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Dame Julie Christie becomes sole owner of Kiwi factual producer NHNZ Worldwide

New Zealand producer Dame Julie Christie has become the sole owner of factual prodco NHNZ Worldwide by buying Blue Ant Media’s 40% stake.

Dame Julie Christie

In 2021, Christie purchased a majority stake in Natural History New Zealand and renamed the company NHNZ Worldwide.

Now, as the outright owner, she plans to expand the business into formats, sports, adventure and lifestyle programming.

“It’s such an exciting time,” said Christie. “I was excited to invest in a great factual storytelling company and build a team who can bring the skills learned over many years in reality television to other genres.”

Christie is the creator of hit gameshow format The Chair, which has been sold into 40 countries, plus reality competition Treasure Island, broadcast on free-to-air Kiwi channel TVNZ for 17 seasons.

She was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2017 for services to television and governance.

NHNZ was founded 46 years ago under the name Natural History Unit of Television New Zealand. It was sold to Fox International Channels in 1997, former Fox executive David Haslingden in 2012, then Canada’s Blue Ant Media in 2019.

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