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NZ On Air
Connecting and reflecting our nation
NZ On Air invests in public media for many audiences. We find and support great audio and visual content that holds a mirror up to New Zealand and our people. We do this through the platform-neutral NZ Media Fund.
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Six Pan-Asian Led Creative Teams To Bring Their Stories To Screens Across The Motu
Monday, 8 March 2021, 1:15 pm | NZ On Air
NZ On Air has invested $1.7m in six documentary projects that speak to the diversity of experiences of Pan-Asian peoples in Aotearoa. The projects were chosen following a call out for high-quality Factual content with a focus on Pan-Asian led creative ... More >>
The Best Medicine – Three Local Comedy Productions Set To Bring Laughter To Aotearoa Audiences
Friday, 5 March 2021, 2:04 pm | NZ On Air
NZ On Air has backed one new feature film and two returning comedy projects to bring more crack-up content to the nation in 2021. Up to $1.2m has been invested in three productions, showcasing the best and brightest of Aotearoa’s comedic talent to ... More >>
An Innovative Approach To Leadership Of Premium Productions For International Audiences Fund
Friday, 26 February 2021, 10:06 am | NZ On Air
The three agencies collaborating to deliver the Te PunaKairangi Premium Fund, the Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund have struck on an innovative leadership model for the Fund. Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission ... More >>
Local Music On Radio Hits Highest Peak Since Records Began
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 11:30 am | NZ On Air
Local music broke several records for radio airplay and chart placings in 2020 – in spite of the many challenges the industry faced due to the pandemic, according to NZ On Air, the Radio Broadcasters Association and Recorded Music NZ. ... More >>
Premium, Bilingual Content Coming To More Aotearoa Screens
Monday, 22 February 2021, 9:25 am | NZ On Air
Successful projects from the latest Te Māngai Pāho and Irirangi Te Motu/NZ On Air co-fund have been announced. A total of $4 million has been awarded to nine applicants, which will see varying levels of te reo Māori used across a ... More >>
New TVNZ Anthology Series To Explore Māori, Pasifika, And Filipino Supernatural Beings
Monday, 22 February 2021, 9:20 am | NZ On Air
NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho have announced funding for a new six episode anthology series set to explore supernatural stories of Māori, Pasifika, and Filipino cultures. The new scripted series will screen during prime-time on TVNZ 2, and support six ... More >>
New Funding Invests In Talent Development Of New Music Artists
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 2:39 pm | NZ On Air
A new scheme to develop the songwriting and sonics of new and emerging local music artists will invest in the future music aspirations of dozens of talented musicians. The first funding round results have just been released by NZ On Air, with 27 music ... More >>
Stories Reflecting Many Facets Of Aotearoa Funded For 2021
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 10:55 am | NZ On Air
NZ On Air will fund hours of new, important documentary content in 2021 telling stories that reflect the many different faces of Aotearoa. In the final funding round of 2020 successful projects cover a broad range of topics from disability to ... More >>
A New Telefeature And Three New Projects For Young Audiences – Latest NZ On Air Funding
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 9:10 am | NZ On Air
The final NZ On Air funding round of 2020 will deliver more unique New Zealand stories to screen audiences here, and overseas. Telefeature Princess of Chaos is the story of a political scandal as told from the perspective of the ‘other woman,’ Bevan ... More >>
Support For Journalism And Current Affairs Keeps New Zealanders Informed
Monday, 7 December 2020, 2:58 pm | NZ On Air
The final NZ On Air funding round of 2020 has confirmed support for a number of returning specialist current affairs shows and important investigative journalism initiatives. The award-winning Stuff Circuit and Newsroom Investigates teams of top ... More >>
The Many Faces Of Aotearoa In Profile – More Uniquely New Zealand Stories
Monday, 5 October 2020, 3:58 pm | NZ On Air
The many faces of Aotearoa feature in new and returning factual content to achieve funding in the latest hotly contested NZ On Air funding round. Delivering in its vision of ‘connecting and reflecting Aotearoa’ the lineup of content for many ... More >>
Te Māngai Pāho And NZ On Air Co-fund Round Announcement
Monday, 5 October 2020, 9:29 am | NZ On Air
Te Māngai Pāho and Irirangi Te Motu/NZ On Air have announced a new co-fund to encourage high-quality, compelling Māori language content for distribution to a broad range of audiences. The fund seeks high-quality, scripted and factual, original ... More >>
$11.2m Of Local Games, Shows And Songs To Spark Curiosity And Creativity In Tamariki
Friday, 2 October 2020, 2:29 pm | NZ On Air
Tamariki across Aotearoa can let their imaginations run wild with the latest drop of exciting new local shows and games funded by NZ On Air. $11.2m has been allocated for six games, 15 shows and 20 songs that will be available across HEIHEI.nz (games), ... More >>
Don’t Worry – There’s Plenty To Laugh About In 2021!
Friday, 2 October 2020, 11:02 am | NZ On Air
Local audiences will have plenty to cheer them up in 2021, with hours of returning and new local comedy and drama headed for our screens. A new Prime sitcom, Raised By Refugees , from comedian Pax Assadi, invites viewers into the confusing, and at ... More >>
Challenging Times For Local Media As Global Digital Offerings Lure Audiences
Tuesday, 1 September 2020, 10:26 am | NZ On Air
2020 looks to be the year traditional media audiences are overtaken by digital media audiences, according to NZ On Air’s Where Are The Audiences? 2020 research , released today. In the fourth wave of research in the Where Are The Audiences? ... More >>
Many And Varied Stories Of Aotearoa Commissioned In Latest NZ On Air Funding Round
Monday, 20 July 2020, 11:28 am | NZ On Air
Contemporary history, music, culture, architecture, and cancer are just some of the many subjects to be explored in 18 new and eight returning informative documentaries green lit in NZ On Air’s funding round this week. Important recent historical events ... More >>
$16 Million Invested In Three Local Drama Series, Firing Up The Local Production Sector
Friday, 17 July 2020, 2:15 pm | NZ On Air
NZ On Air will support two new drama series and one successful returning drama series, bringing powerful local stories to screens and creating up to 350 jobs on sets. The Panthers dramatises the founding of the Polynesian Panthers during Robert Muldoon’s ... More >>
More Accessible Screen Content For Hearing And Sight Impaired New Zealanders
Friday, 17 July 2020, 10:54 am | NZ On Air
Hearing impaired and sight impaired audiences will be able to enjoy significantly more of their favourite TV programmes following a major funding boost to the organisation that provides captions and audio description. NZ On Air is almost doubling the funding ... More >>
Working towards gender and ethnicity balance
Monday, 13 July 2020, 2:33 pm | NZ On Air
Women are well-represented among writers and producers in screen content, but still battling for their place as directors, and we need more Asian screen creatives in all creative roles, and more women recording artists, according to the latest NZ ... More >>
Huge Shifts In The Ways Children Access Media – New Research From NZ On Air And BSA
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 1:57 pm | NZ On Air
New Zealand’s children are increasingly consuming stories, songs and games on international media and platforms, missing out on local content and potentially impacting on their sense of identity and belonging. The Children’s Media Use Study 2020, ... More >>
