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Duckrockers

$4,493,367
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
A coming of age comedy series pitched as the teen prequel to Sione's Wedding.

Fresh Fairytales!

$528,085
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Tikilounge Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
5x12 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
A series of musical theatre performances that comically subvert classic fairy tales with a modern Polynesian twist.

Animal Tracks

$47,800
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Spookysoft Games
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI Games
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
A free-form music-making game. Players compose rhythms and melodies out of native New Zealand animal noises.

Manu Pinball

$56,740
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Method Studios
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI Games
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
A classic pinball game that features an illustrated backdrop of an Aotearoa Forest with a variety of native birdlife.

My Favourite Dead Person

$516,557
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Down Low Concept
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
8x8 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
Josh Thomson sits down with kids as they share their favourite stories from local history.

7 Days 2022

$859,613
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Sky Free
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
20x44 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Jul 2021
Synopsis:
The team at 7 Days will return in 2022 with more laughs and a great pipeline of comedy talent development.

Patriot Brains 2

$485,382
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Down Low Concept
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
10x44 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Jul 2021
Synopsis:
New Zealand and Australia battle it out in the comedy panel show Patriot Brains.

Brutal Lives 2 - Mo'ui Faingata'a

$855,210
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kingston Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x12 mins
Primary Platform:
TheCoconet.tv
Date:
Jul 2021
Synopsis:
Tongan drama webseries Brutal Lives 2 will continue the story of a former boxing champion battling the ancient spirit world.

Kid Sister

$871,302
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Greenstone TV
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
5x23 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Jul 2021
Synopsis:
Kid Sister is a semi-autobiographical Jewish comedy set in Auckland.

New Zealand Today 3

$1,020,742
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kevin & Content
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
10x22 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Jul 2021
Synopsis:
‘Volunteer journalist’ Guy Williams takes viewers on another unpredictable and bizarre journey through Aotearoa in this second series

Island Of Mystery 2

$385,079
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Adrenalin
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x9 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
Josh, his dog Kazumi and his rōpū of newfound friends continue their quest for the godstick in the second season of this animated series.

Welcome To Cardboard City 3

$309,680
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Vinewood
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x5 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
Join unlikely cardboard heroes as they embark on more crazy, pint-sized blockbuster adventures in the third season of this award-winning series.

Bouncers

$301,638
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Culture Park Productions Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x5 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
Bouncers will follow a rag-tag trio of clueless security officers and their boisterous supervisor as they struggle to keep their jobs in the temp department of

Here If You Need

$270,044
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Third Culture Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x10 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
Dark comedy series Here If You Need will follow a young woman who forms a social netball team to better understand the circumstances of her brother's death.

Yap Trap 2

$154,815
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Sad Patrol
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
15x2 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
An animated musical comedy series that creates oddball humor from stock and archive footage and photography.

I Got You

$170,258
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Cadness Street
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
30x1 mins
Primary Platform:
Facebook
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
Vertical comedy series I Got You will see a 24 year old Pasifika woman cover her family's bills with a side hustle of dishing out dating advice, despite having

Riddle Me This!

$264,984
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
A Grain of Rice Production
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
8x4 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
A mesmerizing animated series chronicling how a group of children use their powers of critical thinking and imagination to solve an intriguing mystery riddle

Self Help

$346,448
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Wrestler Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x7 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
Self Help is a comedic exploration of the world of personal self-improvement, through the lens of a young man struggling to find healing and self-acceptance in

Taumanu

$278,418
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Sweet Shop Entertainment
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
1x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Mar 2021
Synopsis:
In 1929, a toi moko is delivered to a colonial manor house and when mysterious Māori twins arrive to reclaim it, the head butler, Tīpene, finds himself drawn i

26:29

$541,500
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Tusitala Media Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
1x23 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Mar 2021
Synopsis:
A group of millennial vloggers enter an abandoned church in Auckland and uncover the truth of its mysterious past in this found footage horror.