New Zealand Screen Awards wins for My Life Is Murder and Happiness

24 November 2025


We are delighted to announce that the wonderful musical comedy series Happiness and the excellent returning detective series My Life is Murder both won awards at the New Zealand Screen Awards which took place last Friday, 21st November, in Auckland.

Peter Hambleton won the Best Supporting Actor in a Series award for his role as the tyrannical amateur theatre director Adrian in Happiness, and Sarah Voon won Best Costume Design-Series for her work on My Life Is Murder.

Happiness is a Greenstone TV Production for Three/Sky Free, made with the support of NZ On Air.

My Life is Murder is a Greenstone Pictures Production for TVNZ, Acorn TV & DCD Rights, made with the assistance of the New Zealand Government’s Screen Production Rebate (NZSPR).

Both series are distributed internationally by DCD Rights.

We would like to congratulate Peter and Sarah on their well-deserved wins.