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The Public Good
Strategic communications for the creative sector.
We partner with creators and the organisations that support them to build understanding, shape reputation and connect exceptional creative work with the audiences, stakeholders and opportunities that matter most. Across film, television, publishing, music, theatre and the wider creative sector, we provide strategic communications, publicity and trusted counsel for creative projects, organisations and the people behind them.
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Kiwi Music Icons Strawpeople Reunite For 2023 Album Knucklebones
Friday, 4 August 2023, 6:40 am | The Public Good
New Zealand’s electropop icons Strawpeople return in 2023 with a brand new album, Knucklebones , which sees Paul Casserly and Fiona McDonald back together as the core of the project. Knucklebones is a collection of all-new material produced by Paul ... More >>
Waiata Anthems 2023: July Releases
Friday, 7 July 2023, 6:08 am | The Public Good
As the Māori New Year arrives, Waiata Anthems honours the rising of Matariki with a new release of waiata and video content, showcasing an exciting group of established and emerging artists sharing their experiences of creating reo Māori music. Throughout ... More >>
Screenrights Cultural Fund Opens For Applications And 2023 Focus Announced As "New Visions"
Friday, 3 February 2023, 11:06 am | Screenrights
Screenrights’ 2023 Cultural Fund is open for applications today, with up to $250,000 in funding available for projects that respond to the annual focus of New Visions. “New Visions aim to let us see something differently. Perhaps it’s a reimagining ... More >>
Brand New Local Series Sik Fan Lah! Coming To Tvnz This February
Monday, 23 January 2023, 5:07 pm | The Public Good
We are excited to celebrate the 2023 Lunar New Year with the announcement of Sik Fan Lah!, a brand new local series coming to TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+ this February. Sik Fan Lah! is a culinary adventure across Aotearoa uncovering hilarious and hearty ... More >>
Peter Ellis, The Creche Case & Me: A True Crime Series About A Crime That Never Happened
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 10:11 am | The Public Good
In Newsroom’s extraordinary eight-part series Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me , a multi-award-winning investigative team takes audiences inside New Zealand’s greatest true crime story about a crime that never happened - when a kind of madness ... More >>
Kingfisher Film & Blinder Film In Association With Southern Light Films Announce New Six Part Drama Series THE GONE
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 6:36 am | The Public Good
Starring Richard Flood ( Grey’s Anatomy , Shameless , Crossing Lines ) & Acushla-Tara Kupe ( Under the Vines , Mr Corman ) with Michelle Fairley ( Game of Thrones , Gangs of London , Fortitude ) Carolyn Bracken ( The Quiet Girl , You Are ... More >>
Screenrights Announces $213k Funding For Five Projects Supported By 2022 Cultural Fund
Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 11:02 am | Screenrights
Screenrights has announced five projects - including two from Aotearoa New Zealand - will be supported by the 2022 round of its annual Cultural Fund, to total $213,083 in funding for this year’s focus of ‘New Opportunities’. Celebrating its fifth ... More >>
The Wiggles Are Wiggling Their Way To New Zealand With Their 2022 Big Show Tour!
Tuesday, 7 June 2022, 9:17 am | The Public Good
New Zealand, get ready to Wiggle! The Wiggles are coming to perform for you in August as part of their Big Show Tour! This show will see Anthony, Tsehay, Lachy and Simon singing and dancing their way around New Zealand with all their Wiggly Friends; Captain ... More >>
Go North This Autumn With The Inaugural Volvo Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa 2022
Thursday, 24 March 2022, 6:04 pm | The Public Good
Tickets have today gone on sale for the inaugural Volvo Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa 2022 . From 21 April, the festival will showcase the best of contemporary Scandinavian cinema in five centres around the country: Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Nelson ... More >>
Now Streaming: Milked - The Kiwi Documentary That Exposes The Whitewash Of NZ Dairy
Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 6:47 pm | The Public Good
Pictured: The latest MILKED billboard near the NZ Parliament buildings in Wellington. The same billboard has also been installed in Auckland, down the road from Fonterra HQ. Design inspired by the 'Got Milk?' campaign. Image created by Menkay, a former ... More >>
Look Out NZ Dairy!: Kiwi Documentary Feature MILKED Surpasses 60% Of Its $100,000 Crowdfunding Goal Within 24 Hours
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 7:24 am | The Public Good
MILKED , an award-winning kiwi documentary that exposes the whitewash of New Zealand’s multi-billion-dollar dairy industry, looks set to make waves with its global online release on Friday 18 March having surpassed 60% of its $NZD100,000 crowdfunding goal ... More >>
Screenrights Cultural Fund Opens For Applications And 2022 Focus Announced As "New Opportunities"
Friday, 4 February 2022, 11:05 am | Screenrights
Screenrights’ 2022 Cultural Fund is open for applications today, with up to $250,000 in funding available for projects that respond to the annual focus of New Opportunities . In an effort to strengthen the chance of funding for more diverse projects and ... More >>
The Charming World Of NZ-Made Animated Series Kiri And Lou Set To Expand
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 11:27 am | The Public Good
Internationally acclaimed NZ-made pre-school animation show Kiri and Lou , is expanding its universe this month with the release of a new season on TVNZ, a second album, the debut of their first original book and a new nappy range. Scholastic has signed ... More >>
Show Me Shorts Film Festival - FOOTSTEPS ON THE WIND & FORBIDDEN TO SEE US SCREAM IN TEHRAN
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 6:46 am | Show Me Shorts Film Festival
STING collaborates with filmmaker MAYA SANBAR on animated short film which focuses on refugees and climate change Winner of Oscar-qualifying Awards at Cinequest Film Festival & Flicker’s Rhode Island International Film Festival Maya Sanbar’s ... More >>
Screenrights Announces $249,600 Funding For Seven Projects Supported By 2021 Cultural Fund
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 11:19 am | Screenrights
Screenrights has announced seven projects will be supported by the 2021 round of its annual Cultural Fund, to total $249,600 in funding for this year’s focus of ‘New Teams’. This is the fourth year of the Screenrights Cultural Fund, which ... More >>
2021 French Film Festival Aotearoa: Programme Unveiled
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 3:40 pm | The Public Good
Tickets have this morning gone on sale for the 2021 French Film Festival Aotearoa, which also today unveils its 21 carefully curated titles which will screen at cinemas across the country. The full 2021 programme consists of hand-picked gems selected ... More >>
Waiata / Anthems - The Series
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 9:54 am | The Public Good
Notable Pictures, in association with TVNZ, Raukatauri Productions and Te Māngai Pāho are proud to announce the upcoming series, ‘Waiata / Anthems’. More >>
AMC Networks' Acorn TV And TVNZ Commission New 6-Part Romantic Comedy 'Under The Vines'
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 8:12 am | The Public Good
Charles Edwards (The Crown, The Terror, Downton Abbey). AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and TVNZ are excited to announce the commissioning of New Zealand romantic comedy Under the Vines with Acorn Media Enterprises from production company Libertine Pictures ... More >>
Totally Under Control: Coming To Apple Itunes Nz Tuesday October 13th
Thursday, 8 October 2020, 6:25 pm | The Public Good
Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney unveils damning documentary, ‘TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL’, chronicling the White House’s failed response to the Coronavirus pandemic - which has so far resulted in the deaths of over 210,000 Americans. Film releases ... More >>
COVID-19 Takes Toll On Employee Mental Health And Wellbeing
Saturday, 19 September 2020, 4:29 pm | Umbrella
COVID-19 has created a unique set of emotional challenges in the workplace, an issue employers need effective tools to support and manage. Tamara Mapp-Borren, Acting CEO of Umbrella says, “COVID-19 has created a whole new work environment, there ... More >>
