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Round Rua webinar

Applications to Round Rua, our second funding round of the 2024/25 financial year, close on 12 September.

Our apologies for the incorrect information in our last Shorts newsletter, which promoted a webinar that had already occurred! That webinar, which was held on 31 July, was recorded and can be found here.

We are, however, holding a second Round Rua applicant information webinar next Tuesday 3 September from 3 to 4pm. This webinar is predominantly for those who are in the process of, or just about to, submit an application. We find that there are often last-minute questions before a round closes, so the Funding team will be on hand to answer all your queries. And we will also provide some tips to help you fill out the application form correctly.

Just email us at funding@nzonair.govt.nz to register for that webinar and we will send you a Zoom link closer to the time.

Where Are The Audiences? 2024

The Where Are The Audiences? 2024 presentation was held earlier this week. As always, there was great interest from the sector to learn more about audience behaviour.

This year, the research showed that year-on-year growth of the global media platform audiences in Aotearoa New Zealand looks to be slowing, while the decline of local platforms may be plateauing. These along with other findings, reinforce that NZ On Air’s approach – ensuring content is created with specific audiences in mind, on the platforms they are using and is promoted well to ensure they find it – is the right one.

The other key takeaways from the report included:

  • TVNZ 1 remains the most popular TV channel, and TVNZ + the most popular local on demand platform
  • Netflix’s use has declined this year from 42% to 38%
  • YouTube is the most popular global video sharing site (younger audience is down)
  • Instagram continues to grow in NZ, driven by the 40-59s
  • Spotify is tops for streaming, reaching 35%
  • Newstalk ZB has pipped RNZ National in daily reach (8% vs 7%)
  • TVNZ News and Stuff are the most popular news sources, with TVNZ the most trusted

If you would like to read the full report, you can find it here on the Research section of our website - https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/research/.

Screen guild work standards

As part of our standard Production Funding Agreement that producers sign when they have been approved NZ On Air funding for their project, there is a section that covers our expectation that producers abide by agreed industry work standards for cast and crew as defined by and reflected in:

We know that most producers are already doing this – and we also appreciate that the wider media sector is currently facing challenging times with rising costs and fewer production opportunities. But, as we have been alerted to a couple of instances where some productions have not been doing this, we felt it timely to reaffirm our expectations in this space.

If you need more information or a reminder of the standards, check out the links above.

Logos

Just a quick reminder: when using our logo on your content, or to credit NZ On Air as a sponsor of your event, please remember we no longer use the multi-coloured logo. This was phased out a few years ago.

Our logo is the blue NZ On Air logo below. This is the logo that should be used for any accreditation of funded content that is broadcast or uploaded/published, and in any publicity or promotional material.

Blue logo

Please go here to find our updated logo pack or, if you are unsure, you can email us at communications@nzonair.govt.nz and we’ll be happy to help.

For Music funding, we also have the green NZ On Air Music logo and an orange NZ On Air GDSR logo for those who have received the Game Development Sector Rebate.