Watching Wildlife World-Leaders

Kiwi production company NHNZ scooped three awards at the 2003 NaturVision wildlife film festival held in Munich, Germany. The Case of the Baby-Faced Assassin (above)  a documentary on Australia’s nocturnal carnivorous marsupial, the quoll, by Rod Morris  beat out 149 entries from around the world to take the Grand Prix award. Tropic Gothic  Ruth Berry’s program exploring the history behind a settler’s cottage in North Queensland  picked up both the Best Innovation and Youth Jury Prize. NHNZ also received two bronze “Chris Awards” at the 51st Columbus Film & Video Festival, and is one of four television companies in the world to be asked to compete for this year’s distinguished Prix Jules Verne award at the Image et Science festival in France. Managing director, Michael Stedman: “NHNZ’s science programmes span the frontiers of scientific, technological and biomedical research to reveal the cutting-edge discoveries which are shaping our lives.”