Television producer and businesswoman Janine Morrell-Gunn has created TV shows from the studios at Whitebait Media – the production company she owns with husband Jason Gunn – in Christchurch for almost 25 years. She’s produced kids shows including What Now, The Feed, One Way Out and Brain Busters, a quiz in which Kiwi kids compete in a series of increasingly difficult challenges in maths, memory, spelling, te reo Māori and more.
Now in its fourth season, Janine has spearheadedbiggest challenge yet – creating 10 episodes produced and spoken in te reo Māori. Janine, 61, sat down with the to talk about what it’s like working with her husband, creating a kids’ programme in another language and how becoming a grandmother has changed her perspective.
