The New Zealand Television Awards are undergoing a major evolution this year, expanding to become the New Zealand Screen Awards (NZSA), now celebrating excellence across all screen content, including both television and film.
The exciting transformation will acknowledge content exhibited theatrically, in addition to programmes made for broadcast, streaming and digital platforms, creating a more comprehensive celebration of New Zealand's vibrant screen industry.
This significant expansion reflects the ever-changing nature of the entertainment landscape and the growing crossover between television, film, and digital platforms. The New Zealand Screen Awards will continue to honour outstanding achievements across scripted, factual, documentary, news & current affairs content in production, direction, acting, writing, and technical fields, but now with a clear emphasis on both small and big-screen content.
“We’ve seen an incredible growth in the diversity of content being created in New Zealand, with many exceptional productions blurring the lines between television, digital and feature,” said New Zealand Screen Awards Committee Member Kelly Martin. “Rebranding to the New Zealand Screen Awards is a natural progression as we aim to celebrate the full scope of our local screen industry.”
NZ On Air, NZ Film Commission and Te Māngai Pāho are excited by the expansion of the awards to include film. The agencies’ CE’s - Annie Murray, Cameron Harland and Larry Parr - jointly said: “This is absolutely the right thing to do, acknowledging that those who work on the excellent films created in Aotearoa deserve recognition and that many people involved in creating screen content work across film and television. We look forward to celebrating the best in Aotearoa screen content and supporting what will be an uplifting event for our sector.”
- Eligibility period: First NZ broadcast between 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
- Entries open: 30 June 2025
- Entries close: 8 August 2025
- Entry fee: $165 + GST ($189.75 total) per submission