- Qantas Television Awards
The Qantas Television Awards are presented by the
New Zealand Television Broadcasters' Council . The inaugural event was staged onNovember 12 ,2005 and has continued annually as the "Qantas Film and Television Awards" with the addition of NZ Film Awards into the proceedings in 2008.Made up by
New Zealand free-to-air broadcasters;TVNZ , CanWest TVWorks and Prime Television, the NZTBC created the awards to recognise New Zealand free-to-air television, including news and current events, which has now also extended to film in 2008.The awards include 31 peer-voted categories and also the publicly voted "
The Woman's Day Readers' Choice TV Awards", which include an additional four categories, "Most Popular Male Personality", "Most Popular Female Personality", "Most Popular New Zealand Television Programme" and "Most Popular International Show".The 2005 awards show and most of the awards were presented by
Petra Bagust andJason Gunn , with additional awards presented byHelen Clark andDon Brash (or more specifically, parodies of them from the TV show "Facelift "),Oscar Kightley ,Dave Fane ,Jaquie Brown andOliver Driver . Prime's Charlotte Dawson served as a backstage correspondent.The 2008 Qantas Film and Television Craft Award Winners were announced at a lunchtime function at the Civic Wintergarden on Friday September 12 2008. The remaining 2008 Qantas Film and Television Award winners were announced at an evening function at the Civic Theatre on Saturday September 13 2008. In another first, this year the Craft Awards were held separately to the rest of the awards.
2005 Finalists & Results
Best Actor in TV Drama
Antony Starr - Jethro & Van West - "TV3" - Winner "Outrageous Fortunue" South Pacific Pictures Ben Barrington - William - "TV2" "The Insiders Guide to Happiness" The Gibson Group Will Hall - James - "TV2" "The Insiders Guide to Happiness" The Gibson Group
Best Actress In A TV Drama
Robyn Malcolm - Cheryl West - "TV3" - Winner "Outrageous Fortune" South Pacific Pictures Sophia Hawthorne - Julie - "TV2" "The Insiders Guide to Happiness" The Gibson Group Sally Stockwell - Lindy - "TV2" "The Insiders Guide to Happiness" The Gibson Group
Best Camera (Factual)
Peter Young - "TV One" - Winner "Country Calendar" TVNZ Mike Kelland - "TV One" "Life on the Street" Production Line Jacob Bryant - "TV One" "Off The Rails - A Love Story" Jam TV
Best Camera (Non-Factual)
Rewa Harre - "TV One" - Winner "Mataku - "Te Whakaahua - The Photo" 4 Winds Films
Wayne Vinten - "TV3" "Outrageous Fortune" South Pacific Pictures David Paul - "TV2" "The Insiders Guide to Happiness" The Gibson Group
Best NZ Children's/Youth Programme
Holly's Heroes - "TV2" - Winner Dave Gibson, Ann Darrouzet & Jenni Tosi - Producers The Gibson Group "Koi" - "Maori Television" Chris Winitana - Producer Awekura Productions "The Goober Brothers" - "TV2" Neil Stichbury - Producer Republic TV
Best NZ Comedy Programme
"Bro' Town" - "TV3" - Winner Elizabeth Mitchell - Producer Firehorse Films "Matthew & Marc's Rocky Road To The Land of The Rising Sun" - "TV2" James McDonald - Producer Touchdown Television "The 2005 Oddfellows Comedy Gala" - "TV2" Sara Kinniburgh - Producer Satellite Media
Best Director (Drama)
Peter Burger - "TV One" "Mataku - "Te Whakaahua- The Photo" 4 Winds Films Mark Beesley - "TV3" - Winner "Outrageous Fortune" - "Episode 4: The Cause of This Defect" South Pacific Pictures Vanessa Alexander - "TV3" "Outrageous Fortune" - "Episode 1: Slings and Arrows" South Pacific Pictures Mark Beesley - "TV2" "The Insiders Guide to Happiness" - "Episode 6" The Gibson Group Ltd
Best Director (Non-Drama)
Bryan Bruce - "TV One" "A Question of Justice" Red Sky Film & Television Nic Craig - "TV3" "Inside New Zealand - Watching You" FMTV Ltd Melanie Rakena - "TV One" - Winner "Off The Rails - A Love Story" Jam TV Ltd
Best NZ Documentary
"Colin McCahon - I Am" - "TV One" - Winner Robin Scholes - Producer Screentime Ltd "Enemy of the State" - "TV One" Michael Valintine - Producer TVNZ "NewZild - The Story of New Zealand English" - "TV One" John Milligan - Producer/Director Bright Spark Television "Reluctant Revolutionary" - "TV One" Tom Scott - Producer/Director Direct Hit Productions
Best NZ Drama
"Mataku" - "TV One" Carey Carter - Producer 4 Winds Films "Outrageous Fortune" - "TV3" - Winner Mike Smith - Producer South Pacific Pictures "The Insiders Guide to Happiness" - "TV2" Dave Gibson, Donna Malane & Jan Haynes - Producers The Gibson Group
Best NZ Entertainment/Reality Programme
"Dancing With The Stars" - "TV One" - Winner Debra Kelleher-Smith - Producer TVNZ "Living The Dream" - "TV2" Julie Christie - Executive Producer Touchdown Television "The Tem Show" - "Prime" Rebecca Salomons - Producer Greenstone Pictures Limited
Best NZ Information/Lifestyle Programme
"My House My Castle" - "TV2" Maria Handas - Executive Producer Touchdown Television "Off The Rails - A Love Story" - "TV One" - Winner Melanie Rakena & Marcus Lush - Producers Jam TV
Taste Takes Off - "TV One" Chris Wright - Producer TVNZ
Best Editing (Factual)
Daniel Nikolaison - "TV One" "Between The Lines - Denis Glover" Raconteur Film and Television Matt Wilmot - "TV One" "Off The Rails - A Love Story" Jam TV
Justin Hawkes - "C4" - Winner "Shihad Live in Aotea Square" Visionary Film and Television
Best Maori Programme
"Eye to Eye With Willie Jackson" - "TV One" Jock Anderson - Producer Front of the Box Productions "Korero Mai" - "Maori Television" - Winner Viv Wigby-Ngatai - Producer Cinco Cine Film Productions "Mama Tere" - "TV One" Erina Tamepo - Producer Paula Jones - Director Showdown Productions
Best NZ Popular/Factual Unscripted Programme
"Intrepid Journeys" - "TV One" - Winner Melanie Rakena & Jane Andrews - Producers Jam TV "Serious Crash Unit, Series II" - "TV2" Jenny Williams - Producer Greenstone Pictures "The Zoo, Series 6" - "TV2" Andrea Lamb - Producer Greenstone Pictures Limited
Best NZ Sports Or Event Coverage
"Jonathan Lemalu - The Homecoming Concert" - "TV One" Robert Hagen - Producer C4 Productions "Montana World of Wearable Art Awards" - "TV3" John MacDonald - Producer TV3 "Shell Helix Motorsport" - "TV One" - Winner David Turner - Executive Producer Stephen Coates - Producer TVNZ
Best Script For A Non-Factual Programme/Series
Lynette Crawford-Williams & Carey Carter - "TV One" "Mataku - "Te Whakaahua - The Photo" 4 Winds Films
Rachel Lang - "TV3" - Winner "Outrageous Fortune" - "Episode 4: The Cause of This Defect" South Pacific Pictures David Brechin-Smith - "TV2" "The Insiders Guide to Happiness" - "Episode 6" The Gibson Group
Best Current Affairs Report (Team Award)
"Campbell Live "Driver Licence Fraud"" - "TV3" - Winner Melanie Reid - Reporter Keith Slater - Producer George Murahidy - Camera John Campbell - Presenter
"Sunday" "Where's Mine" - "TV One" Damian Christie - Producer Garth Bray - Reporter
"Sunday" "London Bombings" - "TV One" Damien Comerford - Producer Janet McIntyre - Reporter Peter Day - Camera Dan Best - Editor
Best Current Affairs Reporter
Amanda Millar - "TV3" - Winner "60 Minutes"
Melanie Reid - "TV3" "Campbell Live"
Cameron Bennett - "TV One" "Sunday"
Janet McIntyre - "TV One" "Sunday"
Best Current Affairs Series
"60 Minutes" - "TV3" - Winner Terence Taylor - Executive Producer "Campbell Live" - "TV3" Mike Brockie - Producer "Stake Out" - "TV3" John Keir - Executive Producer Screentime
Best News Reporter
Duncan Garner - "TV3" 3 News Lorelei Mason - "TV One" - Winner One News Mike McRoberts - "TV3" 3 News Sonya Wilson - "TV One" One News
Best News Report (Team Award)
One News - "Foot & Mouth Scare, Waiheke Island" - "TV One" - Winner Mark Sainsbury - Reporter Owen Poland - Reporter Melissa Stokes - Reporter 3 News - "Benson Pope" - "TV3" Duncan Garner - Reporter Steven Parker - Reporter 3 News - "Iraq - Democracy/Live Cross/Package" - "TV3" Mike McRoberts - Reporter Jon Stephenson - Producer Michael Lacoste - Camera/Editor
Best News/Current Affairs Editing
Paul Enticott - "TV3" "60 Minutes" - "Green Acres" Paul Sparkes - "TV One" - Winner "Close Up" - "Cave Creek"
Best News/Current Affairs Camera (Junior)
Richard Postles - "TV One" - Winner Close Up - "Twins" Daniel Jones - "TV3" 3 News - "Foot & Mouth Scare on Waiheke" Stefan Lowe - "TV One" One News - "Net Justice"
Best News/Current Affairs Camera (Senior)
Ross Kenward - "TV3" - Winner 60 Minutes - "Green Acres"
Warren Armstrong - "TV3" 3 News - "Moa Bones" Phillip Melville - "TV One" Sunday - "The Flu Hunter"
Best News Or Current Affairs Presenter
Mike McRoberts & Hilary Barry - "TV3" 3 News John Campbell - "TV3" "Campbell Live" Mark Sainsbury - "TV One" - Winner "Close Up"
Best Sports News Report (Team Award)
3 News - "Sidecar" - "TV3" Jeff Hampton - Reporter Ben Johnson - Camera Bob Grieve - Editor One News - "Flavell" - "TV One" - Winner Stephen Stuart - Reporter Ed Wi - Camera Shane Murray - Editor
Best News
One News - "TV One" Paul Yurisich, Producer 3 News - "TV3" - Winner Mark Jennings, Director of News
TV Journalist of the Year
Janet McIntyre - "TV One" "Sunday"
Investigation of the Year
Campbell Live – ‘Driver Licence Fraud’ - "TV3" Melanie Reid - Reporter Keith Slater - Producer George Murahidy - Camera John Campbell - Presenter
Woman’s Day Readers’ Choice Awards
Favourite New Zealand Female Personality
Robyn Malcolm
Favourite New Zealand Male Personality
Marc Ellis
Favourite New Zealand Show
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Shortland Street "Favourite International Show
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Desperate Housewives "2008 Winners
News and Current Affairs
=Qantas Best News= One News, TV1
=Best News or Current Affairs Presenter= Mark Sainsbury, Close Up, TV1
=TV Journalist of the Year= Mike Valintine and Hunter Wells, Sunday, TV1
=Best News Reporting= Lisa Owen One News TV1
=Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly programme or one off current affairs special= Sarah Hall, Paula Penfold, George Murahidy and Catherine Hallinan 60 Minutes TV3
=Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme= Robyn Janes and Steve Hopkins Close Up TV1Best Current Affairs Series
Sunday, TV1
=Best News Camera= Jared Mason One News and Close Up TV1
=Best Current Affairs Camera= George Murahidy 60 Minutes TV3
=Best News and Current Affairs Editing= Paul Enticott 60 Minutes TV3
=Investigation of the Year= Mike Valintine and Hunter Wells Sunday TV1General Television and Documentary
=Images and Sound Best Drama Programme= John Laing Outrageous Fortune South Pacific Pictures TV3
=Best Comedy Programme= Paul Casserly Eating Media Lunch Great Southern TV TV2
=Best Factual Series= Fiona Copland & Bill Toepfer, The Big Picture Filmwork Ltd TV1Best Maori Language Programme
Claudette Hauiti Children of the Revolution Front of the Box ProductionsLtd Maori Television
=Qantas Best Children's/Youth Programme= Rachel Jean Play It Strange 2007 Isola Productions Ltd C4
=Best Information/Lifestyle Programme= Mhairead Connor & Mark Albiston The Gravy Series One Sticky Pictures Ltd TVNZ 6
=Best Entertainment Programme= Charlotte Hobson Jono’s New Show C4
=Best Sports Broadcast= John McDonald Rugby World Cup 2007 TV3 TV3
=Best Format/Reality Series= David Baldock Sensing Murder Ninox Television Ltd TV2
=Performance by an Actress in General Television= Robyn Malcolm Outrageous Fortune South Pacific Pictures TV3
=Performance by a Supporting Actress in General Television= Antonia Prebble Outrageous Fortune South Pacific Pictures TV3
=Performance by an Actor in General Television= Antony Starr Outrageous Fortune South Pacific Pictures TV3
=Performance by a Supporting Actor in General Television= Tammy Davis Outrageous Fortune South Pacific Pictures TV3
=Best Presenter Entertainment/Factual Programme= Jason Gunn Dancing with the Stars TVNZ TV1
=Best Script - Drama/Comedy Programme= Rachel Lang Outrageous Fortune South Pacific Pictures TV3
=Sony Achievement in Directing - Drama/Comedy Programme= Mark Beesley Outrageous Fortune South Pacific Pictures TV3Achievement in Directing - Factual/Entertainment Programme
Bryan Bruce The Investigator Red Sky Film & Television Ltd TV1
=Sony Achievement in Camera Work - Drama/Comedy Programme= Dave Garbett Ride with the Devil Isola Productions Ltd TV2
=Achievement in Editing - Drama/Comedy Programme= Bryan Shaw Outrageous Fortune South Pacific Pictures TV3
=Achievement in Original Music in General Television=Christian Biegai , Riki Gooch and Dave Whitehead The Big Picture Filmwork Ltd TV1
=Achievement in Sound Design in General Television= Don Paulin and Ian Leslie The Killian Curse 2 TVNZ TV2
=Achievement in Production Design in General Television= Ant Sang bro'Town Firehorse Films Ltd TV3
=Contribution to Design in General Television= Claire Palmer, Costume Design Dancing with the Stars TVNZ TV1
=NZ on Air Best Documentary= Annie Goldson An Island Calling TV3
=Achievement in Directing - Documentary= Justin Pemberton The Nuclear Comeback TV1
=Achievement in Camerawork - Documentary/Factual Programme= Wayne Vinten, An Island Calling, TV3
=Achievement in Editing - Documentary/Factual Programme= Bryan Shaw, The Wahine Disaster, TV1Film
=Qantas Best Picture - budget over $1 million= Steven O'Meagher, Tim White and Robert Sarkies Out of the Blue Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
=Best Picture - budget under $1 million= Mark Foster and Gregory King A Song of Good Robber’s Dog Films
=Achievement in Directing in Film (budget under and over $1 million)= Taika Waititi Eagle vs Shark Whenua Films Limited
=Jameson Irish Whiskey Performance by an Actor in a leading role in Film= Matthew Sunderland Out of the Blue Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
=Performance by an Actress in a leading role in Film= Geraldine Brophy Second-Hand Wedding Garage Sale Productions Ltd
=Performance by an Actor in a supporting role in Film= Karl Urban Out of the Blue Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
=Performance by an Actress in a supporting role in Film= Holly Shanahan Second-Hand Wedding Garage Sale Productions Ltd
=Best Screenplay in Film= Graeme Tetley and Robert Sarkies Out of the Blue Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
=Achievement in Cinematography= Greig Fraser Out of the Blue Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
=Achievement in Editing in Film= Annie Collins Out of the Blue Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
=Achievement in Original Music in Film= John Gibson and Jack Body Rain of the Children Wayward Films Ltd
=Achievement in Sound Design in Film= Tim Prebble, Gethin Creagh and Gilbert Lake Black Sheep Livestock Films Ltd
=Achievement in Production Design in Film= Phil Ivey Perfect Creature Sensible Films/Minute Productions
=Achievement in Costume Design in Film= Kirsty Cameron Perfect Creature Sensible Films/Minute ProductionsAchievement in Make-Up Design in Film
Dave Elsey Black Sheep Livestock Films Ltd
=Outstanding Technical Contribution in Film - budget under $1 million= Ginny Loane, Cinematographer A Song of Good Robber's Dog Films
=Images and Sound Best Short Film= Christopher Dudman and Vicky Pope The Graffiti of Mr Tupaia POP Film Ltd
=Performance in a Short Film= Rawiri Paratene The Graffiti of Mr Tupaia POP Film Ltd
=Atomic Coffee Roasters Best Screenplay for a Short Film= Paul Stanley Ward The Graffiti of Mr Tupaia POP Film Ltd
=Outstanding Technical Contribution to a Short Film= Ginny Loane, Director of Photography This Is Her Passenger FilmsExternal links
* [http://www.qantastvawards.co.nz/ Qantas Film and Television Awards Website]
* [http://www.nztbc.co.nz/ NZTBC]
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