Maori Television Provides Platform for Children's Web Series
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 10:13 am
Press Release: Maori Television Service
Maori Television Provides Platform for NZ's
First Children's Web Series
New Zealand’s first
web series for children, NIA’S EXTRA ORDINARY
LIFE, is now available on Maori Television’s
website, www.maoritelevision.com.
Set in the sleepy Northland town of Tinopai, the 12-part
web series follows the adventures of Nia, a 10-year-old girl
who lives a pretty ordinary life.
But with the help of
her vivid imagination, her diary and her friends, it becomes
an extra ordinary life.
Aimed at children aged
between six and 10, NIA’S EXTRA ORDINARY
LIFE incorporates real life, illustration and some
good social messages into an entertaining set of
stories.
NIA’S EXTRA ORDINARY LIFE was
produced by Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton from Brown
Sugar Apple Grunt Productions and funded by NZ On Air. It is
the first web-only series to be offered on www.maoritelevision.com.
Maori Television general manager of
digital Stephen Smith says web series are a growing form of
content for Maori Television’s website.
He says the
broadcaster is currently working with a number of
independent producers to support a new NZ On Air and Te
Mangai Paho initiative to develop five different web series
by and for Maori.
Smith says NIA’S EXTRA
ORDINARY LIFE supports the way children like to
interact with content.
“Kids enjoy being able to
discover content and having the opportunity to repeat
it.
“At just three to four minutes’ duration, they can
watch two or three webisodes within 10 minutes so it’s
different from watching linear television.”
Visit www.maoritelevision.com/tv/shows/nias-extra-ordinary-life to watch web-only episodes of
NIA’S EXTRA ORDINARY
LIFE.
ENDS
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