NZ On Air And Te Māngai Pāho Announce Co-funding For Scripted And Non-Fiction Te Reo And Te Ao Māori Content

Candidates who have benefited from the Irish National Scholarship have been announced NZ On Air – Te Māngai Paho Reo Co-Fund to create programs that will see New Zealand in the future.

The fund is worth $8m, and from August 2024 Scripted and Non-Fiction projects focusing on the Māori world will be submitted for the whole community - eventually, 30 per cent the presence of te reo Māori in the program.

According to the Acting Director of the Irish National Fund, Kelly Davis, "This fund is a result of our desire to think about and develop the identity of New Zealand through the launch of te reo Māori, of Māori culture as well. We are excited to watch these exciting programs. All of these programs will take into account the range of Māori views and will have an impact on many people around New Zealand."

Nine Scripted and Non Scripted applications were received in this round - three Scripted applications and one Non Fiction application received funding. Three more Scripted applications received development funding, each receiving $82,000, with the knowledge that it will result in another important program for many viewers in New Zealand.

According to the CEO of Te Māngai Pāho, Larry Parr, "This funding has given life to dynamic projects that have a strong focus on the quality of the Māori language, and ultimately, a project that will have an impact on many people. people. It is exciting to see the creativity of the Māori language strategies that these leaders have created to take into account the different Māori language levels around New Zealand, and why, the unique expression of te reo Māori to be Māori, for him to have an impact on all the people."

The Baddies program will have an impact on contemporary New Zealand, on those who call themselves Kiwis, and why, it has a nostalgic spirit. This is a youth program, and Baddies is a program that tells the story of a talented, self-made 12-year-old who must decide whether to become a real baddie or change his world. the robbery of a youth camp by a group of gangsters.

This is Home explores contemporary issues and relationships in the post-coronavirus world, and is a fast-paced comedy and drama program for Māori Television and Sky Open. While Nina and Kara are trying to make a living despite the high cost of owning a house and having money to see a life, the two - brothers and sisters - need to understand each other, each of them went back to their whānau to stay.

In anticipation of 2025 and commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, KIWI has produced a documentary for TVNZ+ and Whakaata Māori following a soldier from the Tu Hokuhitu, Lance Sergeant Haane Manahi. , while in North Africa taking a village captive, despite being fired upon by machine guns, and capturing a group of 300 people German and Italian.

In terms of Non-Fiction, the documentary Origins 3 returns for TVNZ1 and TVNZ+. Scotty Te Manahau Morrison follows the waterways of the boats to New Zealand just before they come ashore.

All three Scripted programs, the Non-Fiction program and the three developing Scripted programs will receive a budget of $8,054,564.

Decisions

All funding is split 50/50 by Te Managi Paho and Radio Te Motu.

All financial commitments are based on proposals received by us, and contracts are valid when applicable. The release of the budget will be completed until the contractual obligations are met. Funds that have been tied up but not yet approved within the required time frame will be returned and re-opened in the next funding round.

Drama Theme:

• KIWI (working title), 1 x 80', by Wheke Group for viewing on TVNZ+ and Whakaata Māori, up to $1,095,962.
• This is Home , 6 x 24', by 787 Media to be viewed on Whakaata Māori and Sky Open, up to $2,233,682.
• Baddies , 6 x 22', by Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions to watch on TVNZ+ and TVNZ2, up to $3,330,565.

True Story Project

• Origins 3 , 2 x 44', by Scottie Douglas Productions to watch on TVNZ1 and TVNZ+, up to $1,312,355.

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