Nia's Extra Ordinary Life - 02, Castles Made of Sand (Episode Two)

Nia’s Extra Ordinary Life follows the adventures of Nia, a 10 year-old girl living in the Northland seaside town of Tinopai. There the ordinary becomes extra ordinary thanks to the power of her imagination — brought to life partly via onscreen animation. In this second episode Nia (Shania Gilmour) gets over leftover mussels and tomato sauce in her school lunch (yuck!) and missing her Mum, by building a sandcastle. The tide is getting closer, but no matter...Made by the team behind Auckland Daze, Nia’s Extra Ordinary Life marked Aotearoa’s first web series for children. 

I had no one to swap lunch with: Dad put leftover mussels in bread with tomato sauce. Yuck!

– Nia's woe

Key Cast & Crew

Shania Gilmour

As: Nia

Kiel McNaughton

Director, Writer

Kerry Warkia

Producer, Writer

Roko Babich

As: Nia's Dad, Cinematographer

Thomas Sutcliffe

Art Director

Adam Peri

Sound Design