MediaWorks
Our thoughts are with our MediaWorks colleagues and their production partners. While the television business is for sale, NZ On Air is taking a business as usual approach.
NZ On Air / Te Māngai Pāho Māori Factual Co-Fund Shortlist
In September NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho released an RFP seeking short-form proposals for a joint fund of up to $4m for ‘new, high-quality, receptive-language, screen Factual content for a broad and sizeable audience’.
Out of 15 applications, our joint panel have shortlisted the following eight projects to submit full proposals to the second stage of assessment.
Congratulations to:
The Māori in Me / Rochelle Umaga / Cabrikaan Productions
Kī Mai Āe / Annabelle Lee-Mather / Great Southern TV
Hongi To Hāngī - and everything in between / Annabelle Lee-Mather / Great Southern TV
The Walkers / Nicole Horan / HiMama Productions
National Treasures / Bailey Mackey / Pango Productions
Natives Abroad / Bailey Mackey / Pango Productions
Ake, Ake, Ake / Meg Douglas / Scottie Douglas Productions
Toi / Meg Douglas / Scottie Douglas Productions
The next submission deadline for full proposals is 16 January 2020, with production funding decisions announced 14 February 2020.
December Round Figures
The numbers are in!
Our final funding round for 2019 closed yesterday, and saw 58 Factual applications submitted requesting up to $23.8m million and 9 Scripted applications submitted requesting up to $4.1m.
Our funding team are already hard at work beginning the assessment process. Final funding decisions are to be announced around December 4th.
2020 Deadlines & Funding Dates
All 2020 deadlines and funding decisions dates are now available on our website here.
These dates are for our four funding streams, Scripted, Factual, Platforms and Music.
Make sure you keep a copy of these deadlines handy, 2020 is looming closer!
Congratulations Amie
We’re delighted to announce that our Head Of Funding Amie Mills has given birth to her beautiful bundle of joy, Maisie Belle Mills.
Born October 2nd, we can definitively say Maisie is NZ On Air's finest production this year!