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More accessible screen content for hearing and sight impaired New Zealanders

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Hearing impaired and sight impaired audiences will be able to enjoy significantly more of their favourite TV programmes following a major funding boost

$16 million invested in three local drama series, firing up the local production sector

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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

Working towards gender and ethnicity balance in the screen sector

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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...

Huge shifts in the ways children access media – new research from NZ On Air and BSA

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New Zealand’s children are increasingly consuming stories, songs and games on international media and platforms

Turning up the volume of Pasifika music in Aotearoa

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24 Pasifika music artists have won funding to record new music, including tracks in Pacific languages, thanks to a record investment from NZ On Air.

NZ On Air welcomes budget boost on behalf of vital public media services

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Vital public media platforms have been thrown a timely lifeline by today’s Budget 2020 announcement of a funding boost.

NZ’s home for children’s media content is on the move

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HEIHEI, the safe, ad-free home for children’s media content is moving its shows to TVNZ OnDemand from next week.

A welcome hand up for local content

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NZ On Air welcomes today’s announcement by Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Hon. Kris Faafoi of some immediate relief for local media

Favourite kids shows renewed to keep tamariki entertained and engaged

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Aotearoa’s tamariki are in for a treat, with NZ On Air investing $2.7m in the renewal of seven entertaining and educational shows for kids, including the much-

Fresh opportunities and stories in latest funding for local production sector

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NZ On Air is fast-tracking into production a diverse range of new content from fresh creative teams in the latest funding round, ensuring there’s a pipeline...

NZ On Air appoints new Chief Executive

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NZ On Air has appointed Cameron Harland to lead the public media agency. He will take up the Chief Executive reins from Tuesday 17 March.

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