This DEGANZ Watch List features both a new and a returning series, with DEGANZ members as directors and editors on the projects.

Up first is Tom Sainsbury’s new dramedy series, Small Town Scandal, directed by DEGANZ members Ghazaleh Gol and Calvin Sang. The first two episodes of the eight-part season are on SkyGo and Neon now, with new episodes dropping on Mondays.

Next is the third season of Scotty Morrison’s Origins, edited by fellow member Emma Patterson. This season continues his search to understand more about the origins of Māori from voyages across the Pacific Ocean to discovering Aotearoa. You can find episodes one and two on TVNZ+.

Small Town Scandal

Comedy Drama Series

Directors: Ghazaleh Gol and Calvin Sang

Tom Sainsbury brings his hit true-crime parody podcast to the screen. The beloved comedian plays a disgraced journalist-turned-true-crime podcast host investigating the death of his millionaire uncle in a town filled with eccentric suspects.

Origins

Factual Series

Directors: Dan Salmon and Whatanui Flavell

Editor: Emma Patterson

Scotty Morrison is back, following in the footsteps of the first explorers and settlers of Aotearoa, as they sailed down from Hawaiki to their new home.

Last updated on 19 February 2026