NZ On Air invests in public media for many audiences. We find and support great audio and visual content that holds a mirror up to New Zealand and our people. We do this through the platform-neutral NZ Media Fund which has four streams.
TV showcase · October 2017
NZ On Air is here to ensure you can enjoy a wider variety of local stories and songs. Take a quick video trip through the types of content we invest in for you.
We will invest around $40m in the 2017/18 year in scripted content. This includes audio/visual drama, comedy, animation or any other content that requires a planned creative approach.
We will invest around $40m in the 2017/18 year in Factual content for diverse audiences on a variety of platforms.
Our music mission is to get more New Zealand music on radio, online, on any platform where the audience is.
We provide operating funding to a number of specially targeted platforms and services to create and deliver audio/visual public media content of particular cultural and social value.
With a new year comes new resolutions, and two of our people came back to work with change in mind.
New Zealanders will have more diverse stories reflecting our own identity and interests, and more places to find them, with a raft of new factual content supported by NZ On Air.
Deliciously twisted black comedy, a psychological thriller, murder mysteries, and a story starring a transgender lead are all in the pipeline for New Zealand television and online audiences.
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