The successful applicants for NZ ON AIR funding have been announced and the list includes a large swathe of hard-working and talented Wifties. Congrats to all the below!
FUNDING RECIPIENTS
Te Māngai Pāho Co-Fund
Dead Ahead 2, 6 × 22.5’, Hi Mama for TVNZ+, up to $1,449,496
End Of The Valley 2- The Price of Tomorrow, 6 × 26’, Miro Productions for Whakaata Māori, up to $1,360,618
The Casketeers: Life And Death Around The Globe 2, 5 × 44’, Great Southern Television for TVNZ 1, up to $720,259
SCRIPTED
Kiwi, 1 x 80’, Penny Diver Pictures Limited for TVNZ+, up to $36,083 (additional)
Tralala 2, 52 × 7’, Tralala Limited for Sky Open, up to $1,994,190
Māui And Elvis, 8 × 22’, Whitebait Productions for Whakaata Māori, up to $2,300,000
Tamaiti Satalo, 12 × 13’, Cinco Cine Film Productions for YouTube Kids, up to $360,000
Suzy & Friends 2026, 53 × 60’ min, Treehut for various platforms, up to $232,265
Aho Shorts Production 2025-26, 5 episodes × 10’, Ngā Aho Whakaari, up to $115,000
Chan, 6 × 44’, Kevin & Content for Three, up to $2,433,309
Dead Losi, 6 × 44’, The Sweetshop Entertainment for TVNZ+, up to $3,250,000
Inky Pinky Ponky 2 , 1× 75’, Tikilounge Productions for The Coconet TV, up to $1,292,568
NON-FICTION
DNZ: The Preppers Next Door, 1 × 44’, Our Story Ltd for TVNZ 1, up to $321,478
Licence To Drive 2, 6 × 23’, Sweet Productions for Sky Open, up to $644,400
Waitangi 2026, 1 × 180’, Cinco Cine Film Productions for Whakaata Māori, up to $162,500
Best Foods Comedy Gala 2026, 2 × 44’, Sky Free for Three, up to $207,590
Tagata Pasifika 2026, 32 × 23’, SunPix for TVNZ 1, up to $1,266,920
DNZ: Exposure, 1 × 45’, Kindred Films Ltd for TVNZ 1, up to $293,660
Escaping Utopia 2, 2 × 44’, Warner Bros. International Television Production NZ for TVNZ 1, up to $460,580
Diary Of A Junior Doctor 2, 5 × 44’, Storymaker for TVNZ 1, up to $700,990
Fresh 2026, 27 × 22’, Tikilounge Productions for The Coconet TV, up to $1,557,888
Pā Life 2, 6 × 15’, Three Feathers Productions for YouTube, up to $651,610
Beyond The Beat 2, 5 × 20’, Chillbox Creative for YouTube, up to $592,824
ANZAC 2026, 1 × 37’, Screentime New Zealand for TVNZ 1, up to $147,730
Breaking Cycles, 8 × 12’, Magnetic Pictures Ltd for TP+, up to $357,719
Eat Well For Less 6, 6 × 44’, Screentime New Zealand for TVNZ 1, up to $552,000
Taskmaster NZ 7, 10 × 44’, Kevin & Content for TVNZ 2, up to $990,231
JOURNALISM
Tagata Pasifika 2026, 30 x 23' and 1 x 46’, Sunpix for viewing on TVNZ 1, Sky Open, Whakaata Māori, Face TV and Pasifika TV plus 31 x 2’ video stories for TP+, up to $1,266,920.
Q&A with Jack Tame 2026, 39 x 59' and 2 x 118’, Television New Zealand for viewing on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+, up to $860,962.
Mata 4, 4 x 30' and 20 x 26’, Aotearoa Media Collective for viewing on RNZ, up to $469,335.
For the full list of funding, click here https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/news/karere-newsletter-25-november-2025/