"NO PLACE LIKE IT ON EARTH" CAMPAIGN

OCTOBER 2023

Full audio post duties by Amy Barber, Bespoke Post.

Seeing double? Actor and director Taika Waititi took time out from filming Our Flag Means Death Season 2 to enjoy some incredible experiences around Aotearoa New Zealand… with a little help from his real life stunt double, Jade Daniels. New Zealand, there’s no place like it on earth! 🙌

One of New Zealand’s best-known exports is now helping one of New Zealand’s top export earners. Taika Waititi, well known New Zealand born filmmaker and actor is helping promote tourism.
While in New Zealand filming HBO Max series Our Flag Means Death Season 2, Taika spared some time to support New Zealand tourism.

“Tourism is an important contributor to New Zealand, it’s one of our top export earners and is supporting sector and country recovery. Competition for visitors is fierce and New Zealand needs to work hard to encourage visitation and stand out. We partnered with well-known director and actor Taika Waititi to create a piece of content that promotes Aotearoa New Zealand,” says Tourism New Zealand Chief Executive Rene de Monchy.

The content in typical comedic Taika style showcases a range of New Zealand locations and experiences including whitewater rafting in Rotorua, a scenic flight over Mount Tarawera, dolphin watching in Kaikōura and wine tasting in Auckland. It will be used across Tourism New Zealand and HBO Max channels.

“We are working hard to attract high quality visitors who will positively contribute to New Zealand’s culture, society, nature and economy and this content will target those audiences in key markets to get them thinking about destination New Zealand.”

"I always tell people you can go surfing in the morning and then drive a couple of hours and be skiing in the evening [in New Zealand]. I don't think there's anywhere else on earth where you can do that. It has everything." - Academy Award-winning writer, director, actor, producer and New Zealand native, Taika Waititi.

The partnership was enabled via the NZ Film Commission Screen Production Rebate uplift.

TRAVELLING UNDER THE SOCIAL INFLUENCE

FEBRUARY 2021

Bespoke Post has delivered Complete Audio Post for this awesome sounding online piece for Tourism New Zealand.
Our friend Tom Sainsbury (Comedian and Snapchat Dude) from the Social Observation Squad (S.O.S) has been patrolling some of New Zealand’s top tourist spots. He's on a mission to stop people from taking photos under the social influence. Guess what he found?🚙📸

Enjoy !

KIRI & LOU SEASON 2 OUT NOW

FEBRUARY 2021

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32 NEW EPSIODES !!!
Kiri and Lou follows the adventures of Kiri, a feisty little dinosaur with overpowering emotions and Lou, a gentle but thoughtful creature. Each story is about the friendship of two prehistoric creatures and their adventures in the forest a long, long time ago. Featuring the voices of Jemaine Clement and Olivia Tennet.

TVNZ ON DEMAND

NZ SAYS 39 | ALL BLACKS JAPAN TOUR

SEPTEMBER 2019
Super proud to have worked on this campaign with the Augusto team and 100% Pure New Zealand.
#NZsays39 All Blacks New Zealand says San Kyu to Japan !

KIRI & LOU OUT NOW

MARCH 2018

Kiri and Lou follows the adventures of Kiri, a feisty little dinosaur with overpowering emotions and Lou, a gentle but thoughtful creature. Each story is about the friendship of two prehistoric creatures and their adventures in the forest a long, long time ago. Featuring the voices of Jemaine Clement and Olivia Tennet.

Starring: Jemaine Clement, Olivia Tennet, Rima Te Wiata, Jaquie Brown, Josh Thomson, Mark Wright
Directed: Antony Elworthy
Written: Harry Sinclair

OFFICIAL KIRI & LOU
TVNZ ON DEMAND
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DO NO HARM (2017) ON VIMEO

OCTOBER 2018

Finally (!!!) you can now watch Roseanne Liang’s notorious hospital kung fu short film Do No Harm from the comfort of your own computer room. Tell the kids to get out, because this film has adult rating and a ruthless, sprawling choreographed fight scene throughout.
There’s blood. Get in to it. Can’t wait for the follow up feature.

Director: Roseanne Liang
Producer: Hamish Mortland
Executive Producers: Tim White, Tim Wong & Roseanne Liang
DOP: Andrew McGeorge
Prod Designer: Gary Mackay
Costume Designer: Jaindra Watson
Editor: Tom Eagles
Composer: Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper
Rerecording Mixers: Tim Chaproniere & Toby Lloyd
Sound Design & Supervision by Bespoke Post

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3am. 1980s Hongjing. In an aging private hospital, a single-minded surgeon is forced to break her physician’s oath when violent gangsters storm in to stop a crucial operation.

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THE TINY CHEF SHOW: APPLE PIE

SEPTEMBER 2018

THE TINY CHEF SHOW IS A STOP-MOTION COOKING SHOW CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT

”We are still very much developing The Chef’s world and his cooking show but thought we’d have him cook something up in our big kitchen in the meantime. He loves pies and anything his Grandma taught him how to cook so we thought a classic apple pie would be a great first release!”

Join our journey with the Tiny Chef as we build, scheme, prep and make this cooking show for kids become a reality!

Crew
Animator / Creator: Rachel Larson
Score: Dimitri Smith
Sound Design: Bespoke Post
Logo Design: Jenny Tiffany

The first vignette of The Tiny Chef Show!!

ISLANDS OF THE GULF GOES TO AIR

FEBRUARY 2018
 

ISLANDS OF THE GULF (2018)

Elisabeth Easther looks at how life on the islands of the Hauraki Gulf has changed since her mother Shirley Maddock visited them in 1964.

Islands of the Gulf was New Zealand’s first locally made TV documentary series and Shirley Maddock – as well as writing, presenting and directing – became the country’s first female television producer. Intended as a one-off programme, the series ran to five half-hour episodes, screened when local faces were still a novelty on NZ television.

WATCH NOW AT TVNZ ON DEMAND

"DO NO HARM" QUALIFIES FOR OSCARS

SEPTEMBER 2017: 

Good news everybody. "Do No Harm", the kick ass hospital kung fu short we did the complete audio post on now qualifies for Oscar consideration. Ka-pow ! Killing it.
w/ Amy Bespoke Post, Roseanne Liang & Hamish Mortland.

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Mitre 10: Local Legends

JUNE 2017:

What do a carpenter, a furniture maker, a spray paint artist and a classical guitar maker all have in common? They are some of New Zealand's great Local Legends.

This web series showcases 4 extremely talented kiwis that followed their passion and merged their hands on skills with some incredible artistic style. Creating unique objects and art work that made them Local Legends.


Catch Local Legends on Mitre10 On Demand, Youtube or over on TVNZ On Demand.

Carpenter turned furniture designer Ian Rouse builds things to last. His aim is to build furniture that will become family heirlooms, because the quality and style is timeless.