{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Greenstone TV | logo = Greenstone TV logo.svg | logo_size = 180px | caption = | type = Subsidiary | traded_as = | industry = Film, television | genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies --> | foundation = 1994 (as Greenstone Pictures) | founder = John Harris | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | location_city = Auckland | location_country = New Zealand | locations = <!-- Number of locations, stores, offices &c. --> | area_served = Australasia | key_people = Rachel Antony<br /><small>(CEO)</small> | products = Popular factual, entertainment, drama and documentary | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = CJZ | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|greenstonetv.com}} }} right|thumb|Former Greenstone TV logo '''Greenstone TV''' (or simply '''Greenstone''') is a New Zealand–based television production company who produce factual, entertainment, drama and documentary television programs. Productions have been made for TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, Three and Prime in New Zealand, and the Seven Network in Australia.
Greenstone was founded in 1994 by John Harris. In December 2013, Greenstone was purchased by Australian company CJZ (Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cjz.com.au/|title=CJZ »|website=www.cjz.com.au|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> creating an independent international production group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvtonight.com.au/2013/11/cordell-jigsaw-zapruder-acquires-nz-producer.html|title=Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder acquires NZ producer|date=14 November 2013|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> Greenstone’s Chairman is Richard Driver, appointed in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://screenz.co.nz/greenstone-gets-new-driver/|title=Greenstone gets new Driver|date=4 August 2014|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref>
Notable programs produced by Greenstone include long-running factual series ''Motorway Patrol'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/reviews/motorway-patrol/2005/06/09/1118123950280.html?oneclick=true|title=Motorway Patrol - Reviews - TV & Radio - Entertainment - theage.com.au|website=www.theage.com.au|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> ''Highway Patrol'', ''Neighbours at War'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thespinoff.co.nz/19-12-2014/2014-in-review-the-best-new-zealand-shows-of-the-year/|title=2014 in Review: The Best New Zealand Shows of the Year|date=19 December 2014|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> ''Border Patrol'', ''Dog Squad'' and ''Coastwatch''.
In 1998, Greenstone was awarded a Bravo award by the New Zealand Skeptics for ''The Mighty Moa''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bravo Awards|url=http://skeptics.nz/awards/bravo|publisher=New Zealand Skeptics|accessdate=7 November 2016}}</ref>
==Productions==
===Drama=== *''The Cul de Sac'' *''Secret Agent Men'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381802/|title=Secret Agent Men (TV Series 2003– )|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> * ''The Amazing Extraordinary Friends'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzonair.govt.nz/decisions_television.php&dt=December%202007&round=55|title=NZ on Air funding decisions|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014030313/http://nzonair.govt.nz/decisions_television.php|archive-date=14 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Bella'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209935/|title=Bella (1998)|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> * ''My Life Is Murder'' {{small|(season 2)}} <ref>[https://www.greenstonetv.com/our-programmes/my-life-is-murder/ My Life is Murder - Greenstone TV]</ref> * ''Kid Sister''<ref>[https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/news/nz-screen-and-comedy-talents-receive-nz-air-funding-new-engaging-content/ NZ screen and comedy talents receive NZ On Air funding for new engaging content] NZ On Air. Accessed on 22 April 2023</ref> * ''Happiness (Tv series)''<ref>https://www.greenstonetv.com/our-programmes/happiness</ref>
===Factual / reality series=== *''The Big Ward'' 2015 NZ On Air funded for TV2 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzonair.govt.nz/news/articles/topics-as-diverse-as-the-country-we-live-in-new-tv-documentaries-funded/|title=Topics as diverse as the country we live in – new TV documentaries funded by NZ On Air|website=www.nzonair.govt.nz|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> *''Highway Cops'' (2012–Present) Series 3 *''Renters'' (2009–Present) Series 5 *''Coastwatch Oz'' (January 2014 – January 2015) Season 1 *''Dog Squad'' (2008–Present) Series 7 *''Border Patrol (2009–Present) Series 7'' *''Highway Patrol'' (September 2009 – Present) Series 8 *''Motorway Patrol'' (September 1999 – Present) Series 16 *''The Zoo'' Series 1 - 12 *''Crash Investigation Unit'' (August 2008 - July 2011) Seasons 2 *''Emergency'' *''Neighbours at War'' (2005–Present) Series 8 *''Don't'' (2025) *''School of Home Truths'' *''Fighting Fat'' *''Serious Crash Unit'' (2001 - 2015) Series 7 *''Going Going Gone'' *''Ask Your Auntie'' *''Special Investigators'' *''The Tem Show'' *''Mike King Tonight'' *''How's Life?'' *''Secret New Zealand'' *''Mercury Lane'' *''Epitaph'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE9911/S00080.htm|title=The TV Guide New Zealand TV Awards - Results - Scoop News|website=www.scoop.co.nz|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> *''Shipwreck'' *''Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?''
===Factual / reality series=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title ! Total seasons ! Total episodes ! Broadcast Years ! New Zealand Network Aired ! Australia Network Aired ! Status |- | Motorway Patrol | 16 | - | 2001–Present | TV2 | Channel 7 | Returning Series |- | Serious Crash Unit | 07 | - | 2001-2015 | TV2 | Channel 7 | Ended (2015) |}
===Documentaries=== *''The Women of Pike River'' *''Decades In Colour" 2015 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/201757408/decades-in-colour|title=Decades in colour - Standing Room Only, 12:39 pm on 7 June 2015 - RNZ|date=7 June 2015|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref>'' *''The Kiwi Who Saved Britain: The Keith Park Story''<ref name="NZ_Herald_10640109">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/television/news/article.cfm?c_id=339&objectid=10640109 |title=TV Pick of the week: Anzac Day |date=24 April 2010 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=2 October 2011}}</ref> *''Stolen Memories'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agewell.org.nz/documentary.htm|title=Age Concern - Stolen memories|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014053137/http://www.agewell.org.nz/documentary.htm|archive-date=14 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> *''Fatal Fires'' *''Baby Charlotte'' *''One of a Kind – Baby Keegan'' *''BIG'' *''Private Lives of Little People'' *''To Hell and Back - Tanjas’ story'' *''Cave Creek - The Full Story of a National Tragedy'' *''Back from the Dead - The Saga of the Rose Noelle'' *''Crump'' *''Do or die - Lost in the Bush'' *''Secrets of Car Thieves'' *''The Business of Burglary.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/australias-cjz-buys-greenstone-tv-gaining-grip-local-reality-programming-bd-148755|title=Australia’s CJZ buys Greenstone TV, gaining grip on local reality programming|date=15 November 2013|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.greenstonetv.com/ Greenstone TV website] * [https://www.imdb.com/company/co0040314/ IMDB entry]
Category:Film production companies of New Zealand Category:Television production companies of New Zealand Category:Mass media in Auckland Category:New Zealand companies established in 1994 Category:Mass media companies established in 1994