NZ On Air funding round of 2024 has been announced with four new drama series for a range of audiences joining the slate! Of the 12 projects announced, 10 of our members' projects are in the pipeline. We celebrate your success WIFT members and teams.
The shows range from procedural crime to comedy and millennial angst, adding to a broad slate of content commissioned throughout the year and already in the pipeline.
“The huge success of funded drama and comedy at the NZ TV Awards last week was a timely endorsement of the talent and ideas surfacing through our funding process,” said NZ On Air Chief Executive Cameron Harland.
See below for our members' projects:
Blue Murder Motel, 8 x 44 mins, Great Southern Television for TVNZ 1 and TVNZ +, up to $2,800,000
Bust Up, 6 x 44 mins, Lippy Pictures for Sky Open, Sky Go, Whakaata Māori and Māori +, up to $2,265,000
Head Girl, 6 x 30 mins, Head Girl for ThreeNow, Three and YouTube up to $3,482,480
The Sanctuary, 8 x 22 mins, Kevin & Co for ThreeNow and Three, up to $1,367,556
Ms. X (additional), 6 x 44 mins, South Pacific Pictures for ThreeNow and Three, up to $290,000
Tamariki content
Toi Time! 4 , 20 x 30 mins, Rogue Productions for TVNZ 2, TVNZ + and YouTube Kids, up to $1,226,860
Mr Hugo’s Little Library, 8 x 12 mins, Gibson Group for TVNZ 2, TVNZ + and RNZ, up to $1,118,603
Fresh Fairytales! 3, 5 x 15', Tikilounge Productions for The Coconet TV, Pasifika TV, Instagram and YouTube, up to $708,000
Tākaro Tribe Pacific, 9 x 12', Cinco Cine Film Productions for YouTube, The Coconet TV and PMN, up to $285,753
Suzy & Friends 2025, 53 x 60 radio shows and 46 x 60' podcasts, Treehut for 25 Regional Radio Stations, RNZ and YouTube Kids, up to $227,249
We are wishing you all the very best in your project creation.