26 November 2024 | 26 o Nōema 2024
The successful applicants for the Irirangi Te Motu|NZ On Air - Te Māngai Pāho Reo Māori Co-Fund have been announced with funding for content that reflects Aotearoa today and in recent history.
The joint co-fund of just over $8m opened in August 2024 seeking proposals for high quality Scripted and Non-Fiction te ao Māori content for a broad audience – and containing at least 30 percent te reo Māori.
“This Co-Fund directly demonstrates our remit to reflect and develop New Zealand identity and culture by promoting Māori language and Māori culture,” says NZ On Air Acting Co-Head of Funding, Kelly Davis. “This is an exciting group of projects that we can’t wait to see on screen. They reflect a breadth of Māori perspectives and should appeal to many audiences across Aotearoa New Zealand.”
A total of nine Scripted and Non-Fiction applications were submitted to the round – with three projects receiving Scripted production funding and one receiving Non-Fiction funding. Three Scripted Development projects were also funded and received $82,000 which will see further exciting projects developed for New Zealand audiences.
“The joint Co-Fund round has once again funded ambitious and high quality reo Māori projects that will reach broad audiences,” says Larry Parr, Kaihuatū of Te Māngai Pāho. “It is great to see the innovative reo strategies these producers are using to reflect the broad range of language speakers across Aotearoa and to deliver te reo Māori voices that are authentic and accessible.”
For content that reflects modern day Aotearoa, Baddies is a uniquely Kiwi series that does this with a slightly nostalgic feel. Aimed at rangatahi, Baddies is the story of a resourceful but lonely 12-year-old who, when a group of charismatic bank robbers take over a camp for wayward youth, must make a decision: become a true baddie or change his ways.
Exploring real-world issues and relationships in a post-COVID world, This Is Home is a comedy drama series for Whakaata Māori and Sky Open. While coping with the skyrocketing cost of living and barely liveable wages, sisters Nina and Kara must try and make sense of their love-hate relationship when forced to move back home with their whānau.
Scheduled for release in 2025, the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, KIWI is a docudrama for TVNZ+ and Whakaata Māori that follows WWII Māori Battalion soldier Lance Sergeant Haane Manahi, who, while fighting in North Africa, captured a vital enemy stronghold under machine-gun fire and took 300 German and Italian prisoners.
In Non-Fiction content, Origins 3 is a returning documentary series for TVNZ and 1 TVNZ+. This time Scotty Te Manahau Morrison tracks the voyage of waka on their journey to Aotearoa before landing on our shores.
The three Scripted, one Non-Fiction and three Scripted Development projects will receive total funding of up to $8,054,564.
Funding Decisions
The total funding is split 50/50 between Te Māngai Pāho and NZ On Air.
Note: All funding commitments are based on the funding applications received and must be contracted within a specified timeframe. Funding is only released, in stages, as contractual commitments are met. Funds committed but not contracted within the specified timeframe are written back and distributed in future funding rounds.
Scripted:
KIWI (working title), 1 x 80’, Wheke Group for viewing on TVNZ+ and Whakaata Māori, up to $1,095,962.
This is Home, 6 x 24’, 787 Media for viewing on Whakaata Māori and Sky Open, up to $2,233,682.
Baddies, 6 x 22’, Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions for viewing on TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2, up to $3,330,565.
Non-Fiction
Origins 3, 2 x 44’, Scottie Douglas Productions for viewing on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+, up to $1,312,355.
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Pānui Pāpāho
26 o Nōema 2024
He haupū pūtea nā NZOA me Te Māngai Pāho kua whakaritea ki te waihanga i ngā hōtaka Scripted, Non-Fiction rānei ka tuhia ki te reo Māori, e hāngai ana ki te ao Māori rānei.
Kua pāhōtia ngā kaitono i whai hua i te haupū pūtea o Irirangi Te Motu|NZ On Air – Te Māngai Pāho Reo Māori Co-Fund ki te waihanga hōtaka e kite atu ai te Aotearoa ā mohoa noa nei.
He $8m te wāriu o te haupū pūtea, ā, nō te marama o Akuhata 2024 ka tonoa atu ai ngā kaupapa Scripted, Non-Fiction hoki e hāngai ana ki te ao Māori mō te iwi katoa – ka mutu, me whai kia 30 paihēneti te noho o te reo Māori ki roto i te kaupapa.
Hei tā te Kairīwhi Kaiwhakahaere Tahua Pūtea o NZ On Air, a Kelly Davis, “Kua hua mai te haupū pūtea nei i tō mātou hiahia kia whai whakaaro, kia whakawhanake anō hoki i te tuakiritanga o Aotearoa mā roto mai te whakarewanga o te reo Māori, o te ahurea Māori anō hoki. E hīkaka ana mātou kia mātaki i ēnei hōtaka whakahirahira. Katoa ēnei hōtaka ka whai whakaaro ki te whānuitanga o ō te Māori whakaaro, me te aha, ka whai pānga ki te tini tāngata huri noa i Aotearoa.”
E iwa ngā tono Scripted, Non Scripted hoki i tau atu ki tēnei rauna – e toru ngā tono Scripted, kotahi anō hoki te tono Non Fiction i whai pūtea. E toru anō ngā tono Scripted i whai pūtea whakawhanake, ka riro i a rātau te $82,000, me te mōhio tonu ka hua mai he kaupapa whakahirahira anō mō ngā tini kaimātakitaki huri i Aotearoa.
Hei tā te Kaihautū o Te Māngai Pāho, a Larry Parr, “Nā te haupū pūtea nei i whai huruhuru ngā kaupapa hihiri, whai whakaaro nui anō hoki ki te kounga o te reo Māori, ka mutu, he kaupapa ka whai pānga ki te tini tāngata. He koanga ngākau ki te kite i te auaha o ngā rautaki reo Māori kua waihangatia e ēnei kaihautu kia whai whakaaro ki ngā taumata reo Māori rerekē huri noa i Aotearoa, me te aha, ko te whakaputanga motuhake o te reo Māori kia Māori tonu ia, kia whai pānga hoki ia ki te iwi katoa.”
Ka whai pānga te terenga hōtaka a Baddies ki te Aotearoa onāianei, ki te hunga e kīia ana he Kiwi rātou, me te aha, he wairua whakaingoingo tōna. He hōtaka tēnei mō te rangatahi, ā, he hōtaka a Baddies e kōrero ana mō tētahi rangatahi pūmanawa, hanga mokemoke hoki, e 12 noa iho te pakeke ka whakatauria mēnā ka whakaae ia kia tū hai tino baddie, kia whakarerekē rānei i tōnā ao i te pāhuatanga o tētahi hopuni mō ngā rangatahi hianga e tētahi tira kaiā.
Ka toro atu te hōtaka a This is Home ki ngā take o te wā, ki ngā hononga tāngata hoki i te ao whai muri atu i te mate kowheori, ā, he terenga hōtaka pukuhohe, whakaari anō hoki tēnei mō Whakaata Māori me Sky Open. I a Nina rāua ko Kara e ngana ana ki te whai oranga ahakoa te utu nui ki te whai whare, ki te whai pūtea e kite atu ai he oranga hoki, me whai māramatanga te tokorua - tuakana, teina - nei ki a rāua anō, i a rāua ka hoki ki tō rāua whānau, noho atu ai.
Hei whakapāhōtanga mō te tau 2025 me te whakamaumaharatanga o te 80 tau nō te mutunga o te pakanga tuarua o te ao, he pakipūmeka whakaari a KIWI mō TVNZ+ me Whakaata Māori ka whai i tētahi hoia nō te Hokowhitu a Tū, a Lance Sergeant Haane Manahi, i a ia i te raki o Awherika e whakarau ana i tētahi pā, ahakoa e pūhia ana ia e ngā pū mihini, kia mauhere hoki i tētahi ohu tāngata 300 te rahi o te tiamani me te itāriana.
Mō te taha ki ngā kaupapa Non-Fiction, ka hoki mai te pakipūmeka a Origins 3 mō TVNZ1 me TVNZ+. Ka whai a Scotty Te Manahau Morrison i ngā terenga wai o ngā waka ki Aotearoa i mua tonu i tō rātou paringa mai ki uta.
Ka ō katoa ngā hōtaka Scripted e toru, te hōtaka Non-Fiction me ngā kaupapa Scripted whakawhanake e toru ki te rahinga pūtea o te $8,054,564.
Ngā whakatau
Katoa katoa te haupū pūtea he mea wehe 50/50 e Te Māngai Pāho me Irirangi te Motu.
Katoa ngā herenga pūtea he mea whiriwhiri i ngā tono i tau mai ki a mātou, ka mutu, me mana ngā kirimana i te wā e tika ana. Ka putuputu te tuku i te pūtea, kia ea rā ngā here kirimana. Ko ngā pūtea kua herea engari kāore anō kia mana ki roto i te wā e tika ana, ka whakahokia mai, ka wherawherahia ki rauna pūtea anō.
Kaupapa Whakaari:
KIWI (working title), 1 x 80’, nā Wheke Group hei mātakitaki i TVNZ+ me Whakaata Māori, tae atu ki te $1,095,962.
This is Home, 6 x 24’, nā 787 Media hei mātakitaki i Whakaata Māori me Sky Open, tae atu ki te $2,233,682.
Baddies, 6 x 22’, nā Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions hei mātakitaki i TVNZ+ me TVNZ2, tae atu ki te $3,330,565.
Kaupapa Kōrero Pono
Origins 3, 2 x 44’, nā Scottie Douglas Productions hei mātakitaki i TVNZ1 me TVNZ+, tae atu ki te $1,312,355.