New Music Pasifika funding

This fund was created to boost NZ On Air’s reach to under-served audiences such as Pasifika peoples.

This under-representation was highlighted within the Music Diversity Report that has been produced by NZ On Air since 2020.

Artists of Pasifika descent can apply to receive:

• up to $10,000 (plus GST, if registered)
• plus a 10% mandatory Artist Creation Fee
• a total per fund of up to $11,000.

The mandatory 10% Artist Creation Fee, up to $1,000 plus GST (if applicable), will be added and paid out only in the final drawdown. This fee covers the artist's creative work on the project.

New Music Pasifika provides funding for Pasifika artists to:

• professionally record a single song
• create visual content to promote the single
• pay other marketing and promotion costs to increase New Zealand audience awareness and engagement with the audio and visual content.

New Music Pasifika has no entry criteria threshold for applying.

The fund is open to all Pasifika-identifying artists.

All Music funding applications must include an initial budget outlining your expected costs.

• The Application Budget Template can be found as an Excel spreadsheet under New Music Pasifika documents below, or it is available here on Google Sheets.
• You can then upload or link to it in your New Music Pasifika funding application.

Successful applicants can claim any eligible expenses from the date the funding round opens.