Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne
City Manager
Your Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne 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.
Contact
Email Tom
Call Tom - 022 428 8751
Heats
All heats in 2024 will be screened online so teams can watch all entries.
Gisborne City Finals
Date / time- Friday 21st June, 7pm
Venue - Dome Cinema, Childers Rd & Customhouse Street, Gisborne.
Judges
Jason Canovas
Jason Canovas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing for his work on The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
He is known for his frequent collaborations with director Peter Jackson.
Jason is recognised for his work on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Mortal Engines (2018), WorldWar Z (2013), The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Boy (2010), District 9 (2009), The Lovely Bones (2009), and Ghost Dog (1999), Way of the Bee (2010) among other titles.
Darren Maynard
Gisborne-born Darren Maynard has worked on countless international and New Zealand productions.
He’s worked for Warner Brothers’ Sound Department and other top facilities such as King Soundworks, Formosa Group, and Park Road Post.
Notable credits include The Tax Collector (2020), Joker (2019), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Video Game, 2019), and Dynasty.
Josh O'Neill
Accredited Production Designer Josh O’Neill has worked on a variety of projects including This Town (2020), Hinekura (2019), and Wellington Paranormal (2019), to name a few.
He has also won the 48Hours Gisborne Regional Finals 5 times!
Bronwyn Turei
Ngati Porou, Gisborne born, Auckland based Actress, Singer/Songwriter Bronwyn was a Gisborne rising star straight out of GGHS. She was 1 out of 18 students chosen from
an applicant pool of 160 to attend Unitech School of Performing Arts, where she took a trip to London to study Shakespeare at The Globe Theatre. She formed a Girls rock band called Pepto. They performed in the Rock Quest 1999, 2000 and 2001. Bronwyn won best lyric songwriter all three years, came runner up in Gisborne region in 2000, the same year they recorded “Who’s laughing now?” She was head Prefect in 2001.
Bronwyn made her debut at TVNZ on air in 2009-2012 as Cody Latimer in Go Girls. She has performed in various theatre productions and appearances in TVNZ on air such as “The Brokenwood Mysteries and recently starred as a supporting actress in the movie “The Tender Trap,” which aired March 2021. Bronwyn has been in five 48Hours, four in which she was an actress and one where she took on the multitasking roll of wardrobe, props, set design and makeup.
When she’s not gracing us with her acting performances, she is wooing us with her amazing voice. Bronwyn was to appear with 2 other amazing songstresses in a show for 2022 Te Tairawhiti Arts Festival, which unfortunately for many was cancelled due to covid.
Esther Stephens
Auckland born Actress/singer/songwriter and Best Actress nominee.
Esther was bound for great things straight out of school. She formed a band at 12yrs old. Did a three-year course at Unitec Performing and screen arts. During this time, she was doing theatre, playing in a nine piece band and living abroad.
Esther made her debut on TVNZ on Air in 2009 where she played Olivia Duff in Go Girls. She has made various appearance in shows such as “Underbelly NZ – Land of the Long White Cloud” 2011 and “When We Go To War” 2015.
In 2015, Esther went on to become a household name again in one of NZ’s favorite series,
“Westside” as the legendary Ngaire Munroe. Which ran for three seasons. A prequel to “Outrageous Fortune”.
Esther is also an amazing songstress; she has done various musicals. You can also listen to her sing on Sound Cloud.