Documentary New Zealand Season 3 RFP

Posted Tuesday 18 Jun 2024

Documentary New Zealand Season 3 RFP

TWO DAYS ONLY TO APPLY FOR TVNZ's RFP for Season 3 of Documentary New Zealand. 

TVNZ are looking for contemporary New Zealand stories, relatable to a broad and diverse range of New Zealanders.

Each submission should be designed as a commercial one-hour, original broadcast on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+ which means 44 minutes of content, split into five sections, separated by commercials.

Read the full Request For Proposals.

Submit your two page pitch to TVNZ’s proposal hub Tono by 5pm on July 19.

If you have a question about the portal or the technical requirements please contact the Assistant Commissioner, Sondiyp Singh – Sondiyp.Singh@tvnz.co.nz

If you have any pātai around your idea, contact the Documentary Commissioner, Jude Callen – Jude.Callen@tvnz.co.nz

Make sure to register under your company name, if you haven’t already done so.

They will assess all the two-page pitches and shortlist projects to move to the final proposal and budgeting stage. These successful tono will then be submitted for funding to the appropriate NZ on Air General Round. Please note there is no guarantee of contestable funding.

They will accept up to three proposals from the same content creators/production team.

Good luck!