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Five successful screen projects have been
selected in the first round of the $50 million Te Puna
Kairangi Premium Productions for International Audiences
Fund.
Te Puna Kairangi Premium Fund supports the
Aotearoa New Zealand production sector recovery from
COVID-19 by supporting high-quality productions that tell
New Zealand stories for global audiences. Applications were
assessed against the five Key Objectives of the fund as
developed with Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and
Heritage and Ministry for Business, Innovation and
Employment which are: to boost economic growth, increase
employment, create cultural benefit and respond to COVID-19
with speed to market and develop skills and
Holby City,
Vampire
Academy) returns in the lead role of Issie Brown and is
joined once again by New Zealanders Antonia Robinson, Max
Crean, Jacqueline Joe (
Top of the Lake), Josh Tan
(
Mulan,
Tales of Nai Nai) and Harriet
Walton.
In the new seasons, Issie and her gang of
horse-mad friends will not only have to tackle all the usual
trials and tribulations of being a teenager – romance,
identity, friendship and conflict with parents - but will
also have to battle against new and unexpected threats to
their beloved stables and local environment. In season two,
their lives will be thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a
Sarah McMullan05:00, Apr 30 2021
TVNZ
Mystic When I was growing up, girls tended to be horse girls or ballet girls. I got bitten by a horse, sat on by a different horse, and a third horse dumped me in a watering trough. Then I turned eight. I was tutus all the way. Fast-forward 35 years, and no-one was more surprised than me when I sat down to review
Mystic and ended up watching every single episode available. Based on the Pony Club Secrets series of books by Stacy Gregg, the adaptation is a joint UK/NZ production. Most of series one was available last year on TVNZ OnDemand, but the Covid lockdown stopped production. However, it is now complete.
Laura Patch
When 14-year-old British girl Issie Brown moves to the New Zealand countryside, she thinks her life is over. But actually it s all just about to begin. Kauri Point is no ordinary farming town, strange things are happening here. And with the appearance of Mystic, a mysterious spirit horse, things have just got a lot stranger.