30 minutes of entertainment?

TVNZ Natural History unit's first series of six 15-minute programmes which featured various New Zealand habitats including Okarito, White Island, Fiordland, Mackenzie Country and Sinclair Wetlands, near Dunedin

The Hothouse follows the complicated lives of a group of 20-somethings who share a run down, but very cool, inner-city flat. Three are cops and one’s a lawyer, but this isn’t your average cop show. They struggle with being ‘upholders of the law’ but their personal dilemmas are far more intriguing than their day jobs.

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Three young Kiwi entrepreneurs are left in the most remote destination in the country, with only the clothes they stand up in, and compete to turn $5000 into a fortune in a few days.

Following on from the four series made in the UK, a walking, talking scarecrow follows Aunt Sally, a life-size fairground doll he loves, from England to New Zealand.