Tuia 250 content
Tuia 250 Live, 1 x 180 mins, Pango Productions for TVNZ 1 & Māori Television, up to $591,195. A live broadcast of the Tuia 250 ki Tūranga Festival, presented by John Campbell and Stacey Morrison.
Waka, 6 x 12 mins, Tawera Productions for E-Tangata & NZ Herald, up to $157,600. Four master carvers build four waka of their traditional style to welcome the Tuia 250 Flotilla when they arrive at Waitangi, our nation’s birthplace.
Re: discovering Aotearoa, 8 x 8 mins video content + 8 x 35 mins podcast, TVNZ for Re: up to $78,025. A multimedia series looking at how modern relationships mirror our nation’s first meeting of cultures and what we can learn for our shared future.
After White Guilt, 7 x 6 mins, Nia Phipps for NZ Herald, up to $139,452. A web-series telling the stories of New Zealanders who are reflecting on their colonial heritage, and taking action against racism.
General Factual
Loimata – Sweet Tears, 1 x 90 mins, Anna Marbrook Productions for Māori Television, up to $180,000. The story of traditional waka builder and ocean captain Ema Siope who in the final months of her life seeks to heal her family from systemic abuse.
Children's News RFP
Kea Kids News, 86 x 7 mins, Luke Nola & Friends for HEIHEI, up to $1,000,000. A children's news program that will provide NZ tamariki with a way to understand the world around them.
Event
You Are Us / Aroha Nui, 1 x 270 mins, Mediaworks TV for Three, up to $200,000. Live coverage of Aroha Nui, You Are Us, a concert to raise funds and bring people together following the March 15th attack.
National Remembrance Service, 1 x 90 mins, TVNZ for TVNZ 1, up to $49,052. Live coverage of the National Remembrance Service held to pay respects to the victims of the March 15th attack.
Smoke Free Rock Quest & Tangata Beats, 77 x 2 mins, Rockquest Promotions for WatchMe, up to $50,000. Meet the nation's best young musicians as they battle it out for a places in the Smokefreerockquest and Smokefree Tangata Beats national finals.
The Red Carpet Attitude Awards 2019, 1 x 59 mins, Attitude Pictures for TVNZ 1, up to $84,100.Coverage of the 2019 Attitude Awards which celebrate the achievements of New Zealanders living with disabilities.
Scripted
General
Creamerie, 6 x 22 mins, Flat3 Productions for TVNZ 2, up to $1,733,889. After a viral plague has wiped out 99% of men, 3 Kiwi-Asian dairy farmers suddenly encounter a man after 8 years of abs(tin)ence.
Cousins, 1 x 100 mins, Miss Conception Films for Māori Television, up to $200,000. Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each other.
Raupapa Whakaari - Development
(*Not Her Real Name), Pip Hall, Carmen J Leonard and Deborah Cope, up to $10,000.
All of Me, Daniel Musgrove, Natalie Medlock, Shoshana McCallum and Peter Salmon, up to $10,000.
Chasing Pure, Carey James Carter, Gavin Strawhan, Rachel Lang and Steven Ivan Zanoski, up to $10,000.
Dreamhunter, Roxane Gajadhar and Angela Littlejohn, up to $10,000.
Drunk Poetry, Briar Grace-Smith, Victor Roger and Desray Armstrong, up to $10,000
O, Donna Malane, Paula Boock and Carthew Neal, up to $10,000.
Rockburn, Hannah Marshall, David de Lautour, Gareth Williams and Kelly Martin, up to $10,000.
Ruatoria, Kath Akuhuta Brown, Greg McGee, Philippa Rennie and Robin Scholes, up to $10,000.
The Different Girl, Alison Maclean and Philippa Campbell, up to $10,000.
The Harder They Fall, Matthew Saville, Luke Sharpe and Gerard Johnstone, up to $10,000.