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Kia ora koutou! Welcome to this edition of He Pānui - Te Māngai Pāho, keeping you up to date with the latest news in te reo Māori content and funding across Aotearoa!
2023/24 Funding Calendar
We are happy to share with you the funding calendar for the 2023/24 financial year. We hope this gives you some assurance as you plan your funding applications for the year.
Download the Diverse Content funding calendar here and the Music funding calendar here.
If you have any questions about the Diverse Content funding calendar, please contact Head of Content, Blake Ihimaera. If you have any questions about the music funding calendar, please contact Mātanga Puoro, Nadia Marsh.
Special Projects 2023
Te Māngai Pāho seeks full proposals for the creation of fluent and receptive content and campaigns that continue promoting important kaupapa Māori in 2023 for Aotearoa audiences to distribute via platforms with marketing and distribution support, or platforms that have an established audience with a distribution plan attached.
We are looking to fund innovative content and campaigns across multiple platforms that focus on Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, as well as Matariki 2023, but are open to other kaupapa content creators may think are important to audiences this year. We expect to see all kaupapa continue to champion the use of te reo and tikanga Māori in innovative, accessible ways on screen to help change attitudes and behaviours across Aotearoa. Read the RFP here, applications open Monday 27 March.
Māori music
Waiata reo Māori funding recipients
We are pleased to announce the results of the third Waiata Reo Māori funding round. 15 waiata have been funded. Pūtea will go towards the production and promotion of the waiata.
Waiata Tuarea Funding Round open now
Funding is available for the production and promotion (including aligned video assets) of multiple waiata intended for an EP or album. A minimum of three songs are required for Waiata Tuarea funding; each being original, previously unreleased, and containing more than 50% reo Māori. Artists with a track record of releasing popular music will be prioritised.
Click here to find out more and apply. Applications close 29 March.
Origin Roots Aotearoa (O.R.A) has released He Reo ORA, its first full reo Māori EP.
Coming off the back of a successful Te Matatini campaign for two members, Erena and Eugene Temara who stood with Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue and were 2nd equal overall - the rōpū from Rotorua is riding this positive wave.
Te Māngai Pāho supports creating a safer and more inclusive music industry.
SoundCheck are running free Professional Respect Training which focuses on content, skills and tools to effectively prevent and respond to sexual harm in workplaces.
These sessions are free for people working in the music community. Sign up to their upcoming online sessions on Wednesday 22 March and Wednesday 29 March here.
E poho kererū ana, e mihi nui ana a Te Māngai Pāho ki a koe Annie Murray i tō tūranga hou! Kua waimarie katoa a NZFC i tō nohonga hei kaiarataki i te waka! Hūrō!
Congratulations to Annie Murray on her appointment of Chief Executive for the NZ Film Commission. We know that with your experience, you will will bring a wealth of knowledge to the film commission and we look forward to working with you.
Whakanuia! Mokori anō kia rere ngā mihi nui a Te Māngai Pāho ki a Heperi Mita! E koa ana te ngākau kua kowhiria koe ki tēnei kaupapa tiketike, ā, tāria te wā ka kite i ngā tini hua!
We wish to congratulate our fellow kaimahi from NZ On Air, Heperi Mita who has been named in the Obama Foundation Leaders Asia-Pacific cohort for 2023. Ko koe a runga, Heperi!
Ngā Aho Whakaari Industry Hui 2023
Ngā Aho Whakaari are hosting their industry hui this Friday, 24 March 2023. Open to all in the industry, this event is a chance to get together and hear the latest updates.
Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata
After a four-year hiatus, and 21 years since it was last held in Tāmaki Makaurau, Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata showcased the best kapa haka Aotearoa has to offer over the four-days at Eden Park. We congratulate everyone who took part, particularly ngā toa whakaihuwaka, Te Whānau-a-Apanui! We also wish highlight our two kaimahi, Juneea Silbery and Blake Ihimaera, who stood for their kapa Te Rangiura o Wairarapa and Angitu, making them the first kaimahi from Te Māngai Pāho to stand at Te Matatini in over 20 years.
More than 1.8 million people tuned in to watch the festival on TVNZ, with 730,000 watching the live broadcast and 188,000 streamed it on TVNZ+. Te Māngai Pāho also funded Ngāti Hine FM who delivered the Haka Translate service for Te Matatini. Haka Translate was broadcast globally in six languages (English, Mandarin, Fijian, Tongan, Sāmoan and Cook Island Māori).
M9
On the 21st February, M9 held their third event - Taku Ihi, Taku Wehi, Taku Wana: Kapa Haka - A performer's perspective. This was a successful night and included many speakers from our own industry. You can watch the videos of each of the speakers on the NZHerald Kāhu website.
#MARANGA - RISE UP AOTEAROA
#MARANGA – RISE UP AOTEAROA unites New Zealanders in a national live fundraiser to raise funds for our communities and families hit by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Across eight hours New Zealand musicians will perform in a free outdoor concert which, with the support of NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho, Whakaata Māori will record and stream live to the nation on 25 March 2023, 11am-7pm. The feed will also be available on other platforms.
Head along if you're in Tāmaki, tune in wherever you are, get the exclusive behind the scenes on TikTok and donate! Find out more here.
NEW ZEALAND’S MOST CREATIVE AND DIVERSE FREE ARTS FESTIVAL.
CubaDupa celebrates the vibrancy, diversity and unique creative spirit of Te Whanganui-a-Tara against the backdrop of Wellington’s favourite street: Cuba Street. On the final weekend of summer, March 25 — 26 enter the portal and witness a creative world full of colourful characters and culture.
NZ Web Fest
NZ Web Fest’s early bird deadline is 31 March. The ninth edition of the festival runs in November, and celebrates web series, podcasts and - this year, for the first time - short films.
Get in while the gettin’s as good as it gets at https://filmfreeway.com/NZWebFest
ScreenSafe Professional Respect Training Workshop - 9am - 5pm, Friday 31 March, Tāmaki Makaurau,
The ScreenSafe/SWAG Professional Respect Training Project was developed to support WORKSAFE's health & safety guidelines around harassment.
The course will address predominately sexual harassment and also includes bullying, harassment, definitions, disclosures, and respectful behaviours in the workplace. Be a part of this screen sector culture change and help make the sector a safe environment for everyone.
The initiative designed and implemented by ScreenSafe and SWAG, and with the financial support from NZ Film Commission, NZ on Air and Te Māngai Pāho.
Numbers for each workshop are limited to 20, so book your space now.
Funding opportunities + Important dates
Ngā Aho Whakaari Wānanga - 24 March
Waiata Tuarea - closes 5pm Wednesday 29 March
Read the RFP and apply now
2022/23 Iwi Media Transmission Funding Round - closes 5pm 31 March
This is a reminder to the iwi radio network that the 2022/23 Iwi Media Transmission Funding Round closes soon. Please log into Te Pūahatanga and complete your applications.
Special Projects 2023 - Round opens 27 March
Read the RFP
General Audience R1 - opens 31 March
Regional News - opens 31 March
Project Spotlight:
Duality
Duality is a raw look at Māori with mixed-whakapapa who are on a journey to find their identity. The series draws on the experience of rangatahi with a foot in two worlds, with stories that look within us as humans and explore the ideas of belonging, self-doubt, and triumph.
Ahakoa kei whea, ahakoa āwhea, ahakoa pēwhea, kōrero Māori!
Māori language - everywhere, every day, in every way!
