Community Broadcasting
Our Funding Strategy
We target funding to niche audiences rarely served by national television and radio. We invest around $7.5 million annually in regional, ethnic and special interest content. For background information on our strategy, read these consultation papers.
Access Radio
Access radio stations enable groups to produce and broadcast programmes for their own regions and communities. We fund eleven very different Access radio stations. The amount of funding to each station is based on tiers that reflect the size of the potential audience. These are:
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Tier 1 |
Large |
Planet FM Auckland. |
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Tier 2 |
Large Urban |
Community Radio Hamilton, |
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Tier 3 |
Provincial City |
Access Radio Taranaki, |
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Tier 4 |
Small Regional |
Arrow FM Masterton, |
Other Stations
Pacific radio stations
We fund three dedicated Pacific radio stations - Niu FM in Auckland and nationwide, 531pi in Auckland and Samoa Capital Radio in Wellington.
Special Interest stations
We fund the Radio Reading Service in Levin.
The Māori broadcasting funding agency Te Māngai Pāho funds the 21 Māori radio stations across the country.
Regional Television
We fund special programmes to screen on eligible regional channels. Our current priorities are local news and information programmes.
Read more in our Regional Television funding guidelines (PDF 172 KB)
