Miriama McDowell wins Best Actress, Jayden Daniels wins Best Supporting Actor for their roles on Head High at the NZTV Awards, 2020
The Truth About Us. The Wisdom From a New Local Show and its Leading Lady.
NZ's notorious TV bad guy Mike Edward on being abused in public and his new role in Head High
Rugby has featured heavily in New Zealand's legend - from Greg McGee's Foreskin's lament and Lloyd Jones' Book of Fame to feature films about Richie McCaw and Dan Carter, and TV docudramas Jonah and The Kick. Now, it's the subject of that rare thing, a prime-time TV family drama series. Head High is about to hit the screen on TV 3. Lynn Freeman talks with writer and director Tim Worrall about the dramatic possibilities of our national game.
Review: Head High is the best and most complex NZ drama in years
‘I know these people’: Miriama McDowell on leading the pack in Head High
How Miriama McDowell's new drama Head High tackles poverty, privilege and rugby
There’s never been a shortage of Māori stories. But it’s no easy path for them to make it on to mainstream television in prime time. That’s what’s happening, though, with Head High.
Te Ao o Hinepehinga Rauna has been cast as Aria O'Kane in the upcoming TV series, Head High.
Two former Shortland Street favourites are kicking goals in the new rugby drama Head High.
Cast as 17-year-old rugby star Mana Roberts in the new Three drama series, Head High, Daniels realised he was going to have to remember what it was like to be a teenager all over again.