South Pacific Pictures is New Zealand’s largest production company with an international reputation for producing world-class television and film. The company is in its 31st year of operation and to date has produced more than 5500 hours of programming. South Pacific Pictures' cornerstone production is the primetime nightly serial drama Shortland Street, which celebrated 30 years on air in New Zealand in May this year. The current production slate includes a ninth series of The Brokenwood Mysteries, premium drama Far North, reality TV show The Dog House and Sione’s Wedding prequel, Duckrockers. Past productions include Westside, Head High, Snack Masters NZ, Travel Guides NZ, Mean Mums, The Sounds, 800 Words, Forensics NZ, Nothing Trivial, Go Girls, The Almighty Johnsons and Outrageous Fortune. South Pacific Pictures most recent feature film was This Town, a dark comedy written and directed by David White. The story follows a young man acquitted of a terrible crime trying to rebuild his life in a small Kiwi town and stars Robyn Malcolm, Rima Te Wiata, David White and Alice May Connolly. This Town was the first film released directly after the Covid-19 lockdowns and brought in almost half a million dollars at the box office despite adverse circumstances. The film is now on Apple TV. In 2013, South Pacific Pictures released feature film White Lies, starring Antonia Prebble, Rachel House and Whirimako Black. The story was based on Witi Ihimaera’s short tale ‘The Medicine Woman.’ South Pacific Pictures’ other feature film highlights include Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business, which was the highest grossing New Zealand film of 2012 and like its predecessor, Sione’s Wedding, rates in the top 10 New Zealand films at the New Zealand box-office, and the 2002 Oscar-nominated feature film starring Keisha Castle-Hughes Whale Rider, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.