2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards


The 2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards were held on Saturday 18 September at the Civic Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand. The craft awards were presented in a separate awards lunch at the Auckland Town Hall on Friday 17 September. It was the final of the Qantas Film and Television Awards, before Qantas was lost as the naming-rights sponsor and the awards were renamed the Aotearoa Film and Television Awards.
The awards are best remembered for the expletive-filled acceptance speech given by Breakfast presenter Paul Henry upon winning the People's Choice Award. Highlights from the main awards evening were broadcast on Sunday 19 September on TV ONE.

Nominees and winners

Awards were given in 58 categories, covering news and current affairs, general television, feature film and short film.

News and current affairs

Qantas Best News
Best News or Current Affairs Presenter
Best News Reporting
Journalist of the Year
Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly programme or one off current affairs special
Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme
Best Current Affairs Series
Best News Camera
Best Current Affairs Camera
Best News Editing
Best Current Affairs Editing
Best Drama Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Maori Language Programme
Best Children's/Youth Programme
Best Information/Lifestyle Programme
  • Radar's Patch, Jane Andrews, JAM TV Ltd
  • * Fair Go, Graeme Muir, TVNZ
  • * South, Melanie Rakena and Marcus Lush, JAM TV Ltd
Best Entertainment Programme
  • The Topp Twins & The APO, Arwen O'Connor, Satellite Media
  • * Good Morning: Sir Howard Morrison Special, Sally-Anne Kerr, TVNZ
  • * Homai Te Pakipaki, Homai Te Pakipaki
Best Sports Broadcast
  • TV3 V8 Supercars Hamilton 400, Nigel Carpenter, TV3
  • * Heineken Open Tennis Final 2010, Steve Jamieson, TVNZ
  • * International Netball Series 2009, Barbara Mitchell, TVNZ
Best Observational Reality Series
Best Constructed Reality Series
Best Performance by an Actress – General Television
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress – General Television
Best Performance by an Actor – General Television
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor – General Television
Best Presenter Entertainment/Factual Programme
Best Script – Drama/Comedy Programme
  • James Griffin, Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures
  • * Michael Bennett, Kaitangata Twitch, Production Shed.TV
  • * Rachel Lang, Go Girls, South Pacific Pictures,
Best Director – Drama/Comedy Programme
  • Gerard Johnstone, The Jaquie Brown Diaries, Young, Gifted and Brown
  • * Peter Burger, Go Girls, South Pacific Pictures
  • * David Stubbs & Thomas Robins, Reservoir Hill, KHF Media Ltd
Best Director – Factual/Entertainment Programme'
Best Multi Camera Direction in General Television
Best Cinematography – Drama/Comedy Programme
Images & Sound Best Editing – Drama/Comedy Programme
Best Original Music in General Television
Best Sound Design in General Television
Best Production Design in General Television
Best Contribution to Design in General Television
Best Popular Documentary
Best Arts/Festival/Feature Documentary
* This Way of Life, Cloud South Films
Best Director – Documentary
Best Cinematography – Documentary/Factual Programme
Best Editing – Documentary/Factual Programme
Best Feature Film
Best Director in a Film Feature
Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film
Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film
Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film
Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film
Best Screenplay for a Feature Film
Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Best Editing in a Feature Film
Best Original Music in a Feature Film
Best Sound Design in a Feature Film
Best Production Design in a Feature Film
Best Costume Design in a Feature Film
Best Make-Up Design in a Feature Film
Best Visual Effects in a Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Performance in a Short Film
Best Screenplay for a Short Film
Outstanding Technical Contribution to a Short Film