Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty

City Managers

Your Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty City Manager is Tom Paton.

Tom Paton

Tom Paton cut his teeth in filmmaking back in his hometown of Wellington. He was bitten by the 48Hours bug in 2006 and never looked back!

2024 is his 10th year in the role of regional manager for the Gisborne/Napier region.

It comes with a welcome challenge as he is takes on the new role of Bay of Plenty regional manager.

He is honoured to bring his filmmaking experience and expertise to two thriving filmmaking communities, he is ready to facilitate filmmaking success in these regions.

Contacts

Your main point of contact for the Bay of Plenty region is Tom Paton.

Email Tom

Call Tom - 022 428 8751

Join the BOP 48Hours Facebook Group

Heats

All heats in 2024 will be screened online so teams can watch all entries.

Bay of Plenty City Finals

Date / time - Friday 14th June, 7pm

Venue - United Cinemas Bayfair, Bayfair Shopping Centre, 19 Girven Road, Mount Maunganui.

Judges

Jonathan Hawke

Jonathan Hawke likes to remember that his team was a finalist in the very first 48Hours in 2002. Or was it 2003? Mostly, he prefers to go with the vibe over the detail.

Other film career highlights include:

• Replicated over 100 times as an elf in Peter Jackson’s Fellowship of The Twin Kings.

• Being solicited by Keifer Sutherland (for being a very handsome man) on the set of The River Queen.

• Getting fired as PA to producer from Hollywood B-grade film Without a Paddle.

In his spare time he likes the internet and some of the things on it, and has worked as Executive Producer and General Manager for digital agencies such as Unit9 (https://www.unit9.com/) and Resn (https://resn.co.nz/) since the noughties.

Find him on Link-o-rama.