In November 2024, NZ On Air received a report titled Barriers to access for tāngata whaikaha Māori, d/Deaf, and disabled music-makers: Pathways, recording and releasing music, and funding. It was written by a team of musicology and disability researchers who had been commissioned by NZ On Air to provide recommendations for how we could improve the Music Funding processes for artists with disabilities.
NZ On Air is deeply grateful to the researchers, their expert advisers and those musicians who participated in the research.
As a result of the research we are taking an organisation-wide approach to addressing accessibility of funding processes.
The full research report is published below, along with a paper outlining NZ On Air's response to the recommendations made.