Wellington, May 14
Results from the Qantas Media Awards 2003
presented in Auckland tonight
Broadcasting Results
Qantas Award for Television Journalism
Hannah Hodson, TV3
The Bill Toft Memorial Trust Award for Radio Journalism
Todd Niall, Radio New Zealand
Broadcasting Industry Award For Outstanding Achievement
Sharon Crosbie
Radio
Radio News Reporter
Senior
Winner: Nathan Mills, Radio NZ
Finalist: Anna-Louise Taylor, Radio NZ
Junior
Winner: Catherine Wilson, Radio NZ
Finalists: Jane O’Loughlin, Radio NZ
Kate Williamson, Radioworks, Hawke’s Bay
Sub-Categories
Business, Finance & Consumer Affairs
Winner: Nathan Mills, Morning Report, Radio NZ – Douglis Fir
Coverage of a Breaking Story
No award made
Education
Winner: Ceinwen Curtis, Morning Report, Radio NZ – Primary men
Environment & Conservation – Shell Award
Winner: Kirsty Jones, Morning Report, Radio NZ – Hobsonville
General News
Winner: Anna-Louise Taylor, Morning Report, Radio NZ – Zaoui
Health & Medicine – Merck, Sharp & Dohme award
Winner: Nathan Mills, Morning Report, Radio NZ – Oamaru nurses
Finalist: Felix Marwick, Newstalk ZB – BZP
Maori Affairs
Winner: Lois Williams, Morning report, radio NZ – Seabed hui
Pacific Affairs
No award made
Politics
No award made
Science & Technology
No award made
Social Issues
Winner: Geoff Moffet, Chechpoint, Radio NZ – Beach rally
Finalists: Ceinwen Curtis, Morning report, Radio NZ – Diasbility
Kirsty Jones, Morning Report, Radio NZ – Refugees
waiting list
Sport – DB Breweries award
Winner: Todd Niall, Morning Report, Radio NZ – Loius Vuitton
race 4
The Arts – Creative New Zealand award
No award made
Radio Current Affairs Reporter
Winner: Sue Ingram, Insight, Morning Report, Radio NZ
Finalist: Kirsty Jones, Insight, Morning Report, Radio NZ
Sub-Catergories
Business, Finance & Consumer Affairs
Winner: Sue Ingram, Insight, Radio NZ – Grey Skies
Education
Winner: Gael Woods, Insight, Radio NZ – Good little girls and bad little Boys.
Environment & Conservation – Shell New Zealand award
Winner: Lois Williams, Insight, Radio NZ – The rise of the Landcare Group.
General Affairs
No award was made
Health and Medicine
No award was made
Maori Affairs
No award was made
Pacific Affairs
No award was made
Politics
Winner: Mark Torley, Focus On Politics, Radio NZ – NZ’s response to the Iraq War / The Future of the UN
Science & Technology
Winner: Sue Ingram. Insight, Radio NZ – Spam: a billion dollar problem.
Social Issues
Winner: Kirsty Jones, Insight, Radio NZ – Youth justice in NZ
Sport – DB Breweries award
No award was made
The Arts – Creative New Zealand award
Winner: Tarek Bazley, What’s Going On?, Radio NZ – Air Guitar / Live from Gore
Radio Programmes
News
Winner: Summer Report, Radio NZ
Finalist: Morning Report, Radio NZ
Current Affairs
Winner: Sunday Morning with Chris Laidlaw, Radio NZ
Finalist: Digital Life, Radio NZ
Documentary
Winner: Nga Many Taiko, Programme 7, Radio NZ
Finalist: On the ground in the Solomons, Insight, Radio NZ
Sport
No award was made
Features
Winner: Encore, The story of New Zealand Theatre, Radio NZ
Finalists: Health Matters, Eps, 50 & 54 Radio NZ
Ideas, The Throne & Love Bytes, Radio NZ
Cinderannah, Easy Listening i, The Radio Network
Radio News & Current Affairs Presenter
Winnder: Linda Clark, Nine to Noon, radio NZ
Finalists: Kim Hill, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, Radio NZ
Willie Jackson, Paakiwaha (The News Bearer), Radio Waatea 603am
Todd Niall, Summer Report, Radio NZ
Mary Wilson, Checkpoint, Radio NZ
Radio News Reader
Winner: Joe Gilfillan, Global News and Sport
Finalist: Gael Ludlow, Global News and Sport
Television
Television News Reporter
Senior
Winner: Hannah Hodson, 3 News, TV3
Finalists: Ingrid Leary, 3 News, TV3
Maramena Roderick, Holmes, TVONE
Junior
Winner: Ingrid Hipkiss, 3 News, TV3
Finalists: Mereana Hond, 3 News, TV3
Hayden Jones, Holmes, TVONE
Sub-Categories
Breaking News
Winner: Brent Fraser, One News, TVONE – Busjack
Finalists: Corinne Ambler, One News, TVONE – Coral Missing
Ewart Barnsley, One News, TVONE – Wounded soldier
Business & Finance
Winner: Owen Poland, One News, TVONE – Tranz Rail
Finalist: Dita De Boni, One News, TVONE (Junior) – Gourmet direct
Crime & Justice
Winner: Hannah Hodson, 3 News, TV3 – Williams arrested
Finalists: Maramena Roderick, Holmes, TVONE – Rex Law
John Stewart, One News, TVONE – Marcus Doig
Environment & Conservation – Shell New Zealand award
Winner: Ingrid Leary & Frank Atu, 3 News, TV3 – Dolphins in the Solomons
Finalists: Sharon Fergusson, 3 News, TV3 – Antarctic Seals
Robyn Janes, Holmes, TVONE – Olly
Lifestyle (includes social issues)
Winner: About a boy, Sunday, TVONE
Finalists: Pride And Prejudice, 60 Minutes, TV3
To The Limit, 60 Minutes, TV3
Got To Be Kidding, 20/20, TV3
Politics (incorporates government, diplomacy and foreign affairs)
Winner: Fools Paradise, 20/20, TV3
Finalists: Supping With The Devil, Sunday, TVONE
The Warlord, 60 Minutes, TV3
Science
Winner: Unreasonable Doubt, 20/20, TV3
Finalist: The Onion Pickle, Sunday, TVONE
Sport – DB Breweries award
Winner: The Modesto Mile, Sunday, TVONE
The Arts – Creative New Zealand award
Winner: The Brains In Spain, Sunday, TVONE
Finalist: The Don, Sunday, TVONE
Other
Winner: The Life Of Lyon, 20/20, TV3
Television Programmes
Childrens/Youth
Winner: Freaky, Ep, Avalon Studios, TVNZ
Finalists: Coke Smokefree Rockquest, Ep two, Screentime-Communicado
Secret Agent Men, Ep, nine: Mrs Gunfire, Greenstone Pictures
Coverage Of A Sporting Event
Db Breweries Award
Winner: America’s Cup, Day One, TVONE Sport
Finalists: 2003 Xtra Super 12 Final, Sky Television
2003 Bledisloe Cup Test, Sky Television
Current Affairs
Winner: 20/20, TV3
Finalist: Sunday, TVONE
Documentary
Winner: Yellow For Hermaphrodites – Mani’s Story, Greenstone Pictures
Finalists: A Matter Of Life And Death – Inside New Zealand, Point Productions
Fat Man Slim, Pickled Possum Productions
Information
Winner: The Zoo, Ep One, Greenstone Pictures
Finalist: On The Top of The World, Everest 50 th Annivesary Special, Screentime Communicado
Magazine/Lifestyle
Winner: Mucking In, TVNZ, Lifestyle Unit
Finalists: The Living Room, Sticky Pictures
Mercury Lane, Greenstone Pictures
News
Winner: One News At Six, TVONE
Finalists: 3 News, TV3
Nightline, TV3
Sports – DB Breweries award
Winner: The Test: 100 years Of All Black Rugby, Oxygen Television
Finalists: Trio At The Top, Bright Spark Television
Shell Helix Motorsport: Indianapolis 500, TVONE Sport
Television News & Current Affairs Craft
Camera News-Senior
Winner: Daniel O’Sullivan, 3 News, Nightline, TV3
Finalists: James Caldwell, 3 News Nightline, TV3
Arthur Rasmussen, 3 News, Nightline, TV3
Camera News-Junior
Winner: Jared Mason, One News, TVONE
Finalists: Sally Blank, 3 News TV3
Leon Menzies, 3 News, TV3
Camera Current Affairs
Winner: Vaughan Scott, Sunday, TVONE
Finalists: Ken Dorman, Assignment/Sunday, TVONE
Chrissy Smith-Jolly, 20/20, TV3
Editing News
Winner: Paul Sparkes, Midday, TVONE
Finalist: Andrew Gibb, Holmes, TVONE
Editing Current Affairs
Winner: Tamra Finau-Moir, 20/20, TV3
Finalist: Paul Sparkes, Breakfast & Midday, TVONE
Interviewing
Winner: Amanda Millar, 20/20, TV3
Finalist: Philip Vine, 20/20, TV3
Presenting
Winner: Kevin Milne, Fair Go, TVONE
Finalists: Judy Bailey, One Newx, TVONE
John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld, 3 News, TV3
Kate Hawkesby, Breakfast, TVONE
Mark Sainsbury, On Top of the Worl, TVONE
Scripting
Joint Winners: John Campbell, 3 News, TV3 & Janet McIntyre, Sunday, TVONE
Broadcasting Student Journalist Award
Winner: Jacobina Plumber, NZ Broadcasting School, Christchurch Polytechnic
Finalist: Erin Conroy, NZ Broadcasting School, Christchurch Polytechnic
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