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Production CompanyTelevision

South Pacific Pictures

Auckland, New Zealand(approximate location)

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Who works there

  • Kelly MartinCEO
  • Andrew SzustermanManaging Director
  • Britta HawkinsHead Of Scripted Development
  • Jo JohnsonDevelopment Executive - Scripted
  • Tania BettanyCFO
  • Melanie JonesStudio Manager

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
Founded2008company website
Founded byJohn Daniel BarnettWikidata
Part ofAll3MediaWikidata
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
Websitesouthpacificpictures.com
Emaildrama@southpacificpictures.com
Social
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Phone+64 9 839 0999
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.2IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

26 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

50 wins from 124 nominations across all awards

Box office
$2,760

Combined US gross, 1 of 55 titles

Outrageous Fortune poster
Highest rated
Outrageous Fortune
2005
8.42,577 votes
Clarence poster
Lowest rated
Clarence
1990
4.4153 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, crime
Active
1990–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
Best known for
The Brokenwood Mysteries

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 47 of 55 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
2693 seasons

1991–2026

Television rating
7.6IMDb

Their films average 6.3, so the television rates 1.3 higher.

Networks
  • Three7
  • TVNZ 14
  • TVNZ+3
  • TVNZ 23
  • Acorn TV2
  • CBC Television1

Across 23 series matched to TMDB, 8,839 episodes. 10 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 55

29 films · 26 TV titles

Titles per year42 titles · busiest 1999 with 4

42 titles across 28 years, averaging 1.5 a year. The last five years hold at 1.4 a year. 5 of those 28 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time21 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.2200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.9 across 5 titles. The 10 titles since 2014 average 7.8, 0.3 above their 7.5 overall. 7 of 21 rated titles sit above their 7.5 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Simon Bennett2
  • Charlie Haskell2
Writers
  • James Griffin4
  • Rachel Lang4
  • Gavin Strawhan4
  • David White2
  • Michael Bennett2
Notable cast
  • Dean O'Gorman3
  • Robyn Malcolm3
  • Antonia Prebble3
  • Kevin Smith3
  • Angela Marie Dotchin3
Genres
  • Drama26 of 46
  • Comedy18 of 46
  • Crime9 of 46
  • Thriller8 of 46
  • Adventure6 of 46

Names appearing on two or more of South Pacific Pictures’s produced titles, across the 46 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.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside South Pacific Pictures on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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