Television awards finalists announced

Jaquie Brown, seen here at the 2009 awards, is a finalist in best comedy programme, for <i>The Jaquie Brown Diaries</i>. Photo / Norrie Montgomery

The television finalists have been announced for this year's Qantas Film & Television awards. Both film and television awards will be presented together at a red-carpet event on September 18.

The finalists for the film categories will be released tomorrow.

TV One will screen the awards the following night, Sunday September 19 at 11.30pm.

Both the coverage and the awards night itself will be hosted by Rhys Darby. The theme is to do with "50 years of TV".

While the format of the TV coverage has yet to be determined, general manger of programming at TVNZ, Jane Wilson, said "it won't be from a hotel room".

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News and Current Affairs Categories

Qantas Best News
3 News (TV3)
One News (TV One)
Tonight (TV One)

Best News or Current Affairs Presenter
Hilary Barry & Mike McRoberts - 3 News, "Aisling Symes" (TV3)
John Campbell - Campbell Live, "Tsunami Aftermath" (TV3)
Carly Flynn - Sunrise, "Samoa Tsunami" (TV3)

Best News Reporting
Paul Hobbs - One News, "TSU Funerals" (TV One)
Lisa Owen - One News, "Baker Hostage" (TV One)
Rebecca Wright - 3 News, "Drink Drive Fly" (TV3)

Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly programme or one off current affairs special
John Hudson & Jane Skinner - Sunday, "Child Brides" (TV One)
Karen McCarthy - 60 Minutes, "Homocide" (TV3)
Janet McIntyre & Joanne Mitchell - Sunday, "Discourse with a Dictator" (TV One)

Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme
Corinne Ambler - Close Up, "Dwarf" (TV One)
Brook Sabin - Campbell Live, "Darryl's Recovery" (TV3)
Natasha Utting - Campbell Live, "Fraudster" (TV3)

Best Current Affairs Series
Campbell Live (TV3)
Sunday (TV One)
Willie Jackson's NewsBites (Maori Television)

Best News Camera
Michael Lacoste - 3 News, "Maubisse, Haiti and Bangkok" (TV3)
Steve Lawton - One News, "Birds" (TV One)
Daniel O'Sullivan - One News, "Ice Energy" (TV One)

Best Current Affairs Camera
Martin Anderson - 20/20, "Lost and Found" (TV2)
Ken Dorman - Sunday, "Brave Choice" (TV One)
Belinda Walshe - 60 Minutes, "Braking Point" (TV3)
Belinda Walshe - 60 Minutes, "Drug Runner" (TV3)

Best News Editing
Kirsten Bolam - One News, "Cavalcade" (TV One)
Andrew Gibb - Breakfast, "Spelling Bee" (TV One)
Paul Sparkes - One News, "Opshop" (TV One)

Best Current Affairs Editing
Andrew Gibb - Close Up, "Apprentice" (TV One)
Catherine Hallinan - Campbell Live, "Darryl" (TV3)
Vicky Harker - Sunday, "Born to Dance" (TV One)

General Television Categories

Images and Sound Best Drama Programme
The Cult - Rachel Gardner, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV 2)
Go Girls - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
Outrageous Fortune - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)

Best Comedy Programme
7 Days - Jon Bridges & thedownlowconcept (TV3)
The Jaquie Brown Diaries - Jaquie Brown, Gerard Johnstone, Young, Gifted & Brown (TV3)
Pulp Sport - Jamie Linehan & Ben Boyce, Shonky Productions (TV3)

Best Maori Language Programme in association with Te Taurawhiri I Te Reo Maori and Te Mangai Paho
AKO - Jeni-Leigh Walker & Pania Papa (Maori Television)
E Tu Kahikatea - TeNoni Ltd (Maori Television)
Moteatea - Hinewehi Mohi (Maori Television)

Qantas Cure Kids Best Children's/Youth Programme
Eco Rat Trap - Luke Nola and Friends Ltd (TV2)
Kaitangata Twitch - Christopher Hampson Production Shed.TV (Maori Television)
Reservoir Hill - KHF Media (TV2)

Best Information/Lifestyle Programme
Fair Go - Graeme Muir, TVNZ (TV One)
Radar's Patch - Jane Andrews, JAM TV Ltd (TV One)
South - Melanie Rakena and Marcus Lush, JAM TV Ltd (TV One)

Best Entertainment Programme
Good Morning 'Sir Howard Morrison Special' - Sally-Anne Kerr, TVNZ (TV One)
Homai Te Pakipaki - Homai Te Pakipaki (Maori Television)
The Topp Twins & The APO - Arwen O'Connor, Satellite Media (TV3)

Kordia Best Sports Broadcast
Heineken Open Tennis Final 2010 - Steve Jamieson, TVNZ (TV One)
International Netball Series 2009 - Barbara Mitchell, TVNZ (TV One)
TV3 V8 Supercars Hamilton 400 - Nigel Carpenter, TV3 (TV3)

Best Observational Reality Series
Intrepid Journeys - Dean Cornish, JAM TV Ltd (TV One)
Neighbours At War - Sarah Kinniburgh, Greenstone Pictures (TV2)
Piha Rescue - Eric Derks, South Pacific Video Productions (TV One)

Best Constructed Reality Series
Master Chef New Zealand Series - Bettina Hollings & Darryl McEwen, Imagination Television (TV One)
One Land - Julie Christie & Bailey Mackey, Eyeworks New Zealand (TV One)
The Apprentice - Glenn Sims & Philip Smith, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)

Best Performance by an Actress - General Television
Danielle Cormack - The Cult, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)
Kate Elliott - The Cult, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)
Siobhan Marshall - Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures (TV 3)

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress - General Television
Lisa Chappell - The Cult, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)
Chelsie Preston Crayford - The Cult, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)
Miriama Smith - Kaitangata Twitch, Production Shed.TV (Maori Television)

Best Performance by an Actor - General Television
Latham Gaines - The Cult, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)
George Henare - Kaitangata Twitch, Production Shed.TV (Maori Television)
Kirk Torrance - Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures (TV3)

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor - General Television
Grant Bowler - Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
Matt Whelan - Go Girls, South Pacific Pictures, (TV2)
Scott Wills - The Cult, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)

Best Presenter Entertainment/Factual Programme
Petra Bagust - What's Really In Our Food?, Top Shelf Productions Limited (TV3)
Marcus Lush - South, Jam TV Ltd (TV One)
Te Radar - Radar's Patch, JAM TV (TV One)

Best Script - Drama/Comedy Programme
Michael Bennett - Kaitangata Twitch, Production Shed.TV (Maori Television)
James Griffin - Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
Rachel Lang - Go Girls, South Pacific Pictures, (TV2)

Images and Sound Best Director - Drama/Comedy Programme
Peter Burger - Go Girls, South Pacific Pictures (TV2)
Gerard Johnstone - The Jaquie Brown Diaries, Young, Gifted and Brown (TV3)
David Stubbs & Thomas Robins - Reservoir Hill, KHF Media Ltd (TV2)

Best Director - Factual/Entertainment Programme
Jane Andrews - Radar's Patch, JAM TV (TV One)
Melanie Rakena - South, JAM TV Ltd (TV One)
Belinda Simpson - Intrepid Journeys (TV One)

Kordia Best Multi Camera Direction in General Television
Steve Jamieson - Heineken Open Tennis Final 2010, TVNZ (TV One)
Steve Jamieson - Takapuna Sprint Triathlon, TVNZ (TV One)
Barbara Mitchell - International Netball Series 2009, TVNZ (TV One)

Best Cinematography - Drama/Comedy Programme
David Paul - Kaitangata Twitch, Production Shed.TV (Maori Television)
Simon Reira - The Cult, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)
Marty Smith - Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures (TV3)

Images & Sound Best Editing - Drama/Comedy Programme
Eric de Beus - The Cult, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)
Bryan Shaw - Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
Mark Taylor - Go Girls, South Pacific Pictures (TV2)

Best Original Music in General Television
Gareth Farr - Kaitangata Twitch, Production Shed.TV (Maori Television)
Eden Mulholland - World Kitchen, Zoomslide Media Ltd (TV3)
Rhian Sheehan - The Cult, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)

Best Sound Design in General Television
Tom Miskin, James Hayday & Steve Finnigan - Kaitangata Twitch, Production Shed.TV (Maori Television)
Tom Miskin, Steve Finnigan - Go Girls, South Pacific Pictures (TV2)
Carl Smith - Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures (TV3)

Best Production Design in General Television
Clayton Ercolano - Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
Gary Mackay - Kaitangata Twitch, Production Shed (Maori Television)
Gary Mackay - Go Girls, South Pacific Pictures (TV2)

Best Contribution to Design in General Television
David Cooke - The Cult, Great Southern Television Ltd (TV2)
Katrina Hodge - Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
Sarah Voon - Go Girls, South Pacific Pictures (TV2)

Documentary Categories

NZ On Air Best Popular Documentary
Lost in Wonderland - Costa Botes, Lone Pine Film
Donated to Science - Paul Trotman, PRNfilms (TV3)
The Worst Offenders - Virginia Wright, Southern Screen Productions (TV One)

Best Arts/Festival/Feature Documentary
There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho - Lyn Collie and Briar March
This Way of Life - Cloud South Films
The Unnatural History of the Kakapo - ELWIN Productions

Best Director - Documentary
Thomas Burstyn - This Way of Life, Cloud South Films
Tearepa Kahi - The Flight of Te Hookioi, Monsoon Pictures International Ltd (Maori Television)
Robin Shingleton - Real Crime: The Truth About Us, Project Melting Pot (TV One)

Best Cinematography - Documentary/Factual Programme
Thomas Burstyn - This Way of Life, Cloud South Films
Briar March - There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho
Marty Williams, Costa Botes & Gareth Moon - Lost in Wonderland, Lone Pine Film

Best Editing - Documentary/Factual Programme
Prisca Bouchet & Briar March - There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho
Cushla Dillion - This Way of Life, Cloud South Films
Ken Sparks - The Worst Offenders, Southern Screen Productions (TV One)

New Idea People's Choice Award Finalists

Beth Allen - Shortland Street
Jason Gunn - Cheers to 50 Years
Kimberly Crossman - Shortland Street
Robyn Malcolm - Outrageous Fortune
Jaquie Brown - The Jaquie Brown Diaries
Mike McRoberts - 3 News
Bernadine Oliver-Kerby - One News
Paul Henry - Breakfast
Pippa Wetzell - Breakfast
Kevin Milne - Fair Go

-Herald Online