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Funding Decisions New Music Single - September 2026

Latest Funding Round
We are pleased to announce the results of our September 2026 New Music Single funding round. NZ On Air will be investing up to $11,000 in 25 songs by local …

Audience data

Research
We publish the 10 highest rating funded television programmes and headline streaming data for funded screen content.

Shorts Newsletter - 18 August 2026

Newsletters
Four sub-reports from 2026 Where Are The Audiences? research now released - Māori, Pacific peoples, Asian peoples and Youth

Shorts Newsletter – 12 August 2026

Newsletters
The Information for Applicants for our second funding round for 2026/27, Round Rua, is now available.

Media use settles into a new routine – 2026 Where Are The Audiences

Media Releases
New Zealand audiences seem to have found a new rhythm for their media consumption, with the degree of year on year change now slowing after several years of rapid change.

Where Are The Audiences 2026

Research
New Zealand audiences seem to have found a new rhythm for their media consumption.

Funding data tracker

Latest Funding Round
Here we publish high level data, updated after each funding round, showing where Scripted and Non-fiction funding is going.

Newsletter - August 2026

Latest Funding Round
Funding decisions and other news from the first funding round of the 2026/27 financial year

Sir Sam Neill showed us what was possible

Features
Like many New Zealanders today, I've been thinking about Sir Sam Neill and what he meant to this country.

Funding Decisions New Music Single - July 2026

Latest Funding Round
The results of our July 2026 New Music Single funding round.

Creating insights about the screen workforce

Newsletters
Te Pae Matarau - a new initiative to gather data about the screen workforce.

NZ games sector shows continued growth as new GDSR data released

Media Releases
NZ On Air announces the 2026 GDSR recipients and new data showing continued growth of NZ games sector

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