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He Pānui
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!
News and Current Affairs funding decisions
Te Māngai Pāho held its News and Current Affairs round in August this year and received 18 applications for total funding request of $20.5 million. Some projects were initially declined funding and invited to submit their proposals in a supplementary round once they had met the objectives of the RFP.
For the 2025 calendar year, Te Māngai Pāho has funded just over $11.8 million towards eleven news and current affairs projects.
Funding Decisions
As some projects are still being contracted we are not yet able to publish individual funding amounts. These will be published on our website once contracts are complete.
- Te Karere 2025, 261 x 22’30, Television New Zealand Limited for TVNZ1.
- Marae 2025, 35 x 24’, Pango Productions Limited for TVNZ1.
- The Hui Season 10, 40 x 28’, Great Southern Television Limited for Stuff.
- Te Ao With Moana, 40 x 26’, Black Pearl Limited for Whakaata Māori.
- MATA 3, 4 x 30’ episodes, 20 x 27’ podcasts, and 20 x 27’ radio shows, Aotearoa Media Collective Limited for RNZ.
- Waatea National News, 261 x 60’, UMA Broadcasting Limited for Iwi Radio network.
- Aukaha Te Tai Pūkōrero, 1440 x 2-3’ radio bulletins, 240 x 3-4’ digital stories, 240 x 30” digital reels, 96 articles, and 6 x 60’ news break out collaborations, Te Whakakitenga o Waikato Incorporated (trading as Tainui Live) for Tainui Live, Aukaha News and Facebook.
- Tahu News, 240 x 3’, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (trading as Tahu FM) for TahuFM and Facebook.
- Te Reo o Te Uru Regional News, 196 x 3-4’, Te Reo Irirangi o Taranaki Charitable Trust for Te Korimako o Taranaki 94.8, Awa FM 94.8, and Kia Ora FM 89.8.
- Pūkaea, 400 x 2’ radio news bulletins, 160 x 3-5’ digital news stories, Te Reo Irirangi o Te Mānuka Tūtahi for Tūmeke FM 96.9 and Facebook.
- Kapu Tairāwhiti, 40 x 8’, Te Reo Irirangi o Tūranganui-a-Kiwa Limited for Tūranga FM 91.7 and Facebook.
Te Māngai Pāho & NZ On Air Co-Fund funding decisions
The successful applicants for the Irirangi Te Motu | NZ On Air - Te Māngai Pāho Reo Māori Co-Fund have been announced with funding for content that reflects Aotearoa today and in recent history.
A total of nine Scripted and Non-Fiction applications were submitted to the round – with three projects receiving Scripted production funding and one receiving Non-Fiction funding. Three Scripted Development projects were also funded and received $82,000 which will see further exciting projects developed for New Zealand audiences.
Funding Decisions
Scripted
- KIWI (working title), 1 x 80’, Wheke Group for viewing on TVNZ+ and Whakaata Māori, up to $1,095,962.
- This is Home, 6 x 24’, 787 Media for viewing on Whakaata Māori and Sky Open, up to $2,233,682.
- Baddies, 6 x 22’, Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions for viewing on TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2, up to $3,330,565.
Non-Fiction
- Origins 3, 2 x 44’, Scottie Douglas Productions for viewing on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+, up to $1,312,355.
Mai i te Kaihautū
"Ko te ao te pō, ko te pō te ao; he ao, he pō, ka uru ora"
Tēnā rā tātou, e rere kau ana ngā mihi ki a koutou te hunga pāpāhō Māori, koutou hoki e arohaina ana i tō tātou reo rangatira. Mauriora!
It's been a very busy time for our small team at Te Māngai Pāho. It generally is at this time of the year. In addition to managing two significant funding rounds we have also been finalising the recruitment process for the last of the vacancies in our team. We are very pleased that we once again have a full complement of staff on-board.
When I reflect on this time last year we were all coming to grips with a change of government as we prepared to launch the Co-Fund round with NZ On Air. The Co-Fund decisions have just been published and we were very pleased with the calibre of applications. We have also held Stage One of our General Audience round in which we received 80 applications with an aggregate ask of $35 million. Unfortunately there is only $8 million of funding available in the round so there are a number of disappointed applicants. Of those 80 applications 22 were invited to submit full proposals to stage two.
Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees at the NZTV Awards last week. He mihi maioha ki te tira o Matewa Media hoki, what you achieved with the day and date release of Moana 2 Reo Māori was ground breaking.
Finally, a little reminder that our office will close on 20th December and re-open on 13 of January. As is our practice there will be two payment runs in that final week. One on Tuesday 17th December and the second on Thursday 19th December. The first payment run in the New Year will be Thursday 16th January.
Larry Parr
Kaihautū o Te Māngai Pāho
Funding dates for the start of 2025:
We plan to publish the full funding calendar for 2025/26 early in the new year. However to assist with your planning, here are the funding dates for early 2025.
Kaimahi Hou
We are thrilled to announce two new kaimahi who have joined our team: Caitlin Tapa-Hirini and Aperahama Simcock.
Caitlin is a daughter of Tūhoe, Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Kahungunu, and Ngāti Koata, deeply rooted in whānau, iwi, and hapori. With experience in both the public and private sectors, she leverages her administrative and operational expertise to promote and celebrate Te Ao Māori. Caitlin joins the Funding Team as a Kaitūhono - Te Whiringa.
Aperahama (Ngāti Porou) joins us as the new Kaitātari | Data & Insights Analyst. Aperahama has a background in data science with specialised experience in working with Māori data, bringing a unique te ao Māori perspective to his analytics work. His connection to te ao Māori began early, having attended kōhanga keo and kura Māori, which created a deep appreciation for his culture. Alongside his cultural foundation, Aperahama has developed a passion for data analysis, integrating these two areas to provide culturally informed insights. Outside of data, he has a serious passion for Rugby League - Up the Wahs!
Whakanuia ngā kaiwhiwhi o Ngā Taonga Whakaata o Aoteatoa - NZTV Awards!
Congratulations to the winners of the Te Māngai Pāho-sponsored awards at the NZTV Awards.
🏆 Best Māori Programme:
NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana
Mihingarangi Forbes, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Aotearoa Media Collective / RNZ / TVNZ+
🏆 Best Reo Māori Programme:
Te Karere - Nationwide Activation Day
Rapaera Tawhai and the Te Karere team / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+
We'd like to also give a special mihi to the team behind Ruamata: It's More Than Hockey for winning the Best Sports Programme Award!
🏆 Best Sports Programme:
Ruamata: IT's More Than Hockey
Kereama Wright, Mahanga Pihema, Riria Morgan, Arthur Rasmussen, Peter Lee, Matua Houtham, Mairanga Media / RNZ
Nominations for the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards are now open
Eligible artists and their teams are invited to submit their nominations by 5pm Friday 20 December 2024. The eligibility period of AMA 2025 is 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024.
2025 marks 60 years of the Music Awards and 50 years of the Aotearoa Music Charts. Te Māngai Pāho is proud to support this event which celebrates our local music and artists.
Our Annual Report is now available on our website. You can download it here.
In August and September, the cast and crew of Native Ride traveled to Montana, USA, where they attended the Equus International Film Festival and Equine Conference. Native Ride won three awards: Best TV Series, Best Cultural Presentation and Best International Show from more than 60 entries. They were the first New Zealanders and first Māori to enter and win at the film festival. Ka mau te wehi!
Important dates for 2024/2025
Oro Kura Roa
Decisions 13 Dec
Christmas/New Year dates:
Final payment run
19 December 2024
Te Māngai Pāho office closed
20 December 2024
Te Māngai Pāho office opens
13 January 2025
First payment run
16 January 2025 (deadline for invoice is 12pm 15 Jan)
Kia māhorahora te reo!
Māori language - everyone, every way, everywhere, every day!
