What is New Music Pan-Asian?
Funding of up to $10,000 (plus GST, if registered) is available for artists who self-identify as Pan-Asian*, plus a 10% mandatory Artist Creation Fee, for a total per fund up to $11,000.
As of January 2024, the mandatory 10% Artist Creation Fee amounting up to $1,000 plus GST (if applicable), will be appended to your grant and disbursed exclusively in the final Drawdown. This fee pertains to internal creative services provided to the project by the artist. Consequently, the New Music Pan-Asian funding grant of $10,000 will include an additional maximum payment of up to $1,000, resulting in a total funding amount of up to $11,000.
The funding may go towards the costs of recording, mixing, mastering; any additional production or work on a single song; creating visual content to aid in the promotion and release of the single; and promotion and marketing.
New Music Pan-Asian is the newest targeted funding initiative for NZ On Air which was launched during NZ Music Month in May 2023. It is aimed at supporting Pan-Asian musicians in releasing their songs, creating accompanying visual content and promotion.
The fund was created in response to the lack of equitable representation of Pan-Asian New Zealand musicians in the Aotearoa music sector.
Unlike New Music Single funding, New Music Pan-Asian has no entry threshold criteria for applying and is open to all Pan-Asian identifying artists.
*Pan-Asian, as defined by the ‘M49 Standard’ from the United Nations, covers all of Asia (Central, Eastern, South-Eastern, Southern and Western Asia).
As of January 2025, all Music funding applications must include an initial budget outlining your expected costs. This is to help assessors understand what you will be using the funding for and allows applicants to budget their project prior to receiving funding.
Successful applicants can now claim any eligible expenses from the date the funding round opens, instead of from the date the funding round closes.
Read below for what is required for each drawdown instalment:
Drawdown 1: $8,000 – Advance
- Read and sign your Funding Agreement letter (this is sent to the applicant's email address who applied for the funding)
- Submit the Initial Budget for your single that is approved by the NZ On Air Music team
- Read and sign the Safe Spaces Agreement
- Provide your invoice for this $8,000 instalment
Drawdown 2: $2,000 – Advance
- Evidence that you have completed your audio track and video content with the correct NZ On Air logo applied in accordance with our accreditation requirements
- Confirmed release date for the single
- A written update on the creative progress of the Single and the work done to date
- Cost Report showing your expenditure to date against the Initial Budget
- Provide your invoice for this $2,000 instalment
Drawdown 3: $1,000 – Advance (with Artist Creation Fee)
- Evidence that you have released your single, video content and completed promotion
- A written update on the creative progress of the Single and the work done to complete the Single
- Final Cost Report showing your expenditure to date against the Initial Budget
- Provide us with a Marketing and Promotion report in accordance with our requirements outlined
- Provide your invoice for the $1,000 Artist Creation Fee
If you do not have Excel or Numbers, please click here to use the Google Sheets online to fill in your Application Budget.
When using Google Sheets, please go to the top left corner to click "File" then "Save as Google Sheets" to duplicate this template to your Google Drive. You can then fill it out with your budget costs, then link to the sheets OR download as a Microsoft Excel file to upload into the application.
New Music Pan-Asian May/Apr
Applications Open: Friday 27 March
Applications Close: Thursday 17 April, 4pm
Results Published: Thursday 22 May