National Treasures: TVNZ’s show about our past offers a vision for the future
March 17, 2021
REVIEW: National Treasures is a show that lives up to its name. Debuting on TVNZ1 earlier this month (Sunday nights 8.30pm, then available on TVNZ OnDemand) without much fanfare, this Antiques Roadshow-meets-Get It To Te Papa had the potential to be this decade’s That’s Fairly...
Match Fit: Final episode of ‘Old Blacks’ returning to the fray contains a massive lie
November 12, 2020
OPINION: "This just is not great TV, is it?" All Blacks prop Craig Dowd says in the final episode of Match Fit, as one-by-one his team-mates proved to have added years to their lives, as well as carving kilos of...
Match Fit shows former All Blacks overweight and struggling – just like the rest of us
October 28, 2020
Review: In their heyday they were invulnerable, but now the likes of Piri Weepu and Eroni Clarke are all too human. That’s what makes Match Fit so compelling, says Duncan Greive. Match Fit is aimed at the more casual class...
Match Fit leaves All Blacks and audience gasping
October 22, 2020
If All Blacks are indeed role models, then Match Fit on Three is one of the most important things they’ve done for men of an age, men with weight issues, joint issues, heart issues, mental issues even. There was plenty...
‘Spiky Gold Hunters’ go global
October 24, 2019
A+E Networks UK is among companies to have struck pre-sale deals for fact-ent show Spiky Gold Hunters (6 x 60’) from Australian distributor LGI Media (formerly known as Looking Glass International). The series has also been acquired by The History...
Marae reporter wins at 2018 Voyager Media Awards
May 16, 2018
We'd like to send a huge mihi to our star reporter Hikurangi Kimiora Jackson on taking out best arts, entertainment and lifestyle reporter of the year at the 2018 Voyager Media Awards. Hikurangi's stories made world wide headlines last year, including...
Profile Story On Bailey
October 3, 2016
Reality TV's new kid on the block used to shear sheep. Now, the man behind 'The GC' and 'Sidewalk Karaoke' has a career on the verge of becoming life-changing. Russell Blackstock reports. It is 9.30am on a Wednesday and TV...
Sidewalk Karaoke Reviews
September 30, 2016
New Maori TV show Sidewalk Karaoke takes to the streets, and the world It's hot. But it's even hotter in front of the camera, under the lights and the scrutiny of crowd of strangers. Tai Waru steps onto her mark,...
Brown Eye Reviews
September 30, 2016
TV pick: Brown Eye Brown Eye is Maori Television's foray into news satire. We asked presenter Nathan Rarere and producer Bailey Mackey about the thinking behind the programme and the deeper meaning on the show's name. Brown Eye, catchy title. Was...