# South Pacific Pictures

South Pacific Pictures is a New Zealand television production company. The company produces drama series, mini-series, telemovies and feature films for the domestic market and international market. SPP's largest property is Shortland Street the half-hour soap opera for TVNZ 2. In 2006, the company released Sione's Wedding and in 2002, the Oscar-nominated feature film Whale Rider. In 1998 the company produced the feature film, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, the sequel to Once Were Warriors.
In May 2000, the company moved from Browns Bay (Auckland) to a new purpose-built studio complex in Henderson, West Auckland.
SPP is in a joint venture with Australian company SLR Productions to produce animated shows aimed at international markets and also has a 50% interest in Satellite Media and has also created a joint venture known as Kura Productions with Quinton Hita to produce programming for the Māori Television Service.
South Pacific Pictures was founded by CEO John Barnett.

## Film

| Title | Year | Notes |
| The Girl from Mars | 1991 | Canadian–New Zealand–American co–production |
| The End of the Golden Weather | 1991 | |
| What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? | 1999 | |
| Jubilee | 2000 | |
| Whale Rider | 2002 | New Zealand–German co-production |
| Sione's Wedding | 2006 | |
| We're Here to Help | 2007 | |
| The Secret of Moonacre | 2008 | French–British–Hungarian–American co-production |
| My Wedding and Other Secrets | 2011 | |
| Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | 2012 | |
| White Lies | 2013 | |
| This Town | 2020 | |

## Television
### Current productions

Key :
| † | Denotes television programs that have not yet aired. |
| Title | Genre | First air date | No. of series | Network | Co-production company | Notes |
| Shortland Street | Soap opera | 25 May 1992 (1992-05-25) | 30 | TVNZ 2 | Grundy Television (1992–2006) Fremantle Australia (2006–present) | |
| The Brokenwood Mysteries | Crime drama | 28 September 2014 (2014-09-28) | 8 | Prime (2014–19) TVNZ 1 (2021–) | | |
| Educators | Sitcom | 8 May 2019 (2019-05-08) | 2 | TVNZ+ | | Web series |
| Mean Mums | Sitcom | 16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) | 2 | Three | | |
| Head High | Drama | 28 June 2020 (2020-06-28) | 2 | Three | | |
| Last at 11 | Mockumentary | 21 February 2021 (2021-02-21) | 1 | TVNZ 1 | | |
| Travel Guides New Zealand | Travel | 18 February 2021 (2021-02-18) | 1 | TVNZ 2 | | |
| Snack Masters | Cooking competition | 20 April 2022 (2022-04-20) | 1 | TVNZ 2 | | |
| Sort Your Life Out NZ | Reality | 22 June 2022 (2022-06-22) | 1 | Three | | |
| Duckrockers | Comedy | 2 November 2022 (2022-11-02) | 1 | TVNZ 2 | | |
| Far North † | Drama | | | | White Balance Pictures | |

### 1980s

| Title | Genre | First air date | Last air date | No. of series | Network | Co-production company | Notes |
| Space Knights | Children's | 15 July 1989 (1989-07-15) | 16 December 1989 (1989-12-16) | 1 | Channel 2 | Seven Network Vid-Com | |

### 1990s

| Title | Genre | First air date | Last air date | No. of series | Network | Co-production company | Notes |
| Gold | Drama | 1990 | 1990 | 1 | TVNZ | Atlantis Films | |
| Raider of the South Seas | Children's | 10 February 1990 (1990-02-10) | 30 March 1990 (1990-03-30) | 1 | TVNZ | Atlantis Films | Production services only |
| Betty's Bunch | Children's | 18 February 1990 (1990-02-18) | 13 May 1990 (1990-05-13) | 1 | Channel 2 | | |
| All for One | Children's | 20 May 1990 (1990-05-20) | 8 July 1990 (1990-07-08) | 1 | TVNZ | Atlantis Films | |
| African Journey | Children's | 15 July 1990 (1990-07-15) | 18 August 1990 (1990-08-18) | 1 | Channel 2 | Atlantis Films | |
| Star Runner | Children's | 7 April 1991 (1991-04-07) | 26 May 1991 (1991-05-26) | 1 | TVNZ | Atlantis Films | |
| The Boy from Andromeda | Children's | 2 June 1991 (1991-06-02) | 7 July 1991 (1991-07-07) | 1 | Channel 2 | Atlantis Films | |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | Anthology | 3 January 1992 (1992-01-03) | 30 October 1992 (1992-10-30) | 2 | USA Network | Alliance Atlantis Bradshaw MacLeod & Associates (season 5) Wilcox Productions Western International Communications | Seasons 5 and 6 |
| The Other Side of Paradise | Drama | 22 February 1992 (1992-02-22) | 14 March 1992 (1992-03-14) | 1 | ITV | Central Independent Television Grundy Television | Miniseries Production services only |
| Growing Rich | Fantasy | 28 February 1992 (1992-02-28) | 3 April 1992 (1992-04-03) | 1 | ITV | Anglia | Production services only |
| Marlin Bay | Drama | 27 August 1992 (1992-08-27) | 16 November 1994 (1994-11-16) | 3 | TV One | | |
| Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House | Anthology | 21 December 1992 (1992-12-21) | 4 April 1993 (1993-04-04) | 1 | Showtime | Altantis Films Crescent Entertainment B.C Film | Season 2 |
| White Fang | Adventure | 1993 | 1994 | 1 | M6 | Neverland Studios Falcon Productions Alliance Atlantis | Production services only |
| Deepwater Haven | Drama | 10 July 1993 (1993-07-10) | 15 January 1994 (1994-01-15) | 1 | Channel 2 | F Productions Beyond International | |
| Soldier Soldier | Drama | 7 September 1993 (1993-09-07) | 30 November 1993 (1993-11-30) | 1 | ITV | Central Independent Television | Production services only (season 3) |
| Mrs. Piggle–Wiggle | Children's | 30 May 1994 (1994-05-30) | 1994 | 1 | Showtime | Think Entertainment Universal Family Entertainment | Production services only |
| Fallout | Drama | 24 July 1994 (1994-07-24) | 31 July 1994 (1994-07-31) | 1 | TV One | | Miniseries |
| Plainclothes | Drama | 15 March 1995 (1995-03-15) | 6 September 1995 (1995-09-06) | 2 | TV One | | |
| Riding High | Children's | 31 December 1995 (1995-12-31) | 27 July 1996 (1996-07-27) | 1 | TV2 | | Production services only |
| City Life | Drama | 15 July 1996 (1996-07-15) | 19 February 1998 (1998-02-19) | 1 | TV2 | | |
| House of Sticks | Drama | 9 November 1997 (1997-11-09) | 9 November 1997 (1997-11-09) | — | TV One | | Montana Sunday Theatre stand-alone pilot |
| Market Forces | Sitcom | 31 March 1998 (1998-03-31) | 17 July 1999 (1999-07-17) | 2 | TV One | | |
| McPhail & Gadsby | Satire | 11 June 1998 (1998-06-11) | 23 July 1998 (1998-07-23) | 1 | TV One | | |
| Double Booking | Comedy | 4 July 1998 (1998-07-04) | 4 July 1998 (1998-07-04) | — | TV One | | Comedy Playhouse stand-alone pilot |
| Tales of the South Seas | Drama | 1998 | 1998 | 1 | Network Ten | CLT-UFA Gaumont Télévision Village Roadshow Pictures | |
| Jackson's Wharf | Drama | 22 June 1999 (1999-06-22) | 16 February 2001 (2001-02-16) | 2 | TV2 | | |

### 2000s

| Title | Genre | First air date | Last air date | No. of series | Network | Co-production company | Notes |
| Mercy Peak | Drama | 25 July 2001 (2001-07-25) | 19 March 2004 (2004-03-19) | 3 | TV One | | |
| Being Eve | Teen drama | 25 August 2001 (2001-08-25) | 12 July 2002 (2002-07-12) | 2 | TV3 | | |
| Mataku | Anthology | 3 October 2002 (2002-10-03) | 19 December 2002 (2002-12-19) | 2 | TV3 | | A third series was produced by 4 Winds Films |
| New Zealand Idol | Reality competition | 1 February 2004 (2004-02-01) | 29 October 2006 (2006-10-29) | 3 | TV2 | Grundy Television | |
| Kidnapped | Adventure | 27 February 2005 (2005-02-27) | 13 March 2005 (2005-03-13) | 1 | BBC One | | Miniseries |
| Outrageous Fortune | Comedy-drama | 12 July 2005 (2005-07-12) | 9 November 2010 (2010-11-09) | 6 | TV3 | | |
| Interrogation | Crime drama | 31 August 2005 (2005-08-31) | 23 November 2005 (2005-11-23) | 1 | Prime TV | | |
| Maddigan's Quest | Fantasy | 26 January 2006 (2006-01-26) | 16 February 2006 (2006-02-16) | 1 | BBC One Nine Network TV3 | Burberry Productions | |
| How Clean Is Your House? | Reality | 15 February 2006 (2006-02-15) | July 2007 (2007-07) | 2 | TV One | | |
| Wa$ted! | Reality | 20 February 2007 (2007-02-20) | 8 April 2008 (2008-04-08) | 2 | TV3 | Fumes TV | |
| HotSpell | Game show | 24 August 2007 (2007-08-24) | 2 September 2007 (2007-09-02) | 1 | SBS | Heiress Films | |
| Captain Cook – Obsession and Discovery | Documentary | 28 October 2007 (2007-10-28) | 18 November 2007 (2007-11-18) | 1 | ABC Television Prime | Film Australia Cook Films Ferns Productions History Television December Films | |
| New Zealand's Got Talent | Talent show | 8 September 2008 (2008-09-08) | 28 October 2008 (2008-10-28) | 1 | Prime | | Imagination Television took over production after series 1 |
| Go Girls | Comedy-drama | 19 February 2009 (2009-02-19) | 16 July 2013 (2013-07-16) | 5 | TV2 | | |
| Diplomatic Immunity | Sitcom | 10 March 2009 (2009-03-10) | 9 June 2009 (2009-06-09) | 1 | TV One | | |

### 2010s–20s

| Title | Genre | First air date | Last air date | No. of seasons | Network | Co-production company |
| Scoundrels | Comedy-drama | 20 June 2010 (2010-06-20) | 15 August 2010 (2010-08-15) | 1 | ABC | Old Friends Productions Long Run Productions ABC Studios |
| Rivers with Craig Potton | Documentary | 12 September 2010 (2010-09-12) | 17 October 2010 (2010-10-17) | 1 | Prime | |
| The Almighty Johnsons | Fantasy | 7 February 2011 (2011-02-07) | 26 September 2013 (2013-09-26) | 3 | TV3 | |
| Nothing Trivial | Comedy-drama | 20 July 2011 (2011-07-20) | 4 December 2013 (2013-12-04) | 3 | TV One | |
| Wild Coasts with Craig Potton | Documentary | 7 August 2011 (2011-08-07) | 4 September 2011 (2011-09-04) | 1 | Prime | |
| Golden | Sitcom | 17 June 2012 (2012-06-17) | 22 July 2012 (2012-07-22) | 1 | TV3 | |
| High Country Rescue | Documentary | 26 November 2012 (2012-11-26) | 14 January 2013 (2013-01-14) | 1 | TV One | |
| The Blue Rose | Crime drama | 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) | 29 April 2013 (2013-04-29) | 1 | TV3 | |
| Step Dave | Comedy-drama | 11 February 2014 (2014-02-11) | 24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) | 2 | TV2 | |
| Tatau | Drama | 12 April 2015 (2015-04-12) | 17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) | 1 | BBC Three | Touchpaper |
| Westside | Comedy-drama | 31 May 2015 (2015-05-31) | 16 November 2020 (2020-11-16) | 6 | Three | |
| Word Up | Game show | 11 June 2015 (2015-06-11) | 3 September 2015 (2015-09-03) | 1 | TV One | |
| 800 Words | Comedy-drama | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) | 2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) | 3 | Seven Network | Seven Productions |
| Forensics NZ | Documentary | 24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) | 3 June 2018 (2018-06-03) | 2 | Prime | |
| The Bad Seed | Crime drama | 14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) | 18 April 2019 (2019-04-18) | 1 | TVNZ 1 | Jump Film & TV |
| The Sounds | Mystery | 3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) | 12 October 2020 (2020-10-12) | 1 | Acorn TV | Shaftesbury Films Acorn Media Enterprises |

### Television films

| Title | Genre | Air date | Network | Co-production company | Notes |
| The Rogue Stallion | Adventure | 1990 (1990) | | Grundy Television | |
| Clarence | Comedy | 24 November 1990 (1990-11-24) | The Family Channel | Atlantis Films NorthStar Entertainment Group | |
| Old Scores | Comedy | 25 September 1991 (1991-09-25) | TVNZ | HTV Cymru Wales | |
| The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior | Drama | 1992 | ABC | Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises Bonny Dore Productions Ten Four Productions | Production services only |
| The Sound and the Silence | Drama | 18 April 1992 (1992-04-18) | | Screen Star Entertainment Atlantis Films Kelcom International | Production services only |
| Adrift | Thriller | 13 April 1993 (1993-04-13) | CBS | Atlantis Films, Blue André Productions W.I.C. CTV Television Network | Consultant |
| Lawless | Crime drama | 26 June 1999 (1999-06-26) | TV2 | | |
| Fearless | Drama | 1999 | | Telescene | |
| Lawless: Dead Evidence | Crime drama | 7 September 2000 (2000-09-07) | TV2 | | |
| Lawless: Beyond Justice | Crime drama | 22 February 2001 (2001-02-22) | TV2 | | |
| Ihaka: Blunt Instrument | Drama | 22 February 2002 (2002-02-22) | TV3 | Columbia TriStar Productions Columbia TriStar Television Screentime | |
| The Man Who Lost His Head | Drama | 26 August 2007 (2007-08-26) | TV One | Greenlit Rights | |
| Stolen | Drama | 28 July 2010 (2010-07-28) | TV3 | | |
| Spies and Lies | Drama | 14 November 2010 (2010-11-14) | TV One | | |
| Nothing Trivial | Comedy-drama | 3 August 2014 (2014-08-03) | TV One | | |
| In Dark Places | Drama | 22 July 2018 (2018-07-22) | TVNZ 1 | 10,000 Company | |

## Film & television library from Subsidiaries

SLR Productions
* Deadly (2006; with Yoram Gross Productions)
* I Got a Rocket (2006–2007)
* Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist (2008–2009)
* Gasp! (2010–2011)
* The DaVincibles (2011)
* Guess How Much I Love You (2011–2017)
* Teenage Fairytale Dropouts (2012–2013)
* The Skinner Boys: Guardians of the Lost Secrets (2014–2017)
* Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs (2015)
* Lexi & Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives (2016–2017)
* Alice-Miranda Friends Forever (2019)
* Berry Bees (2019–2020)
* Space Nova (2021)
* Alice-Miranda: A Royal Christmas Ball (2021)
Live Action
* Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures (2014–2015)