Natural Selection

If Natural History New Zealand has learned anything since it started 25 years ago, it's that change is good. The last six years have been especially gainful for the Dunedin-based factual production company, which has become an important player in the international non-fiction market. The change of its ownership in the late 1990s from public broadcaster Television New Zealand to media conglomerate Fox quickened the pace of growth for the prodco in remarkable ways. Most significantly, production output expanded more than 400% to include genres outside the realm of natural history, prompting the company to rebrand itself this past July to simply NHNZ. However, while its name has changed, NHNZ is still doing what it has always done best: telling innovative real-life stories. Today, the production company's films - from pure wildlife to science, medical and adventure programming - are seen in 180 countries worldwide. And it seems it has only just begun to relay all the stories it intends to tell.

July 1, 2002

If Natural History New Zealand has learned anything since it started 25 years ago, it's that change is good. The last six years have been especially gainful for the Dunedin-based factual production company, which has become an important player in the international non-fiction market. The change of its ownership in the late 1990s from public broadcaster Television New Zealand to media conglomerate Fox quickened the pace of growth for the prodco in remarkable ways. Most significantly, production output expanded more than 400% to include genres outside the realm of natural history, prompting the company to rebrand itself this past July to simply NHNZ. However, while its name has changed, NHNZ is still doing what it has always done best: telling innovative real-life stories. Today, the production company's films - from pure wildlife to science, medical and adventure programming - are seen in 180 countries worldwide. And it seems it has only just begun to relay all the stories it intends to tell.