NHNZ

NHNZ, formerly Natural History New Zealand is a New Zealand-based factual television production house creating original content for global broadcasters.

NHNZ has filmed above and below every ocean and every continent, including Antarctica - where it has produced 19 documentary films in total. The company has earned more than 300 international awards, among them two Emmy Awards, the television industry’s highest accolade, and a prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award.

In addition to its base in Dunedin, New Zealand, NHNZ has offices in Beijing and Washington DC and, majority ownership of Singapore-based production company Beach House Pictures and Aquavision Wildlife Filmmakers in South Africa.

It works and co-produces with multiple major global broadcasters: Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Science, A&E Television Networks, National Geographic Channel, Travel Channel, NHK (Japan), France 5 and ZDF (Germany). As a result, NHNZ's programmes are seen in more than 180 countries by millions of viewers.

NHNZ was originally formed as the Natural History Unit of TVNZ. The unit was created in 1977, with the aim of telling stories of New Zealand's most iconic and endangered species. In 2008, NHNZ celebrated 30 years of television production making it one of the world's longest standing production companies.

The unit's first documentaries made were a series of six 15-minute programmes called Hidden Places which featured various New Zealand habitats, notably Okarito, White Island, Fiordland, Mackenzie Country and Sinclair Wetlands, near Dunedin.

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