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Debate needed on how to provide local media content for children

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NZ On Air is turning its attention to the future of local media content for children, launching a consultation on proposed changes to the types of children’s ..

More funding for TV captions to increase access

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NZ On Air has increased funding to provide more captions and audio description on television programmes for the hearing and sight impaired.

A blast from the past for knowledge geeks and a rare look inside the Māori King movement

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Our smartest young people pit their wits against each other as University Challenge returns to television.

A new approach to promoting NZ music

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A new online initiative to get more people discovering and enjoying NZ music aims to increase the number of streams of tracks by NZ artists.

April 2015 Making Tracks funding round

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NZ On Air will fund 24 new music projects in its latest MakingTracks funding round.

NZ-made TV programmes are world-beaters

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Three NZ On Air-funded TV programmes have won medals at a prestigious international TV festival proving locally made content is up there with the best in the...

Local TV content holds its own in a fast-changing market

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The NZOnAir Local Content Report 2014 released today shows a 3% increase in local television programming last year across the six free-to-air channels monitored

Bold new transmedia initiatives knock down international borders

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NZ On Air and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) will contribute $1.2M (CAD) to three digital media co-productions.

NZ On Air gives a boost to investigative journalism

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NZ On Air will fund a new investigative journalism strand for TV3 called 3D Investigates.

'Steady as she goes' in the screen sector

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Figures released today by Statistics New Zealand’s 2013/2014 Screen Industry Survey showing revenue remained fairly solid at $3.2 billion are in line with...

Children tell us what they enjoy and want from media

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A new independent survey of children has found that while TV is still the dominant screen in their lives, tablets and smartphones are now a daily part of most..

March MakingTracks Decisions

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NZ On Air will fund 22 new music projects in its latest MakingTracks funding round.

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