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NZ On Air awards for local music airplay

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Six stations awarded for playing over 20 percent New Zealand music across the airwaves over the past year.

Celebration of local content at NZ TV Awards 2024

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NZ On Air is delighted with the celebration of local content at tonight’s NZ TV Awards, with three-quarters of the awards won by NZ On Air funded content.

NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho announce co-funding for Scripted and Non-Fiction te reo and te ao Māori

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The successful applicants for the Irirangi Te Motu | NZ On Air - Te Māngai Pāho Reo Māori Co-Fund have been announced.

More genuinely Kiwi stories greenlit to entertain local audiences

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Four new drama series for a range of audiences have been greenlit in the final NZ On Air funding round of 2024

Firm audience favourites lead NZ On Air Non-Fiction funding

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Series consistently popular with Aotearoa New Zealand audiences lead the Non-Fiction projects funded in the latest NZ On Air funding round.

New Zealanders’ media behaviours ‘settling down’ after a strong period of change

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The year-on-year growth of global media platform audiences in New Zealand appears to be slowing, while the decline for local platforms may be stabilising.

Make them laugh – the wants and needs of the growing Māori media audience

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Comprehensive, independent research into the media behaviours, preferences and motivations of Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand

New podcast fund to support media coverage of arts, culture and creativity

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Creative New Zealand, NZ On Air and RNZ are working together to support the development of a new one-off fund for arts and culture.

A new show for Tom Sainsbury and more great local stories coming to screens

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A collection of comedy and children’s animation lead the way in the latest funding announcement from NZ On Air.

Well-known faces and local places feature in latest NZ On Air funded shows

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Content that celebrates and explores many facets of life in Aotearoa is among 19 new Non-Fiction projects funded in the latest NZ On Air funding round.

Life-saving funding injection for much-loved Shortland Street

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Shortland Street fans can breathe a sigh of relief, with NZ On Air giving a shot in the arm to the much-loved daily hospital drama.

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