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TVNZ has won nearly all the News and Current Affairs honours at the Qantas Film and Television Awards and made a clean sweep of the television acting awards.
A who's who of New Zealand film and television turned out in
their best frocks and suits on Saturday night for the annual
awards.
TVNZ programmes took a swag of the awards including clinching all
the television acting awards and winning 11 of the 12 categories in
News and Current Affairs.
ONE News again came out on top, taking the award for Best News for
the second year running.
"We're absolutely over the moon with the result," says TVNZ's Head
of News and Current Affairs, Anthony Flannery.
"To win 11 of the 12 awards in our category, including Best News
for the second year in a row, is a fantastic result for our
staff...it doesn't get much better than that.
"We have worked very hard to bring New Zealanders a world class
news and current affairs service that delivers the stories that's
important to them and their families.
"We are consistently reviewing our programmes, and striving to
improve the skills of all of our staff, both on screen and behind
the scenes.
"It's great to receive such overwhelming acknowledgement for our
efforts."
It was also a second consecutive win for
Close Up
reporter Robyn Janes who along with colleagues Louisa Cleave and
Corinne Ambler won Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly
programme. They also won the coveted Journalist of the
Year gong.
The Best Current Affairs Series award went to the political new
kids on the block
Q+A , while Investigation of the Year went to
Sunday's Ian Sinclair for an expose of the dark past of Dr Roman
Hasil, the Slovakian who botched eight sterilisation procedures on
New Zealand women.
"These awards are a tribute to the skill and professionalism of our
current affairs programmes the reporters, the producers,
researchers, camera operators, editors and the whole team", says
Flannery.
"These programmes aim to educate, inform, give a window to the
world and provide a voice to those battling the odds.
"TVNZ is proud of their brilliant work."
TVNZ also won both Best Presenter categories. Fair Go's Kevin Milne
took the Best News or Current Affairs Presenter while Jason Gunn
again took the Best Entertainment Presenter for Dancing with The
Stars.
"It would have been a very difficult category to judge because
these guys are all uniquely talented, absolute professionals and at
the top of their game," says Flannery.
"Congratulations to Kevin, it's a tremendous accolade in the year
he celebrates 25 years on
Fair Go . Paul Henry and Andrew Saville are
incredibly popular with their viewers and I know they will win many
awards in the years to come."
ONE Sport won the Best Sports Broadcast for international
netball
coverage.
Actors triumph
Emily Barclay and Keisha Castle-Hughes won Best Actress and Best
Supporting Actress respectively for their roles in the drama Piece
of My Heart, which screened on TV ONE earlier this year.
The Best Actor award went to Cohen Holloway for his role as David
Dougherty in Until Proven Innocent, with his co-star peter Elliott
taking the Best Supporting Actor award.
The programme, which tells the true story of Dougherty's fight to
clear his name of abduction and rape, also won the award for Best
Drama.
New Zealand film honoured
The night was not all about the small screen, with New Zealand film
also being celebrated.
The award for the Best Feature Film with a budget over $1 million
went to Dean Spanley while the Best Feature Film under $1 million
was won by The Topp Twins Untouchable Girls.
The film Dean Spanley also attracted another award with Toa Fraser
taking Best Director in a Feature Film.
Best Lead Actor and Actress in a Feature Film went to Scott Wills
and Jennifer Ludland for their roles in Apron Strings.
See a full list of the winners here.
