Funding rounds for Scripted and Non-fiction content

Round Toru

Round Toru is the final funding round of the 2025/26 financial year. We will accept applications across the following audiences and content genres: Drama, Comedy, Documentary and General Factual, Journalism, Children, Youth, Podcasts, Content Development, Capability and Discoverability.

Approximately $5m has been allocated for Non-fiction projects in this round.

Approximately $9m has been allocated for Scripted projects in this round.

Approximately $1.5m has been allocated for rangatahi content in this round.

We will not accept new general applications for Tamariki content in this round but will consider a limited number of returning series and children's projects that intend to access the NZSPR. We welcome production-ready NZSPR projects for tamariki, that require last-in funding seeking in the range of $2.5m - $3m.

Please read the Round information below for more detail.

We have also created a document looking to the year ahead (2025/26) which may help producers and platforms to plan their content applications. Please note the projected allocations in this document may be subject to change following the confirmation of our budget from Government in May.