New Zealand

After The Party wins big at 2024 NZ TV Awards

22:32 pm on 22 November 2024

Robyn Malcolm and Kirana Gaeta in After The Party. Photo: Supplied / TVNZ

TVNZ's After the Party has taken home a record haul at the 2024 New Zealand Television Awards.

The six-part drama series, produced by Lingo Pictures and Luminous Beast, claimed nine awards at this year's ceremony, including NZ On Air Best Drama, Best Script: Drama, Best Editing: Drama and Comedy, and Best Actor and Actress wins for Peter Mullan and Robyn Malcolm.

TVNZ's 1 News also took out the 2024 award for Best News Coverage for their reportage of Cyclone Gabrielle - One Year On, while TVNZ's Q+A was named Best Current Affairs Programme with presenter Jack Tame being awarded Best Presenter: News and Current Affairs.

Jack Tame was awarded Best Presenter: News and Current Affairs. Photo: Supplied / TVNZ

Shortland Street's Bella Kalolo won the publicly voted Television Personality of the Year, while Dame Julie Christie was honoured as the 2024 Television Legend.

The awards ceremony, held at Auckland's Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on Friday night, also saw two wins for RNZ.

Ruamata: It's More Than Hockey (Mairanga Media / RNZ) claimed Best Sports Programme on the night, while NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana (Aotearoa Media Collective / RNZ / TVNZ+) received Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Programme award.

Watch RNZ's award-winning programmes:

2024 New Zealand Television Awards winners are:

NZ On Air Best Drama

After The Party

Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Best Comedy

The Motherhood Anthology - Give Me Babies

Eyes and Ears / Oriental Maidens / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Best Factual Series

Escaping Utopia

Warner Bros. International Television Production NZ / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

NZ On Air Best Documentary

Family Faith Footy: A Pasifika Rugby Story

Great Southern Television Ltd / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Best Original Reality Series

Down For Love - Season 2

Attitude Pictures / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Best Current Affairs Programme

Q+A with Jack Tame

TVNZ / TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+

NZ On Air Best Children's Programme

Kiri & Lou

Kiri and Lou Ltd / Sky

Photo: RNZ / Robert Trathen

Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Programme

NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana

Aotearoa Media Collective / RNZ / TVNZ+

Te Māngai Pāho Best Reo Māori Programme

Te Karere - Nationwide Activation Day

TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

NZ On Air Best Pasifika Programme

Family Faith Footy: A Pasifika Rugby Story

Great Southern Television Ltd / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Best News Coverage

1 News at Six - Cyclone Gabrielle - One Year On

TVNZ / 1News, TVNZ 1

Photo: RNZ / Adrian Heke

Best Sports Programme

Ruamata: It's More Than Hockey

Mairanga Media / RNZ

Best Live Event Coverage

Anzac 2024

Whakaata Māori / MĀORI+

Best Entertainment Programme

New Zealand Today

Kevin & Co / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Best Director: Documentary/Factual

Sophie Musgrove & Siddharth Nambiar

Dynamic Planet

NHNZ Worldwide / NEON / Sky Open / Sky Go

Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama / Comedy Drama

Peter Salmon

After The Party

Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Robyn Malcolm. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Best Actress

Robyn Malcolm

After The Party

Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Best Supporting Actress

Tara Canton

After The Party

Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Best Actor

Peter Mullan

After The Party

Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Best Supporting Actor

Elz Carrad

After The Party

Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Reporter of the Year

Lisette Reymer

Newshub

Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Best Presenter: Entertainment

Karen O'Leary

Paddy Gower Has Issues

Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Best Presenter: News And Current Affairs

Jack Tame

Q+A with Jack Tame

TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Television Personality of the Year

Bella Kalolo

Shortland Street

TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Dame Julie Christie. Photo: Supplied

Television Legend

Dame Julie Christie

Best Editing: Documentary / Factual

Tori Bindoff, Carl Budden

Escaping Utopia

Warner Bros. International Television Production NZ / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Best Editing: Drama / Comedy Drama

Denise Haratzis

After The Party

Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Best Camerawork: Documentary / Factual

Mark Chamberlin

The Hui

Great Southern Television Ltd / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Best Director: Multi Camera

Matt Quin

NRL playoffs - Warriors v Knights

Sky Sport NZ / Sky Sport 1

Images & Sound Best Cinematography: Drama / Comedy Drama

Dave Cameron NZCS ACS

After The Party

Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Best Contribution to a Soundtrack

Pinnacle Post Sound Team

Our Flag Means Death - Season 2

NEON & Sky Open

Images & Sound Best Original Score

Andrew Keoghan, Reb Fountain

Escaping Utopia

Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Best Post Production Design

Alana Cotton

Testify

Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Best Production Design

Neville Stevenson

Dark City - The Cleaner

Endeavour Ventures Ltd / NEON & Sky Open

Best Costume Design

Briar Vivian

Far North

White Balance Pictures / South Pacific Pictures / Warner Bros. Discovery / Three & ThreeNow

Best Makeup Design

Janene Cissi

The Boy, The Queen And Everything In Between

Lucky Legs Media Ltd / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+

Best Script: Comedy

Simone Nathan

Kid Sister

Greenstone TV / TVNZ+

Best Script: Drama

Dianne Taylor

After The Party

Lingo Pictures / Luminous Beast / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+