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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!
Mai i te Kaihautū
E te iwi tēnā rā koutou
Ka rere te au mihi ki a koutou ngā ringa tōhau nui ō tō tātou kaupapa, otirā ki tō tātou reo rangatira. Tēnā tātou i ō tātou mate tuatini o te wā, ngā kura tongarerewa, ngā taonga matapopore kua whakangaro atu rā. Kua mihia e koutou, kua tangihia rātou e tātou, ko tā tātou inaiānei he tuku i a rātou kia moe, kia okioki i roto i Hawaiki-nui, Hawaiki-roa, Hawaiki-pāmamao. Ko te akaaka o ngā rangi tūhaha ki a rātou ko te akaaka o te whenua ki a tātou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou. Ko te tūmanako ia e noho haumaru ai koutou i ō koutou ake rohe.
Undoubtedly, more of you will be feeling the bite of COVID-19. Within our small team at Te Māngai Paho within the last 5 days we have had some kaimahi test positive and others isolating as close contacts. We are fortunate, because of our excellent online systems, our team can still work in isolation. We are also fortunate that so far even those that have tested positive have been able to ensure urgent matters are attended to. Please keep safe e te whānau.
It's a busy time of the year for us as we work to crystallise our thinking around the business plan for the 2022/23 financial year. Within the next three or four weeks we will have some of our thinking ready to test with you, our stakeholders, before we start the process of formalising it with our Board and Minister. It would be great if we could do that face to face, but I imagine omicron is going to be with us for more than three or four weeks. Please watch this space for more information on that process.
Larry Parr, Kaihautū o Te Māngai Pāho
Māori radio across the motu
Hari Huritau ki a Ngā Iwi FM celebrating 32 years on air on Wednesday 9 o Poutū-te-rangi.
Head over to their Facebook page and wish them congratulations for reaching 32 years!
Our current funding rounds
Waiata Tuarea (Album, EP, or multi-song project) - This RFP invites music artists and producers to apply for funding contribution toward the production and promotion of a professionally recorded, original, waiata reo Māori album, EP or multi-song project. Promotion includes the creation of aligned music video assets. Read the RFP for more info.
Applications close Friday 18 March 2022
EOI for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Te Māngai Pāho invites content creators and platforms to contribute to the promotion of te reo Māori and the impact of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori by submitting innovative new content ideas for consideration in this funding round. Read the RFP for more info.
Applications close Friday 25 March 2022.
Te Māngai Pāho and Octave are pleased to announce a partnership with Te Murumāra Foundation, integrating Te Aka dictionary with ReoAko.
Te Māngai Pāho has collaborated with Octave and Te Murumāra Foundation on ReoAko, a translation tool for websites to better integrate te reo Māori.
Through the collaboration with Te Murumāra Foundation, ReoAko users have access to the full Te Aka dictionary, allowing websites to customise their use of te reo Māori according to their industry, audience and capacity. In addition to comprehensive translations, Te Aka provides the ability to hear the pronunciation of the words; supporting website users to listen, learn and use te reo Māori.
Octave, Te Murumāra Foundation and Te Māngai Pāho are committed to te reo Māori and encouraging its use every day and everywhere. ReoAko is an opportunity for websites in Aotearoa to seamlessly increase their use of te reo Māori and normalise the use of two of our official languages on websites.
NZTV Awards
On Tuesday 1 March, the NZTV Awards were live-streamed and we celebrated our television sector and its accomplishments. We wish to congratulate all the nominees and winners of the awards, it's such a privilege to celebrate the hard work and effort our creators have put in the past couple years.
We want to mihi to The Hui who took out the TMP Best Māori Programme award and the Best Current Affairs Programme Award. "E Mihi, te mata o Te Hui, e kīa nei te amorangi ki mua, tēnei te mihi maioha ki a koe otirā, koutou ko tō hāpai o ki muri. Te tira e poipoi ana i tēnei nā kaupapa a Te Hui. Mā koutou ia tau, ia tau, te paerewa e tūtū ake. Mauriora!"
We also want to congratulate the winners of the TMP Best Reo Māori Programme - Ngahuia Wade and Tina Wickliffe for Rage Against the Rangatahi MMXX. "E rere kau atu ana ngā mihi maioha ki te tokorua. Ngahuia, kōrua ko Tina, e hia ngā tau e pūtohe ana kōrua ki te tautoko, ki te tiaki hoki i te reo Māori me ōna kaupapa katoa. Ahakoa ngā piki, ngā heke rānei kei reira tonu kōrua i ngā wā katoa."
Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards
The finalists of the 2022 New Zealander of the Year Awards were announced last month and we are so proud to see Māori represented in the finalists this year.
We especially want to congratulate Dame Hinewehi Mohi DNZM who is a finalist for Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa | New Zealander of the Year award, alongside Dame Lisa Carrington DNZM and Tā Tipene O'Regan. Dame Hinewehi has committed her life to waiata Māori and is a fierce advocate for te reo Māori and tikanga Māori. She also sat on the Te Māngai Pāho Board from 2017 to 2019. These finalists are exemplary representatives of te ao Māori and we are so proud they are up for this prestigious award.
Matariki Ahunga Nui
Te Arawhiti have launched the Matariki Ahunga Nui fund for initiatives celebrating Te Kāhui o Matariki. The fund will support Māori-led kaupapa or initiatives celebrating mātauranga or knowledge about te kāhui o Matariki.
You can apply for funding if you are a registered Māori organisation or established Māori group that is a legal entity. There are four funding streams available.
Read the media release, the funding guidelines and more information about how to apply here.
Māori music
We are sad to be losing waiata reo Māori allies David Ridler, Head of Music at NZ On Air and Damian Vaughan, CEO of Recorded Music to personal endeavours in the next couple of months. David and Damian have both played a huge part in bringing waiata reo Māori to the mainstream and will be sorely missed. David was a key collaborator in the Waiata Takitahi co-fund, while Damian was driver in creating a weekly Top 10 Te Reo Singles chart and was instrumental in increasing the visibility of te reo Māori at the Aotearoa Music Awards.
Waiata Hou
Tūwhitia Te Hopo - Te Kuru Dewes, Troy Kingi
Tūwhitia Te Hopo written by Te Kuru o Te Marama Dewes (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Rangitihi) and performed by Troy Kingi (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is a call for all to embrace and cherish te reo as the indigenous language of Aotearoa.
"In the context of this waiata, we are encouraging second-language learners to relinquish the fear and anxiety of learning, making peace with yourself, and dive in" says Dewes.
Tūwhitia Te Hopo was funded by Te Māngai Pāho's 'Tūhonohono' initiative to connect Māori language songwriters with New Zealand musicians to grow the corpus of Māori language music.
Nearly one in every four songs played in 2021 on the main contemporary commercial music networks was from a New Zealand act and we’re hearing more waiata in te reo Māori.
NZ On Air released their findings that commercial radio stations played record levels of New Zealand music in 2021, with the annual figure reaching 23.84%
This is a testament to the quality of music being produced and the desire to hear it played on our airwaves in Aotearoa.
Other music initiatives/ opportunities
Funding for Self employed individuals and sole traders who have been affected by omicron can apply for the COVID-19 Support Payment or the one-off Emergency Relief Fund Grant of $5000.
AMPS - Aotearoa Music Producer Series
A series of one-day production seminars featuring the finest producers of Aotearoa to visit 12 regions around the country.
These moderated workshops offer a unique space for discussion, producer Q&A's, and networking opportunities within the producer community. Find out more and register here.
JB Hi-Fi wants your music
JB Hi-Fi have offered their support to the music community by helping you get your vinyl (or CDs) into stores, and help get you some money. If you are a New Zealand artist with a following, and have a vinyl or CDs available, get in touch with Karl from JB Hi-Fi.
Record Enable Award - New Horizons for Women Hine Kahukura
Valued up to $2,000, this award is intended to support women in music creation and encourage women in technical roles in the music industry.
Funding opportunities + Important dates
Waiata Tuarea - Read the RFP
Closes Friday 18 Poutū-te-Rangi
EOI for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Read the RFP
Closes Friday 25 Poutū-te-Rangi
Ahakoa kei whea, ahakoa āwhea, ahakoa pēwhea, kōrero Māori!
Māori language - everywhere, every day, in every way!
