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Greenstone TV is a television and film production company based in Auckland
, New Zealand
.
Greenstone TV was founded in 1994 by John Harris, a former journalist, producer and director with Communicado and TVNZ.
After a decade as a newspaper journalist, John joined TVNZ in 1974, where he worked for 12 years as reporter, presenter, chief reporter, director, producer and trainer. At Communicado the shows he produced included That’s Fairly Interesting and Heroes.
Greenstone TV is regularly commissioned to make programmes for all New Zealand channels - TVONE and TV2, TV3 (New Zealand)
, Prime Television New Zealand
, and Maori Television
– and is also making shows for Australian channels.
In November 2010, Greenstone TV announced its purchase of its local competitor, production company Cream Media. Cream Media's Executive Producer, Nigel Snowden, [a former Greenstone employee] will return to Greenstone TV as Head of Development.
In June 2011, CBC's QTV YouTube channel was suspended because of "multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement from claimants" by Greenstone TV. The claims weren't specified, nor were the obscure New Zealand production company's connection to the Canadian radio show.
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Greenstone TV was founded in 1994 by John Harris, a former journalist, producer and director with Communicado and TVNZ.
After a decade as a newspaper journalist, John joined TVNZ in 1974, where he worked for 12 years as reporter, presenter, chief reporter, director, producer and trainer. At Communicado the shows he produced included That’s Fairly Interesting and Heroes.
Greenstone TV is regularly commissioned to make programmes for all New Zealand channels - TVONE and TV2, TV3 (New Zealand)
TV3 (New Zealand)
TV3 is a New Zealand commercial television network, owned by MediaWorks New Zealand. Launched on 26 November 1989, the first private television network in New Zealand...
, Prime Television New Zealand
Prime Television New Zealand
Prime is the seventh national free-to-air television station in New Zealand. The station airs a mixed group of programmes, largely imported from Australia, the UK and the United States, as well as free-to-air rugby union, cricket and rugby league matches....
, and Maori Television
Maori Television
Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the...
– and is also making shows for Australian channels.
In November 2010, Greenstone TV announced its purchase of its local competitor, production company Cream Media. Cream Media's Executive Producer, Nigel Snowden, [a former Greenstone employee] will return to Greenstone TV as Head of Development.
In June 2011, CBC's QTV YouTube channel was suspended because of "multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement from claimants" by Greenstone TV. The claims weren't specified, nor were the obscure New Zealand production company's connection to the Canadian radio show.
Factual / reality series
- Motorway PatrolMotorway PatrolMotorway Patrol is a New Zealand observational documentary show created by Greenstone Pictures. The show follows the daily lives of police officers patrolling the motorways in and around Auckland, New Zealand's largest urban area.- About the show :...
- The Zoo
- Crash Investigation UnitCrash Investigation UnitCrash Investigation Unit is an Australian factual television series on the Seven Network hosted by Damian Walshe-Howling. The series premiered on 27 August 2008....
- Emergency
- Neighbours at WarNeighbours at WarNeighbours at War is a New Zealand factual show, screening on TV2. It visits New Zealand residents disgruntled with their neighbours, and tries to help sort problems out. It gives an insight to everything from upset tenants to full-on neighbourhood feuds. In Australia it airs on the Nine Network,...
- School of Home Truths
- Fighting Fat
- Serious Crash Unit
- Going Going Gone
- Ask Your Auntie
- Special Investigators
- The Tem Show
- Mike King Tonight
- How’s Life?
- Secret New Zealand
- Mercury Lane
- Epitaph
- Shipwreck
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Documentaries
- The Kiwi Who Saved Britain: The Keith Park Story
- Stolen Memories
- Fatal Fires
- Baby Charlotte
- One of a Kind – Baby Keegan
- BIG
- Private Lives of Little People
- To Hell and Back - Tanjas’ story
- Cave Creek - The Full Story of a National Tragedy
- Back from the Dead - The Saga of the Rose Noelle
- Crump
- Do or die - Lost in the Bush
- Secrets of Car Thieves
- The Business of Burglary.