, Content Specialist

Jamie as over twelve years experience working for NHNZ Moving Images, logging and selling stock footage. Over this time period Jamie has gained a lot of experience and insight into the stock footage industry, as well as an intimate knowledge of what NHNZ’s stock footage library holds.

Jamie joined NHNZ after studying zoology and ecology for six years at the University of Otago.  His background in life sciences is useful when dealing with NHNZ’s large collection of natural history footage and helping fulfil client’s needs when looking for stunning wildlife footage.

Outside of work Jamie enjoys playing bass guitar, swimming, gaming and football. His two children also keep him busy and out of trouble.

   , Manager 

Caroline is passionate about all things creative and innovative, is committed to growing the company’s stock footage business through NHNZ Moving Images online archive, and finding new markets for NHNZ’s stunning footage collections.

Caroline holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in marketing management and has 20 years experience in the education, exhibition, corporate and media sectors. 

   , Footage Researcher

Katie has been working in TV and short film for longer than she cares to remember. She has a wide knowledge of the process of researching, writing and making stories for broadcast, mainly working in children’s television, which included being an animated penguin for ten years.

For the last two years Katie has worked at NHNZ as a tape logger and researcher for several productions.  

Katie lives in Port Chalmers with her husband and one son at university. Her other son is a snowboarder in Central Otago.  Katie loves living in Port Chalmers because of its rich and raffish history of exploration, piracy and innovation. She collects puppets, and books about puppetry, and also has an extensive DVD collection.

   , Content Specialist

Olly has twelve years experience in the footage archive business.

He graduated with honours in physics from Lancaster University, before moving to New Zealand from the UK in 1994. He then completed a Diploma for Graduates in Zoology & Ecology and Post Graduate Diploma in Marine Ecology at the University of Otago.

His understanding of the natural world, combined with an in depth knowledge of the NHNZ archive, is applied to sourcing the right footage for your story.

Olly is married, with three children, in his spare time he participates in football, weightlifting, and enjoys photography.

   , Content Specialist

Renee believes a practical approach and sense of humour are essential to enjoying life, and is a notion she takes everywhere.

A childhood in the country equipped Renee with “nuts and bolts” skills whilst hours spent poring over books, magazines and TV initiated the interest in all things creative. The study of photography and gaining of a University Degree in Design Studies further realised the desire to work in a creative industry.

  , Library Asset Manager

Denise is the Library Asset Manager for NHNZ Moving Images. She has worked in the Library for four years applying her skills and experience to managing the library’s catalogue and assets.

Graduating with a history degree, she has worked in several subject areas: agricultural research, medicine and dentistry, and New Zealand history prior to joining NHNZ, and has been employed in specialist, public and university libraries. Her Master of Arts degree in Librarianship was on how libraries had undertaken the conversion of records for online catalogues, again topical as we move from a tape to a digital environment.

Her out-of-work interests include her teenage family and relaxing past-times like gardening and walking the dog.