Information for applicants to Round Toru now available. The final funding round for the 2024/25 financial year opens next week.
Our final funding round for the 2024/25 financial year opens next week on Thursday 12 December. This round we will be accepting Non-Fiction and Scripted production applications (including children’s content, podcasts and part-financing of feature films) as well as applications for supported Non-Fiction and Scripted content development. We will also consider applications for Capability and Discoverability.
Just a quick reminder, to provide more flexibility for applicants over the holiday period, Round Toru opens for applications before Christmas and is open until 30 January.
Allocations for this round are:
- Approximately $4m for Non-Fiction projects
- In this round, we will accept Non-Fiction screen applications for documentaries, general factual, comedy panel shows and unscripted comedy shows, and partial financing of documentary feature films.
- We will consider applications with international intellectual property, but priority will be given to local formats. We will accept podcast applications in this round but please refer to our guidelines to ensure your podcast meets our funding criteria.
- Approximately $6m for Scripted projects
- We will prioritise applications seeking $1m to ~$3m per project for this round. We will accept applications seeking under $1m but will likely preference those with a finance plan that includes third-party funding. Drama and comedy are both eligible, as well as partial financing of feature films.
- Approximately $3m for rangatahi content
- We welcome applications for Scripted and Non-Fiction projects that will reach rangatahi audiences (15 – 24-year-olds).
- Approximately $3.5m for tamariki content
- We welcome both Scripted and Non-Fiction children’s projects.
The Round Toru Information for funding applicants is now available here on our website.
Timeline
Applicant information webinar: Wednesday 4 December from 3-4pm on Zoom.
- To register, email funding@nzonair.govt.nz.
Applications Open: Thursday 12 December
- All applications must be made through our funding application portal. Applications not submitted through this system will not be accepted.
Applications Close: Thursday 30 January 2025, 4pm
- Late applications will not be considered. In very exceptional circumstances, we may consider an out-of-time application for time-sensitive projects agreed prior by a Co-Head of Funding.
Decisions confirmed, applicants notified: Friday 11 April 2025
This date may be extended at NZ On Air’s sole discretion.