Mai i te Kaihautū

Tēnā o tātou tini mate e rūpeke atu nei ki te pō. Ko te tao roa o aitua e kore e taea te karo, kia ahatia, kotahi anō te kōrero mō rātou te hunga kua kapia nei o rātou kanohi, e moe! Tēnā, e te taniwha hikuroa o te reo Māori, e Kara, e moe. Koutou ngā mate o te motu, e moe te moenga roa. Kāti rā, ko rātou te hunga mate ki a rātou, ka whakahokia mai ki a tātou te hunga ora, otirā ngā waihotanga o rātou, kei konei e pūtohe tonu kia whakatīnana ai ngā moemoeā ā te hunga kua riro, te hunga i para te huarahi mō tātou e whai ake nei. Kua rewa a Puanga, kua rewa a Matariki, tēnā nau mai ki te tau hou Māori! Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā rā tātou.

The recent announcement of revised settings for Screen Production Rebate (SPR), previously the Screen Production Grant, is good news for the Māori media sector. The changes include allowing all types of domestic productions to access the rebate and other Government funding, including NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho. This change is designed to encourage more high-quality, locally focused, and uniquely New Zealand productions and it will also open other funding doors for Māori content creators.

While there is not likely to be an immediate change, we are hopeful that some of the Māori content developed with Te Puna Kairangi funding to make its way forward in a reasonably short time.

As many of you will know, at the end of this week we will be farewelling our Head of Content, Blake Ihimaera and our Data Scientist Soha Ahmed. They are going to leave a big hole in our ranks.

Blake is leaving for a senior position in the TVNZ news and current affairs team. We are sad to lose her; however, we know that the move she is making will contribute significantly to her growth as a leader and to the sector as well. 

Soha will be very difficult to replace. Te Māngai Pāho is really grateful for the work Soha has done to improve our use and understanding of data. We are fortunate that Soha has also provided us with a clear direction of travel.

While losing Tom, Blake and Soha in quick succession does create some big gaps, it also provides us with an opportunity to pause and take stock; to consider the best framework for moving forward. We will do that before we commence the recruitment process.

We are all constantly reminded that the media landscape is rapidly changing and it is important that Te Māngai Pāho remains agile and able to move quickly to ensure that Māori content creators and platforms are not only able to deliver high-quality Māori content to our audiences but are also able to contribute to and benefit from innovation and collaboration.

Larry Parr
Kaihautū o Te Māngai Pāho

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Ka nui te mihi ki ngā mahi me ngā kaiwhakataki reo Māori o Coco Reo Māori. Nei rā a Te Māngai Pāho e mihi kau atu ana.

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