NZ television show a finalist at International Kids' Emmys

New Zealand television show among finalists at International Emmy Kids Awards.

A multi-award-winning New Zealand children’s programme will be in the global spotlight this weekend, when it competes at the world’s top awards for television.

Let’s Get Inventin’ from Auckland production company Luke Nola & Friends has been nominated for a prestigious 2014 International Emmy Kids Award.

The popular show about young inventors currently screens locally on TV2, and in more than 30 countries around the world.

It features youngsters competing for prizes, and the chance to see their often-ingenious ideas patented.

The International Emmy Kids Awards recognise excellent in television programmes produced outside the United States.

Let’s Get Inventin’ is one of only 23 nominees from 17 countries, competing in six categories.

The show has been nominated in the non-scripted entertainment category.

Award winners will be announced at a red carpet event in New York on Saturday afternoon, New Zealand time.

Attending the New York awards will be Luke Nola, the show’s creator and producer.

Mr Nola launched the long-running programme in back in 2006. The episode nominated for an Emmy Kids Award is from the seventh series, now screening in New Zealand.

“This is very exciting time for everyone involved in the show, plus a win for NZ innovation at a grass roots level.”

“Let’s Get Inventin’ has delivered far more than entertainment, it’s shown kids that they can all imagine and make their ideas real, get in the shed, build something, it’s massive fun! But also our young inventors have been rewarded with 12 patents. The youngest to get one was just eight - the youngest ever in New Zealand.”

“Receiving an International Emmy nomination is a tribute to those youngsters, and their brilliance as inventors. Over the past 10 years we’ve seen the show progress along side the growth of the popular science genre. We are proud to have been part of that and hope to further grow our audience’s curiosity and imagination.”

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