Editing Soap opera (section)

===Television===
Pioneering series ''[[Pukemanu]]''<ref>NZ On Screen - [http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/pukemanu/series Pukemanu]</ref> aired over two years (1971–72) and was the [[NZBC]]'s first continuing drama. It followed the goings-on of a North Island timber town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/pukemanu/series|title=NZ On Screen|access-date=9 August 2015}}</ref>
''[[Close to Home (1975 TV series)|Close to Home]]'' is a New Zealand television soap opera that ran on [[TVNZ 1]] from 1975 to 1983. At its peak in 1977 nearly one million viewers tuned in twice weekly to watch the series co-created by Michael Noonan and Tony Isaac (who had initially only agreed to make the show on the condition they would get to make ''[[The Governor (New Zealand TV series)|The Governor]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/close-to-home-1975/series|title=NZ On Screen|access-date=9 August 2015}}</ref> ''[[Gloss (TV series)|Gloss]]'' is a television drama series that screened from 1987 to 1990. The series is about a fictional publishing empire run by the Redfern family. Gloss was NZ's answer to US soap ''Dynasty'', with the Carrington oil scions replaced by the wealthy Redferns and their Auckland magazine empire. It was a starting point for many actors who went on to many productions in New Zealand, Australia and around the world including [[Temuera Morrison]], [[Miranda Harcourt]], [[Peter Elliott (New Zealand actor)|Peter Elliott]], [[Lisa Chappell]], [[Danielle Cormack]] and [[Kevin Smith (New Zealand actor)|Kevin Smith]]. Many of them would go on to star in ''[[Shortland Street]]'', which has been New Zealand's most popular soap since its debut in 1992. It airs on [[TV 2 (New Zealand)|TVNZ 2]].