South Pacific Pictures

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South Pacific Pictures
Type Subsidiary
Industry Television production
Founded1988;35 years ago (1988)
FounderJohn Barnett
Headquarters
Auckland
,
New Zealand
Key people
  • Kelly Martin (CEO)
  • John Barnett (CEO, 1998–2015)
Parent
Subsidiaries SLR Productions (2003–present)
Kura Productions
Satellite Media
Website southpacificpictures.com

South Pacific Pictures is a New Zealand television production company. The company produces drama series, mini-series, telemovies and feature films for the domestic market and international market. SPP's largest property is Shortland Street the half-hour soap opera for TVNZ 2. In 2006, the company released Sione's Wedding and in 2002, the Oscar-nominated feature film Whale Rider . In 1998 the company produced the feature film, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? , the sequel to Once Were Warriors .

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In May 2000, the company moved from Browns Bay (Auckland) to a new purpose-built studio complex in Henderson, West Auckland.

SPP is in a joint venture with Australian company SLR Productions to produce animated shows aimed at international markets and also has a 50% interest in Satellite Media and has also created a joint venture known as Kura Productions with Quinton Hita to produce programming for the Māori Television Service.

South Pacific Pictures was founded by CEO John Barnett. [1]

Film

TitleYearNotes
The Girl from Mars1991Canadian–New Zealand–American co–production
The End of the Golden Weather
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? 1999
Jubilee2000
Whale Rider 2002New Zealand–German co-production
Sione's Wedding 2006
We're Here to Help 2007
The Secret of Moonacre 2008French–British–Hungarian–American co-production
My Wedding and Other Secrets 2011
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business 2012
White Lies 2013
This Town [2] 2020

Television

Current productions

Key
†Denotes television programs that have not yet aired.
TitleGenreFirst air dateNo. of
series		NetworkCo-production companyNotes
Shortland Street Soap opera25 May 199230 TVNZ 2 Grundy Television (1992–2006)
Fremantle Australia (2006–present)
The Brokenwood Mysteries Crime drama28 September 20148 Prime (2014–19)
TVNZ 1 (2021–)
Educators [3] Sitcom8 May 20192 TVNZ+ Web series
Mean Mums [4] Sitcom16 July 20192 Three
Head High [5] Drama28 June 20202Three
Last at 11 [6] Mockumentary21 February 20211 TVNZ 1
Travel Guides New Zealand [7] Travel18 February 20211 TVNZ 2
Snack Masters [8] Cooking competition20 April 20221
Sort Your Life Out NZ [9] Reality22 June 20221Three
Duckrockers [10] Comedy2 November 20221TVNZ 2
Far North [11] †DramaWhite Balance Pictures

1980s

TitleGenreFirst air dateLast air dateNo. of
series		NetworkCo-production companyNotes
Space KnightsChildren's15 July 198916 December 19891 Channel 2 Seven Network
Vid-Com

1990s

TitleGenreFirst air dateLast air dateNo. of
series		NetworkCo-production companyNotes
GoldDrama199019901TVNZ Atlantis Films
Raider of the South SeasChildren's10 February 199030 March 19901Atlantis FilmsProduction services only
Betty's Bunch Children's18 February 199013 May 19901 Channel 2
All for OneChildren's20 May 19908 July 19901TVNZAtlantis Films
African JourneyChildren's15 July 199018 August 19901Channel 2Atlantis Films
Star RunnerChildren's7 April 199126 May 19911TVNZAtlantis Films
The Boy from AndromedaChildren's2 June 19917 July 19911Channel 2Atlantis Films
The Ray Bradbury Theater Anthology3 January 199230 October 19922 USA Network Alliance Atlantis
Bradshaw MacLeod & Associates (season 5)
Wilcox Productions
Western International Communications 		Seasons 5 and 6
The Other Side of Paradise Drama22 February 199214 March 19921 ITV Central Independent Television
Grundy Television 		Miniseries
Production services only
Growing RichFantasy28 February 19923 April 19921ITV Anglia Production services only
Marlin Bay Drama27 August 199216 November 19943 TV One
Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House Anthology21 December 19924 April 19931 Showtime Altantis Films
Crescent Entertainment
B.C Film		Season 2
White Fang Adventure199319941 M6 Neverland Studios
Falcon Productions
Alliance Atlantis		Production services only
Deepwater HavenDrama10 July 199315 January 19941Channel 2F Productions
Beyond International
Soldier Soldier Drama7 September 199330 November 19931ITVCentral Independent TelevisionProduction services only (season 3)
Mrs. Piggle–WiggleChildren's30 May 199419941Showtime Think Entertainment
Universal Family Entertainment		Production services only
FalloutDrama24 July 199431 July 19941TV OneMiniseries
PlainclothesDrama15 March 19956 September 19952TV One
Riding High Children's31 December 199527 July 19961 TV2 Production services only
City Life Drama15 July 199619 February 19981TV2
House of SticksDrama9 November 1997—TV OneMontana Sunday Theatre stand-alone pilot
Market ForcesSitcom31 March 199817 July 19992
McPhail & GadsbySatire11 June 199823 July 19981
Double BookingComedy4 July 1998—Comedy Playhouse stand-alone pilot
Tales of the South Seas Drama199819981 Network Ten CLT-UFA
Gaumont Télévision
Village Roadshow Pictures
Jackson's Wharf [12] Drama22 June 199916 February 20012TV2

2000s

TitleGenreFirst air dateLast air dateNo. of
series		NetworkCo-production companyNotes
Mercy Peak Drama25 July 200119 March 20043 TV One
Being Eve Teen drama25 August 200112 July 20022 TV3
MatakuAnthology3 October 200219 December 20022A third series was produced by 4 Winds Films
New Zealand Idol Reality competition1 February 200429 October 20063 TV2 Grundy Television
Kidnapped Adventure27 February 200513 March 20051 BBC One Miniseries
Outrageous Fortune Comedy-drama12 July 20059 November 20106TV3
InterrogationCrime drama31 August 200523 November 20051 Prime TV
Maddigan's Quest Fantasy26 January 200616 February 20061BBC One
Nine Network
TV3		Burberry Productions
How Clean Is Your House?Reality15 February 2006July 20072TV One
Wa$ted! Reality20 February 20078 April 20082TV3Fumes TV
HotSpellGame show24 August 20072 September 20071 SBS Heiress Films
Captain Cook – Obsession and DiscoveryDocumentary28 October 200718 November 20071 ABC Television
Prime		 Film Australia
Cook Films
Ferns Productions
History Television
December Films
New Zealand's Got Talent Talent show8 September 200828 October 20081PrimeImagination Television took over production after series 1
Go Girls Comedy-drama19 February 200916 July 20135TV2
Diplomatic Immunity Sitcom10 March 20099 June 20091TV One

2010s–20s

TitleGenreFirst air dateLast air dateNo. of
seasons		NetworkCo-production companyNotes
Scoundrels Comedy-drama20 June 201015 August 20101 ABC Old Friends Productions
Long Run Productions
ABC Studios
Rivers with Craig PottonDocumentary12 September 201017 October 20101 Prime
The Almighty Johnsons Fantasy7 February 201126 September 20133 TV3
Nothing Trivial Comedy-drama20 July 20114 December 20133 TV One
Wild Coasts with Craig PottonDocumentary7 August 20114 September 20111Prime
GoldenSitcom17 June 201222 July 20121TV3
High Country RescueDocumentary26 November 201214 January 20131TV One
The Blue Rose Crime drama4 February 201329 April 20131TV3
Step Dave Comedy-drama11 February 201424 November 20152 TV2
Tatau Drama12 April 201517 May 20151 BBC Three Touchpaper
Westside Comedy-drama31 May 201516 November 20206 Three
Word UpGame show11 June 20153 September 20151TV One
800 Words Comedy-drama15 September 20152 October 20183 Seven Network Seven Productions
Forensics NZDocumentary24 April 20163 June 20182Prime
The Bad Seed Crime drama14 April 201918 April 20191 TVNZ 1 Jump Film & TV
The Sounds Mystery3 September 202012 October 20201 Acorn TV Shaftesbury Films
Acorn Media Enterprises

Television films

TitleGenreAir dateNetworkCo-production companyNotes
The Rogue Stallion Adventure1990 Grundy Television
Clarence Comedy24 November 1990 The Family Channel Atlantis Films
NorthStar Entertainment Group
Old Scores Comedy25 September 1991TVNZ HTV Cymru Wales
The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior Drama1992 ABC Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises
Bonny Dore Productions
Ten Four Productions		Production services only
The Sound and the Silence Drama18 April 1992Screen Star Entertainment
Atlantis Films
Kelcom International		Production services only
AdriftThriller13 April 1993 CBS Atlantis Films, Blue André Productions
W.I.C.
CTV Television Network 		Consultant
LawlessCrime drama26 June 1999TV2
FearlessDrama1999Telescene
Lawless: Dead Evidence [13] Crime drama7 September 2000TV2
Lawless: Beyond Justice [14] Crime drama22 February 2001
Ihaka: Blunt Instrument [15] Drama22 February 2002TV3Columbia TriStar Productions
Columbia TriStar Television
Screentime
The Man Who Lost His Head [16] Drama26 August 2007TV OneGreenlit Rights
Stolen [17] Drama28 July 2010TV3
Spies and Lies [18] Drama14 November 2010TV One
Nothing Trivial [19] Comedy-drama3 August 2014
In Dark Places [20] Drama22 July 2018TVNZ 110,000 Company

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SLR Productions

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