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The New Zealand Screen Awards (NZSA) announced the winners Friday 21st November 2025.
| New Zealand On Air Best Drama Series | The Gone - Season 2 | Reikura Kahi, Timothy White, Karl Zohrab, Yvonne Donohoe & Katie Holly | Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
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| New Zealand Film Commission Best Feature Film | Ka Whawhai Tonu | Thomas Toby Parkinson & Piripi Curtis | Akeake Ltd / 2024 |
| New Zealand Film Commission Best Short Film | Rochelle | Tom Furniss & Luke Sharpe | Little Horse Films / 2024 |
| Best Comedy Programme | Vince | Bronwynn Bakker, Jono Pryor, Cam Bakker | Kevin & Co. / Three & ThreeNow |
| Best Factual Series | Moving Houses | Neil Stichbury | Imagination Television Limited / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| New Zealand On Air Best Documentary - Series | Motuhaketanga | Kathleen Mantel | Black Iris Limited / Whakaata Māori / MĀORI+ |
| New Zealand Film Commission Best Documentary - Feature | Never Look Away | Matthew Metcalfe, Tom Blackwell, Lucy Lawless | GFC Films / 2024 |
| Best Reality Series | The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes | Ben Bayly, Adrian Stevanon, Sam Blackley, Philip Smith and Briar Coleman | Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Best Current Affairs Programme | The Hui | Rewa Harriman, Phillip Smith, Ruwani Perera & John Boynton | Great Southern Television / Stuff |
| New Zealand On Air Best Children’s Programme | First Place | Eileen Lee & Hope Papali'i | Tikilounge Productions / Coconet TV / TVNZ+ |
| Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Programme | Homesteads- Season 2 | Kimiora Kaire-Melbourne | Te Imurangi Limited / Whakaata Māori & MĀORI+ |
| Te Māngai Pāho Best Reo Māori Programme | Ruamata: It's More Than Hockey 2 | Kereama Wright, Mahanga Pihama, Riria Morgan, Arthur Rasmussen, Matua Houltham | Mairanga Media / RNZ |
| New Zealand On Air Best Pasifika Programme | We The South: The Manukau Rovers Story | Mark Malaki-Williams, Ross Karl | Sky Sport |
| Best News Coverage | Kiingitanga Tangihanga | Phil O’Sullivan, Laura Barnsley, Tati Urale | 1News / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Best Sports Programme | Grit & Glory | Robyn Scott-Vincent, Peter Brook Bell, Dan Salmon | Attitude Pictures / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Best Live Event Coverage | Te Raa Nehu o te Tangihanga o te Kiingi Tuuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII | Ngatapa Black & Mokotini Templeton | Waikato-Tainui / Whakaata Māori & MĀORI+ |
| Soljans Estate Winery Best Entertainment Programme | Taskmaster NZ Season 5 | Bronwynn Bakker, Cam Bakker, Paul Williams | Kevin & Co. / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+ |
| Best Director: Documentary/Factual Series | Kathleen Mantel | Motuhaketanga | Black Iris Limited / Whakaata Māori & MĀORI+ |
| Best Director: Documentary Feature | Katie Wolfe | The Haka Party Incident | Tasman Ray / RNZ / 2024 |
| Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama Series | Peter Meteherangi Tikao Burger | The Gone Season 2 | Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand Best Director: Drama Feature | Lee Tamahori | The Convert | Jump Film and Television / Brouhaha Entertainment / 2024 |
| Best Actress in a Series | Antonia Prebble | Double Parked- Season 2 | Kevin & Co. / Three & ThreeNow |
| Equity New Zealand Best Actress in a Feature | Anapela Polata'ivao | Tinā | The Brown Factory / 2025 |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Series | Kura Forrester | Double Parked Season 2 | Kevin & Co. / Three & ThreeNow |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Feature | Antonia Eaton | Tinā | The Brown Factory / 2025 |
| Best Actor in a Series | Stephen Lovatt | Shortland Street | South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+ |
| Best Actor in a Feature | John Lithgow | The Rule of Jenny Pen | Hyenas Rule Ltd / 2024 |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Series | Peter Hambleton | Happiness | Greenstone TV / Three & ThreeNow |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Feature | George Henare | The Rule of Jenny Pen | Hyenas Rule Ltd / 2025 |
| Reporter of the Year | Indira Stewart | TVNZ+ In-Depth | TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Best Presenter: Entertainment | Brynley Stent & Kura Forrester | Bryn & Ku's Singles Club | The Spinoff |
| Best Presenter: News and Current Affairs | John Campbell | TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ | |
| Best Editing: Documentary / Factual - Series | Tim Woodhouse & James Brown | Choir Games | Spacific Films / Sky Open & NEON |
| Best Editing: Documentary / Factual - Feature | Richard Lord | Maurice and I | Belmont Productions / 2024 |
| Best Editing: Drama - Series | Bryan Shaw | The Gone Season 2 | Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand Best Editing: Drama - Feature | Chris Plummer & Martin Brinkler | Joika | Four Knights Film / 2024 |
| Best Camerawork: Documentary / Factual - Series | Dominic Fryer | Live and Let Dai | South Pacific Pictures / Three & ThreeNow |
| Best Camerawork: Documentary / Factual - Feature | Tim Flower | Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua Two Worlds | Monsoon Pictures International / Whakaata Māori / 2025 |
| Best Director: Multi-Camera | Marcus Kennedy | 2024 Bledisloe Cup - Wellington | Sky Sport |
| Images and Sound Best Cinematography: Drama Series | Dave Cameron NZCS ACS | A Remarkable Place To Die | Screentime New Zealand and Real Film Berlin / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Images and Sound Best Cinematography: Feature Film | Gin Loane | The Convert | Jump Film and Television / Brouhaha Entertainment / 2024 |
| Best Contribution to a Soundtrack: Series | Tom Miskin, Melanie Graham, Mike Bayliss, Steve Finnigan | Secrets at Red Rocks | Libertine Pictures / Sky Open & NEON |
| Screen Music & Sound Guild of New Zealand Best Contribution to a Soundtrack: Feature | John McKay & Matthew Lambourn | The Rule of Jenny Pen | Hyenas Rule Ltd / 2025 |
| Images and Sound Best Original Score - Series | Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper | The Gone Season 2 | Kingfisher Films / Keeper Pictures / Southern Light Films / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Images and Sound Best Original Score - Feature | Arli Liberman & Tiki Taane | Ka Whawhai Tonu | Akeake Ltd / 2024 |
| Best Post Production Design - Series | Damian McDonnell - Colourist | Time Bandits | Piki Films / Paramount Television / Apple TV |
| Best Post Production Design - Feature | Carol Petrie, Jacob Leaf & Brenton Cumberpatch - VFX | Ash | GFC Films / 2024 |
| Best Production Design – Series | John Allan | Under the Vines - Season 3 | Libertine Pictures & Perpetual Entertainment / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Best Production Design - Feature | Nick Williams & Guy Moana | The Convert | Jump Film and Television / Brouhaha Entertainment / 2024 |
| Best Costume Design - Series | Sarah Voon | My Life Is Murder | Greenstone TV / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Best Costume Design - Feature | Liz McGregor | The Convert | Jump Film and Television / Brouhaha Entertainment / 2024 |
| Best Makeup Design - Series | Kevin Dufty | The Brokenwood Mysteries | South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| Best Makeup Design - Feature | Gabrielle Jones | The Convert | Jump Film and Television / Brouhaha Entertainment / 2024 |
| Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting Society Best Script: Series | Tim Balme | The Brokenwood Mysteries | South Pacific Pictures / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+ |
| New Zealand Writers Guild Best Script: Feature | Eli Kent & James Ashcroft | The Rule of Jenny Pen - | Hyenas Rule Ltd / 2025 |
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