The New Zealand Television Awards for 2023 were held on 5 December 2023 at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. Comedian Kura Forrester returned to host the event.

Nominees and winners

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Key – Non-technical award – Technical award

Television

NZ On Air Best Drama† Best Comedy† The Gone (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) The Brokenwood Mysteries (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Inky Pinky Ponky (Whakaata Māori / The Coconet) Educators: Season 3 Episode 1 (TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2) 7 Days: Season 15 Episode 18 (ThreeNow and Three) Not Even: Season 1 Episode 4 (Sky Open) Homebound 3.0: Season 1 Episode 1 (ThreeNow and Three) Best Factual Series† NZ On Air Best Documentary† When Bob Came: Season 1 (TVNZ+) Slash/Tairāwhiti (1News) Homesteads: Season 1 (Whakaata Māori) No Māori Allowed (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Inside Child Poverty Revisited (ThreeNow and Three) Fire and Fury (Stuff) Best Original Reality Series† Best Format Reality Series† The Walkers: Season 2 Episode 3 (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Unbreakable: Season 2 Episode 1 (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Heartbreak Island: Season 3 Episode 12 (ThreeNow and Three) The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Match Fit – League Legends (ThreeNow and Three) The Dog House NZ (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Best Current Affairs Programme† NZ On Air Best Children's Programme† Sunday (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Paddy Gower Has Issues (ThreeNow and Three) Newsroom Investigates (Newsroom) Te Ao with Moana (Whakaata Māori) Mystic (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Kiri and Lou (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Panda and Kiwi (TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2) Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Programme† Te Māngai Pāho Best Reo Māori Programme† NZ Wars, Stories of Wairau (RNZ) Te Ao with Moana (Whakaata Māori) The Hui (ThreeNow and Three) Homesteads (Whakaata Māori) Homesteads (Whakaata Māori) Rage Against The Rangatahi MMXXII (Whakaata Māori) Something For The People (Whakaata Māori Facebook & On Demand) NZ On Air Best Pasifika Programme† Best News Coverage† Brutal Lives – Mo'ui Faingata'a: Season 2 (The Coconet TV) Inky Pinky Ponky: Season 1 (The Coconet / Whakaata Māori) Duckrockers (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) 1News – Cyclone Gabrielle (TVNZ 1) 1News – Auckland Flooding (TVNZ 1) Newshub – Cyclone Gabrielle hits the East Coast (ThreeNow and Three) Best Sports Programme† Best Live Event Coverage† East Coast Rising (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) The Crowd Goes Wild (Sky Sport) Scratched: Aotearoa's Lost Sporting Legends (The Spinoff) ANZAC 2023 (Whakaata Māori) Super Rugby Final 2023 (Sky Sport) Te Matatini Herenga Waka, Herenga Tangata – Final Day (TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2) Best Entertainment Programme† Best Director: Documentary/Factual† Taskmaster NZ (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Ka Pō, Ka Ao Rob Ruha with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (Whakaata Māori) Guy Montgomery's Guy-Mont Spelling Bee (ThreeNow and Three)Toby Longbottom – Fire and Fury (Stuff) Corinna Hunziker – No Māori Allowed (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Kimiora Kaire-Melbourne – Homesteads (Whakaata Māori) Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama / Comedy Drama† Best Actress†Kiel McNaughton – Princess of Chaos (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Jesse Griffin – Educators (TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2) Roberto Nascimento – Sui Generis (OUTtv)Antonia Prebble – Double Parked (ThreeNow and Three) Madeleine Sami – Double Parked (ThreeNow and Three) Amanaki Prescott-Faletau – Inky Pinky Ponky (The Coconet / Whakaata Māori) Best Supporting Actress† Best Actor†Sesilia Pusiaki – Inky Pinky Ponky (The Coconet / Whakaata Māori) Katlyn Wong – Princess of Chaos (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Michelle Fairley – The Gone (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+)Dominic Ona-Ariki – One Lane Bridge (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Richard Flood – The Gone (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Neill Rea – The Brokenwood Mysteries (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Best Supporting Actor† Reporter of the Year†Rick Donald – Educators (TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2) Scotty Cotter – Kura (TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2) Scotty Cotter – Not Even (Sky Open)Thomas Mead – 1 News (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Mark Crysell – Sunday (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Lisette Reymer – Newshub Live at 6 (ThreeNow and Three) Best Presenter: Entertainment† Best Presenter: News and Current Affairs†Karen O'Leary – Paddy Gower Has Issues (ThreeNow and Three) Sonia Gray – Kids Wired Differently (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Alice Snedden – Alice Snedden's Bad News (The Spinoff)Patrick Gower – Newshub Live at 6pm, Paddy Gower Has Issues, AM, The Project NZ (ThreeNow and Three) Jack Tame – Q+A with Jack Tame (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Jenny May-Clarkson – Breakfast (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Best Editing: Documentary or Factual‡ Best Editing: Drama / Comedy Drama‡Toby Longbottom – Fire and Fury (Stuff) Cushla Dillon – No Māori Allowed (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Emma Patterson – Kids Wired Differently (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+)Carly Turner – Princess of Chaos (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Jonno Woodford-Robinson – One Lane Bridge (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Rhys Green, Lachlan Wilson & Ben Winter – Double Parked (ThreeNow and Three) Best Camerawork: Documentary or Factual‡ Best Director: Multi Camera‡Kina Scollay & Alex Hubert – Our Big Blue Backyard – Snares Island (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Dominic Fryer – No Māori Allowed (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Phil Johnson – Fire and Fury (Stuff)Steve Jamieson – Rugby World Cup 2023 Final (ThreeNow, Three & Spark) Matt Quin – Warriors Returning Home 2022 (Sky Sport) Mitchell Hawkes – Topp Class (Sky Open) Images & Sound Best Cinematography: Drama / Comedy Drama‡ Best Contribution to a Soundtrack‡Dave Cameron NZCS ACS – The Gone: Season 1, Episode 2 (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Andrew Stroud – One Lane Bridge: Season 3, Episode 5 (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Tim Fleming ISC – The Gone: Season 1, Episode 5 (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+)Ben Sinclair, Buster Flaws, Travis Heffernen, Steve Finnigan & Joel Haines – The Brokenwood Mysteries: Season 8, Episode 2 (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Tom Miskin, Melanie Graham, Mike Bayliss & Steve Finnigan – Mystic: Season 3, Episode 8 (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Tom Miskin, Mike Bayliss, Alan Kidd & Steve Finnigan – One Lane Bridge: Season 3, Episode 1 (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Images & Sound Best Original Score‡ Best Post Production Design‡Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper – The Gone: Season 1, Episode 4 (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Riki Gooch – The Untold Tales of Tūteremoana (Whakaata Māori) Claire Cowan – One Lane Bridge: Series 3, Episode 5 (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Claire Cowan – Under the Vines: Season 2 (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+)Alana Cotton – Princess of Chaos (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Mikee Carpinter – Patrick Gower on Cyber Crime (ThreeNow and Three) Alana Cotton – One Lane Bridge: Season 3 (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Best Production Design‡ Best Costume Design‡John Allan – One Lane Bridge (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Shayne Radford – The Gone (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Ken Turner – Under The Vines (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+)Pauline H Pohatu – The Gone (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Tania Klouwens – Duckrockers (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Feeonaa Clifton & Ani O'Neill – The Untold Tales of Tūteremoana (Whakaata Māori) Best Makeup Design‡ Best Script: Comedy†Kelly Mitchell – The Gone (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Catherine Maguire – Under The Vines (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+) Kelly Mitchell – One Lane Bridge (TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+)Dana Leaming – Not Even: Season 1, Episode 4 (Sky Open) Vince McMillan & James Watson – Kura: Season 3, Episode 3 (TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2) Chris Parker – Double Parked: Season 1, Episode 2 (ThreeNow and Three) Best Script: Drama†Jessica Joy Wood – Shortland Street: Season 32, Episodes 7714, 7715, 7716 (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Ally Xue & Fiona Samuel – Princess of Chaos (TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+) Amanaki Prescott-Faletau & Leki Jackson-Bourke – Inky Pinky Ponky (The Coconet / Whakaata Māori)

Special awards

Television Personality of the Year† NZTV Legend†Aesha Scott – Below Deck Down Under (Bravo / Hayu NZ)Oscar Kightley

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