Production CompanyTelevision

NZ On Air

New Zealand(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
LocationNew Zealand

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Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.5IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

21 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of1nominations0%

90 wins from 159 nominations across all awards

Box office
$2m

Combined US gross, 4 of 101 titles

Taskmaster NZ poster
Highest rated
Taskmaster NZ
2020
8.3960 votes
Panic at Rock Island poster
Lowest rated
Panic at Rock Island
2011
4.5702 votes
Mostly
drama, documentary, comedy
Active
1976–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Best known for
Once Were Warriors

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 60 of 101 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
5557 seasons

1992–2026

Television rating
6.7IMDb

Their films average 7.5, so the television rates 0.8 lower.

Networks
  • Three5
  • TVNZ 25
  • TVNZ+3
  • Sky1
  • NEON1
  • TVNZ 11

Across 22 series matched to TMDB, 8,393 episodes. 11 still returning or in production.

Longest runningShortland Street · 34 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 105

44 films · 57 TV titles

Titles per year89 titles · busiest 2025 with 13

89 titles across 30 years, averaging 3.0 a year. The last five years average 8.0 a year, above their long-run rate. 7 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time14 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
468their average 7.5200020102020

Their 2020s work is their strongest, averaging 7.4 across 5 titles. The 6 titles since 2015 average 7.4, 0.5 above their 6.9 overall. 5 of 14 rated titles sit above their 6.9 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Gaylene Preston2
Writers
  • Gavin Strawhan2
Notable cast
  • Morgana O'Reilly2
  • Chelsie Preston Crayford2
  • Rachel House2
  • Melanie Lynskey2
  • Temuera Morrison2
Genres
  • Drama28 of 57
  • Documentary15 of 57
  • Comedy9 of 57
  • Animation7 of 57
  • Thriller4 of 57

Names appearing on two or more of NZ On Air’s produced titles, across the 57 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

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