Tuia a Ranginui e tū iho nei,
Tuia a Papatūānuku e takoto ake nei,
Tuia i runga, tuia i raro, tuia i roto, tuia i waho,
Ka rongo te pō, ka rongo te ao.
I te kōrerorero, i te wānangananga,
Pū ātakataka, pū āwhiowhio,
Kahoro ko te mārama, kahurangi te mārama,
Ka taka ko te hau o Tū.

Tū te winiwini,
Tū te wanawana,
Tū whakaputa atu ki te whai ao, ki te ao mārama
Whano, whano, haramai te toki,
Haumi ē! Hui ē! Tāiki ē!

Aku rangatira, mai i ngā tōpito o te motu, tēnā rā koutou. Tēnā rā koutou i roto i ngā tini āhuatanga o tēnei nā tau, i runga anō hoki i ō koutou ake whaikaha kia parea atu ai ngā wero maha kua tau mai ki runga i a koutou otirā i a tātou, i ngā marama, i ngā tau rānei kua pahure tata nei.

Nō reira, me mihi tātou ki te wāhi ngaro, ki ngā atua, ki ngā mana kei tua o te pae o maumahara. Me mihi hoki ki ngā mate, ki ō tātou tūpuna e moe mai ana i te pō. Kei te maumaharatia ō tātou ake rangatira, ō tātou ake mātua, ō tātou ake hoa pūmau, ō tātou ake whanaunga hoki kua riro atu ki tērā atu taha o te ārai i ngā rā tata nei. Ko Whaea Francie Winiata tērā, ko Matua Nau Epiha tērā, ā, ko taku iramutu Shaun tērā hoki. Koutou ngā mate huhua o te ao Māori, huia katoatia, haere, haere, haere ki te okioki tē taea te hoki.

It has been a challenging two or three years for many of us. We do our best to understand how difficult it is for you, the content creators, trying to hold things together in the face of the challenges and uncertainty that have beset our world, but ultimately, we are doing so from the comfort of an office in Wellington, or more often these days, from our home offices. We appreciate our privileged position and are committed to ensuring your voices are heard, your challenges understood and responded to.

I would like to thank the sector for another very successful year. From a Te Māngai Pāho point of view there has been many highlights. We congratulate all those who had success at the recent Aotearoa Music Awards and NZTV Awards. It was really encouraging to see the number of Māori nominees and initiatives in both sets of Awards, many of whom we had provided support to.  We thank all of our funded entities for their commitment and dedication to te reo Māori, te ao Māori and Māori media.

This year has definitely stretched our relatively small dedicated team and I thank them for all of their hard work. When we did the math for our final Board Meeting of the year, we realised just how much work our team had undertaken in the calendar year: administered 46 contestable and direct funding rounds, assessed over 400 funding applications, managed  a total of 356 contracts, and approved just on 800 milestones. We thank those of you who have taken the time to submit funding applications, our assessors who have lent their expertise, and our Board for supporting us in all our work. 

Next year will hopefully reveal the shape of the entities in the media sector. We look forward to Te Matatini in February and the second celebration of Matariki as a national holiday on 14 July, as well as all the exciting new content, music and audio that the new year will bring. In the meantime, from all of us here at Te Māngai Pāho, Board and staff, we would like to wish you and your whānau a safe and relaxing holiday, a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Ngā mihi o te wā ki a koutou katoa. Ko te tūmanako, hei te tau kei te heke mai, ka whakahoungia koutou e te wā whakangā, ā, i tōna wā ka hoki tātou ki te mahi pākahukahu ai. Mauriora!

Draft Funding Calendar for 2023/24

We wanted to share with you our draft funding calendar for the 2023/24 financial year to give you as much certainty as possible heading into the new year. While we can't confirm exactly how much funding will be available, and changes may still happen, we wanted to share our draft funding rounds. Please note, we cannot confirm the funding rounds and dates until after Budget 2023. However, we hope that this can provide some guidance for our planning in the coming year. 

Diverse Content

Click here to see the draft Diverse Content funding calendar

Māori Music

Click here to see the draft Māori Music funding calendar

Latest Funding Decisions Announced

The Board has recently approved and offered conditional funding to the following projects for the Innovation and Content Development funding rounds. 

Note: all amounts are GST exclusive

Te Māngai Pāho Kirihimete Dates

TMP office to close - Rāpare, 22 o Hakihea | Thursday 22 December

TMP office to re-open - Rātū, 10 o Kohitātea | Tuesday 10 January
First payment run 2023 - Rāpare, 12 o Kohitātea | Thursday 12 January