South Pacific Pictures
South Pacific Pictures is a New Zealand television production company. The company produces drama series, mini-series, telemovies and feature films for the domestic market and international market. SPP's largest property is Shortland Street the half-hour soap opera for TVNZ 2.
In 2006, the company released Sione's Wedding and in 2002, the Oscar-nominated feature film Whale Rider. In 1998 the company produced the feature film, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, the sequel to Once Were Warriors.
In May 2000, the company moved from Browns Bay to a new purpose-built studio complex in Henderson, West Auckland.
SPP is in a joint venture with Australian company SLR Productions to produce animated shows aimed at international markets and also has a 50% interest in Satellite Media and has also created a joint venture known as Kura Productions with Quinton Hita to produce programming for the Māori Television Service.
South Pacific Pictures was founded by CEO John Barnett.
Television
Current productions
| Title | Genre | First air date | No. of series | Network | Co-production company | Notes |
| Shortland Street | Soap opera | 30 | TVNZ 2 | Grundy Television Fremantle Australia | ||
| The Brokenwood Mysteries | Crime drama | 8 | Prime TVNZ 1 | |||
| Educators | Sitcom | 2 | TVNZ+ | Web series | ||
| Mean Mums | Sitcom | 2 | Three | |||
| Head High | Drama | 2 | Three | |||
| Last at 11 | Mockumentary | 1 | TVNZ 1 | |||
| Travel Guides New Zealand | Travel | 1 | TVNZ 2 | |||
| Snack Masters | Cooking competition | 1 | TVNZ 2 | |||
| Sort Your Life Out NZ | Reality | 1 | Three | |||
| The Traitors NZ | Reality Competition | 2023-present | 2 | Three | ||
| Duckrockers | Comedy | 1 | TVNZ 2 | |||
| Far North | Drama | White Balance Pictures | ||||
| The Traitors Australia | Reality Competition | 2026 | 1 | Network 10 | Previous seasons produced by Endemol Shine Australia |
Film & television library from Subsidiaries
SLR ProductionsDeadly I Got a Rocket Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist Gasp! The DaVincibles Guess How Much I Love You Teenage Fairytale Dropouts The Skinner Boys: Guardians of the Lost Secrets Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs Lexi & Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives Alice-Miranda Friends Forever Berry Bees Space Nova Alice-Miranda: A Royal Christmas BallLive ActionSam Fox: Extreme Adventures
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