Greenstone TV

Greenstone TV
Private company
Industry Film, television
Founded 1994 (as Greenstone Pictures)
Founder John Harris
Headquarters Auckland, New Zealand
Area served
 Australasia
Key people
 Rachel Antony
(CEO)
Products Popular factual, entertainment, drama and documentary
Website greenstonetv.com

Greenstone TV is a New Zealand-based television production company who produce television shows – popular factual, entertainment, drama and documentary. They have created characters, documented histories and captured real-life stories – around 100 documentaries in total, and more than 100 series. They have won numerous awards.

Greenstone was founded in 1994 by John Harris, and in December 2013 Greenstone was purchased by Australian company Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, known as CJZ,[1] creating an independent international production group.[2]

Greenstone is currently filming factual series for TVONE, TV2, TV3 and Prime in New Zealand, and the Seven Network in Melbourne and Sydney. All are for prime time.

Greenstone is now best known for classic series like Motorway Patrol,[3] Highway Patrol (filmed in Victoria, Australia), Highway Cops, Neighbours at War,[4] Border Patrol, Dog Squad, and Coastwatch. Many have successfully occupied prime time slots for many years and are still going strong.

Greenstone has made a number of dramatized documentaries, and also produced two children’s drama series – The Amazing Extraordinary Friends and Secret Agent Men both created by Stephen Campbell. Greenstone's latest drama from Stephen is The Cul de Sac [5]

Greenstone’s Chairman is Richard Driver, appointed in 2017.[6] Richard has over 25 years experience across a diverse range of roles in the industry. Rachel Antony was appointed Chief Executive Officer in March 2017 after rejoining Greenstone as Development Executive in 2014.

In 1998, Greenstone was awarded a Bravo award by the New Zealand Skeptics for The Mighty Moa.[7]

Productions

Drama

Factual / reality series

  • The Big Ward 2015 NZ On Air funded for TV2 [11]
  • Highway Cops (2012–Present) Series 3
  • Renters (2009–Present) Series 5
  • Coastwatch Oz (January 2014 – January 2015) Season 1
  • Dog Squad (2008–Present) Series 7
  • Border Patrol (2009–Present) Series 7
  • Highway Patrol (September 2009 – Present) Series 8
  • Motorway Patrol (September 1999 – Present) Series 16
  • The Zoo Series 1 - 12
  • Crash Investigation Unit (August 2008 - July 2011) Seasons 2
  • Emergency
  • Neighbours at War (2005–Present) Series 8
  • School of Home Truths
  • Fighting Fat
  • Serious Crash Unit (2001 - 2015) Series 7
  • Going Going Gone
  • Ask Your Auntie
  • Special Investigators
  • The Tem Show
  • Mike King Tonight
  • How’s Life?
  • Secret New Zealand
  • Mercury Lane
  • Epitaph [12]
  • Shipwreck
  • Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

Documentaries

  • The Women of Pike River
  • Decades In Colour" 2015 [13]
  • The Kiwi Who Saved Britain: The Keith Park Story[14]
  • Stolen Memories [15]
  • 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.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "CJZ »". www.cjz.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder acquires NZ producer". 14 November 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Motorway Patrol - Reviews - TV & Radio - Entertainment - theage.com.au". www.theage.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "2014 in Review: The Best New Zealand Shows of the Year". 19 December 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "New sci-fi drama series for children to screen in prime time". www.nzonair.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Greenstone gets new Driver". 4 August 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bravo Awards". New Zealand Skeptics. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Secret Agent Men (TV Series 2003– )". Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "NZ on Air funding decisions". Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Bella (1998)". Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Topics as diverse as the country we live in – new TV documentaries funded by NZ On Air". www.nzonair.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "The TV Guide New Zealand TV Awards - Results - Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Decades in colour - Standing Room Only, 12:39 pm on 7 June 2015 - RNZ". 7 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "TV Pick of the week: Anzac Day". The New Zealand Herald. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  15. ↑ "Age Concern - Stolen memories". Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Australia's CJZ buys Greenstone TV, gaining grip on local reality programming". 15 November 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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