This is Piki

What a smash hit Norwegian webseries has to teach NZ On Air about teen viewers

by

Vanessa Ellingham brings a gift from Norway back to the motherland: an innovative teen drama that doesn’t suck.  Earlier this year, I watched as The Spinoff found itself at war with Filthy Rich producer Gavin Strawhan over the quality of the New Zealand television shows receiving public funding. Strawhan argued that critics of his show, … Read more

How Māori TV’s This is Piki is changing the face of New Zealand television

by

This is Piki is Māori television’s new youth-oriented soap, the first of its kind. The Spinoff intern Rhianna Osborne sat down with the director Kiel McNaughton to find out how the bilingual show came together – and how Snapchat might be the future of storytelling.  This is Piki is the latest local show to hit Māori Television, a … Read more