TVNZ’s After the Party has taken home a record haul at the 2024 New Zealand Television Awards.
The six-part drama series, produced by Lingo Pictures and Luminous Beast, claimed nine awards at this year’s ceremony, including NZ On Air Best Drama, Best Script: Drama, Best Editing: Drama and Comedy, and Best Actor and Actress wins for Peter Mullan and Robyn Malcolm.
TVNZ’s 1News also took out the 2024 award for Best News Coverage for their reportage of Cyclone Gabrielle – One Year On, while TVNZ’s Q+A was named Best Current Affairs Programme with presenter Jack Tame being awarded Best Presenter: News and Current Affairs.
Shortland Street’s Bella Kalolo won the publicly voted Television Personality of the Year, while Dame Julie Christie was honoured as the 2024 Television Legend.
The awards ceremony, held at Auckland’s Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on Friday night, also saw two wins for RNZ.
Ruamata: It’s More Than Hockey (Mairanga Media / RNZ) claimed Best Sports Programme on the night, while NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana (Aotearoa Media Collective / RNZ / TVNZ+) received Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Programme award.
2024 New Zealand Television Awards winners are:
NZ On Air Best Drama
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best Comedy
The Motherhood Anthology – Give Me Babies
Eyes and Ears / Oriental Maidens / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+
Best Factual Series
Escaping Utopia
Warner Bros. International Television Production NZ / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
NZ On Air Best Documentary
Family Faith Footy: A Pasifika Rugby Story
Great Southern Television Ltd / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best Original Reality Series
Down For Love – Season 2
Attitude Pictures / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+
Best Current Affairs Programme
Q+A with Jack Tame
TVNZ / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+
NZ On Air Best Children’s Programme
Kiri & Lou
Kiri and Lou Ltd / Sky
Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Programme
NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana
Aotearoa Media Collective / RNZ / TVNZ+
Te Māngai Pāho Best Reo Māori Programme
Te Karere – Nationwide Activation Day
TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
NZ On Air Best Pasifika Programme
Family Faith Footy: A Pasifika Rugby Story
Great Southern Television Ltd / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best News Coverage
1News at Six – Cyclone Gabrielle – One Year On
TVNZ / 1News, TVNZ 1
Best Sports Programme
Ruamata: It’s More Than Hockey
Mairanga Media / RNZ
Best Live Event Coverage
Anzac 2024
Whakaata Māori / MĀORI+
Best Entertainment Programme
New Zealand Today
Kevin & Co / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow
Best Director: Documentary/Factual
Sophie Musgrove & Siddharth Nambiar
Dynamic Planet
NHNZ Worldwide / NEON / Sky Open / Sky Go
Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama / Comedy Drama
Peter Salmon
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best Actress
Robyn Malcolm
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best Supporting Actress
Tara Canton
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best Actor
Peter Mullan
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best Supporting Actor
Elz Carrad
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Reporter of the Year
Lisette Reymer
Newshub
Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow
Best Presenter: Entertainment
Karen O’Leary
Paddy Gower Has Issues
Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow
Best Presenter: News And Current Affairs
Jack Tame
Q+A with Jack Tame
TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Television Personality of the Year
Bella Kalolo
Shortland Street
TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+
Television Legend
Dame Julie Christie
Best Editing: Documentary / Factual
Tori Bindoff, Carl Budden
Escaping Utopia
Warner Bros. International Television Production NZ / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best Editing: Drama / Comedy Drama
Denise Haratzis
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best Camerawork: Documentary / Factual
Mark Chamberlin
The Hui
Great Southern Television Ltd / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow
Best Director: Multi Camera
Matt Quin
NRL playoffs – Warriors v Knights
Sky Sport NZ / Sky Sport 1
Images & Sound Best Cinematography: Drama / Comedy Drama
Dave Cameron NZCS ACS
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best Contribution to a Soundtrack
Pinnacle Post Sound Team
Our Flag Means Death – Season 2
NEON & Sky Open
Images & Sound Best Original Score
Andrew Keoghan, Reb Fountain
Escaping Utopia
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
Best Post Production Design
Alana Cotton
Testify
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+
Best Production Design
Neville Stevenson
Dark City – The Cleaner
Endeavour Ventures Ltd / NEON & Sky Open
Best Costume Design
Briar Vivian
Far North
White Balance Pictures / South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow
Best Makeup Design
Janene Cissi
The Boy, The Queen And Everything In Between
Lucky Legs Media Ltd / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+
Best Script: Comedy
Simone Nathan
Kid Sister
Greenstone TV / TVNZ+
Best Script: Drama
Dianne Taylor
After The Party
Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
By Jogai Bhatt of rnz.co.nz
