The Public Good

25/11/2025

What a night celebrating Aotearoa’s incredible screen industry at the NZ Screen Awards ✨🎬

Massive congratulations to all the finalists and winners - the calibre of work across every category was extraordinary.

A special shout-out to the projects we at The Public Good had the privilege of working on:

THE GONE
• NZ On Air Best Drama Series
• Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama Series – Peter Burger
• Best Editing: Drama Series – Bryan Shaw
• Images & Sound Best Original Score – Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper

THE HAKA PARTY INCIDENT
• Best Director: Documentary Feature - Katie Wolfe

THE CONVERT
• DEGANZ Best Director: Drama Feature – Lee Tamahori
• Images & Sound Best Cinematography: Feature Film – Gin Loane
• Best Production Design – Feature – Nick Williams & Guy Moana
• Best Costume Design – Feature – Liz McGregor
• Best Makeup Design – Feature – Gabrielle Jones

DOUBLE PARKED
• Best Actress in a Series – Antonia Prebble
• Best Supporting Actress in a Series – Kura Forrester

BRYN & KU’S SINGLES CLUB
• Best Presenter: Entertainment – Brynley Stent & Kura Forrester

SECRETS AT RED ROCKS
• Best Contribution to a Soundtrack: Series – Tom Miskin, Melanie Graham, Mike Bayliss, Steve Finnigan

UNDER THE VINES S3
• Best Production Design – Series – John Allan

MY LIFE IS MURDER
• Best Costume Design – Series – Sarah Voon

So proud of every storyteller, technician, artist and collaborator whose work shone on Friday night. Ngā mihi nui - it’s a privilege to play a part in your journeys. ✨

Also a special mention to the brilliant - there’s no one we’d rather work a red carpet with! 🎤 And a big thank you to the team at for once again giving us the opportunity to work with you on this event. 🤍

13/12/2024

Badjelly! - an 13-part animated series is streaming on TVNZ+ from January 1st, 2025.

(Also coming in early 2025 to The Family Channel 🇨🇦 and ABC 🇦🇺.)

11/12/2024

Congratulations to Dark Doris Entertainment and Madison Wells whose feature documentary PRIME MINISTER has been selected to have its world premiere in competition at Film Festival next year.

11/12/2024

🎥 In cinemas around Aotearoa from 30 January 2025.
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18/09/2024

A WAVE IN THE OCEAN 2025 // Aotearoa Pop-Up Film Intensive is now open for applications. 🌊 🎥
More information at waveintheocean.nz
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11/07/2024

- now in production in Aotearoa! 🎥🗡️
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08/02/2024

🔪 DARK CITY - THE CLEANER 🔪 premieres March 4 with a double episode on Neon & SoHo.
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A Dark City Production in association Lionsgate Television.
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A Sky NZ Original in association with New Zealand Government’s Te Puna Kairangi Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund , and NZ On Air.

06/12/2023

🎬 📺 And that’s a wrap on our 7th annual The New Zealand Television Awards, Aotearoa television’s night of nights!

Whakamihi to the team at Janda Productions, the awards sponsors, the judges and all the finalists and winners.

And an extra special shout out to these award-winning local shows we’ve worked on in the past year:
🏆 The Gone, winner of five awards including NZ on Air Best Drama:
🏆 One Lane Bridge, winner of two awards including Best Actor for Dominic Ona-Ariki and Best Production Design;
🏆 Mystic, winner of NZ on Air Best Children’s Programme;
🏆 Not Even, winner of Best Script: Comedy;
🏆 Double Parked, winner of Best Actress for Antonia Prebble.
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23/11/2023

** WATCH ** the official trailer for THE CONVERT, a new feature film from Lee Tamahori, coming to cinemas in Aotearoa in 2024.

11/07/2023

Some of our local project highlights from the first half of 2023. 🤩
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04/05/2023