual Series

• Uncharted With Sam Neill

Frame Up Films (for Prime) – Owen Hughes

Available on Neon

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The New Zealand television industry gathered at a star-studded event in Auckland tonight as the year’s best and brightest were celebrated at the 2018 Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards.

The major free-to-air broadcasters enjoyed significant wins across the board with TVNZ’s1 News taking out the award for Best News Coverage and TVNZ Sunday’s Jehan Casinader winning Reporter of the Year, while Newshub’s Mike McRoberts was named Best Presenter: News & Current Affairs for the second year in a row and Three’s long-serving larrikins Jono & Ben got to go out on a high with the final series of their eponymous show winning the award for Best Comedy/Comedy Entertainment Programme.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – NOVEMBER 22: Wellington Paranormal actors Mike Minogue (R) and Karen O’Leary arrive at the 2018 New Zealand Television Awards at the Civic Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand on November 22, 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Michael Bradley/Getty Images for NZTV Awards)

Three’s flagship drama Westside, produced by South Pacific Pictures, won the NZ On Air Best Drama Series award and series lead Antonia Prebble was named Best Actress.  South Pacific Pictures earned a clean sweep in the performance categories with 800 Words’ Rick Donald winning Best Actor.

The TVNZ 1 telefeature The Dance Exponents: Why Does Love? added to its impressive haul from the Craft Awards earlier this month, winning the Images & Sound Best Feature Drama category at tonight’s Gala Ceremony. Produced by Great Southern Television, the production earned a total of five category wins across the two award ceremonies – the most of any single production this year.

Topp Country also added to its earlier Craft Awards win with two additional awards tonight: Best Director: Documentary Factual and Best Lifestyle Programme.

Best Comedy/Comedy Entertainment programme winners Jono Pryor (CL) and Ben Boyce (L) with the team from Jon & Ben at the New Zealand Television Awards at the Civic Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand on November 22, 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Michael Bradley/Getty Images for NZTV Awards)

Veteran broadcaster Tini Molyneuxwas honoured this evening with the 2018 Legend Award presented to her by her former newsroom colleague Judy Bailey. And TVNZ Breakfast’s Hayley Holt was voted in as the 2018 Woman’s Day Personality of the Year.

Content produced for online platforms was also celebrated tonight with the Great Southern Television’s RNZ documentary NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka being named both Te Māngai Pāho Best Maori Programme and NZ On Air Best Documentary. Stuff Circuit was awarded Best Current Affairs Programme and TVNZ on Demand’s Baby Mama’s Club was named NZ On Air Best Web Series.

Best Presenter – Entertainment winner Anika Moa at the 2018 New Zealand Television Awards at the Civic Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand on November 22, 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Michael Bradley/Getty Images for NZTV Awards)

Anika Moa won the award for Best Presenter: Entertainment for her role as the host of Anika Moa: Unleashed S1 which screened on Māori Television and TVNZ on Demand.   Māori Television also won the Best Live Event Coverage category for the ANZAC Dawn Service 2018. Sky Network Television’s No Regretswas named the Monstavision Best Sports Programme, adding to the network’s earlier Craft Awards win for Best Director: Multi Camera for the HSBC Rugby Sevens World Series, Hamilton.

Twenty-six categories were awarded at the Gala Ceremony held at Auckland’s Civic Theatre.  Earlier this month, 13 Craft Awards were also given out.

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