In terms of New Zealand screen story-telling this is pretty huge. Raupapa Whakaari is a joint initiative from the two major funding bodies - television's NZ On Air and the New Zealand Film Commission, in partnership with writers' organisation Script to Screen - to develop "distinctive high-end series drama for the world".
"High-end series drama" means Britains's Killing Eve and Bodyguard, Scandinavia's Borgen, The Killing and The Bridge, Germany's Berlin Babylon... not to mention Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and The Crown. So this project is - to put it mildly - rather ambitious, and potentially, hugely expensive.
How are we planning to take on the world, how much will it cost, and what will it be at the expense of? Simon Morris talks to the CEO's of New Zealand On Air and the Film Commission - Jane Wrightson and Annabel Sheehan.
