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Aho Shorts Production 2026

$115,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Ngā Aho Whakaari Māori in Screen Incorporated
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
5x10 mins
Primary Platform:
Ngā Aho Whakaari Māori in Screen Incorporated
Date:
Nov 2025
Synopsis:
Aho Shorts is a Ngā Aho Whakaari Māori short film initiative, nurturing Māori storytellers through wānanga, mentorship and short film production support.

Suzy & Friends 2026

$232,265
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Treehut
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
53x60 mins + 53x60 mins
Primary Platform:
Various Stations
Date:
Nov 2025
Synopsis:
Suzy & Friends fills the ears, minds and souls of tamariki across the motu with quality content made specifically for them, and often by them!

Dead Ahead 2

$1,449,496
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Hi Mama
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
TMP Co-Fund
Episodes & Duration:
6x22.5 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Nov 2025
Synopsis:
A second season with the Wharekoa whānau where the balance between the physical and spiritual realms is still disrupted.

Dead Losi

$3,250,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Sweet Shop Entertainment
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x44 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Nov 2025
Synopsis:
In a final attempt at redemption, a terminally ill con man reunites with his goody two-shoes son and accidentally turns him into a master criminal.

Tamaiti Satalo

$360,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Cinco Cine Film Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
12x13 mins + 18x1 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube Kids
Date:
Nov 2025
Synopsis:
Five Samoan eco-warriors, A, E, I, O, U, are friends and aiga who embark on magical quests filled with catchy songs, lively dances, and thrilling adventures!

Inky Pinky Ponky 2

$1,292,568
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Tikilounge Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
1x75 mins
Primary Platform:
The Coconet TV
Date:
Nov 2025
Synopsis:
Halos dim on Sunday morn as the most sacred day in Sth Auckland becomes the most scandalous - as old beef and new vendettas collide for St V's alumni.

Happiness 2

$2,165,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Greenstone Pictures Happiness 2
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x23 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Jul 2025
Synopsis:
When former best friends Jacqui and Charlie become theatrical archenemies, their feud ignites a glittering musical showdown at Pizazz Theatre.

Rupture 26 (Development)

$0
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Story Project
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Funding Subtype:
Content Development
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x0 mins
Date:
Jul 2025
Synopsis:
Rupture works with bold mid-career writer-creators to accelerate their story craft and their careers, and to foster a rigorous story development culture.

You And Me (Together)

$1,078,297
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Treehut
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
25x30 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Jul 2025
Synopsis:
The iconic preschool series You and Me is still loved by generations of Kiwis. You and Me (Together) revisits the format, enrichening it for today's tamariki.

Shortland Street 35/2026

$2,500,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures Serials
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
120x23 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Jul 2025
Synopsis:
Shortland Street is Aotearoa New Zealand's longest running soap opera and the nation's most recognisable television drama brand.

Hamu

$48,500
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Arctic Arcade
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Primary Platform:
Arctic Arcade
Date:
Jul 2025
Synopsis:
Hamu (hunt) for the hidden pattern, or hide your own. A tukutuku-based game of hide and seek!

All Of Me

$0
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Luminous Beast
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Jul 2025
Synopsis:
When a pathological people-pleaser secretly clones herself a replacement she’s suddenly forced to deal with all of herself.

Day One Shorts 2026

$405,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Connected Media Charitable Trust
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Youth
Episodes & Duration:
8x10 mins
Primary Platform:
Connected Media Charitable Trust
Date:
Jul 2025
Synopsis:
Day One Shorts 2026 is a series of eight short scripted or factual screen stories by young emerging content creators from across Aotearoa.

Secrets At Red Rocks 2

$2,250,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Libertine Pictures (Red Rocks) Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Jul 2025
Synopsis:
A supernatural story is brewing at Red Rocks, Jake must summon all his smarts and strength to stop wild, ancient forces from claiming his baby sister.

The Last Moa

$685,997
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Vinewood
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x5 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
The Last Moa is an animated comedy series in which a kiwi finds a frozen egg that hatches into moa, the last of her kind.

A Remarkable Place To Die 2

$600,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Remarkable Productions NZ
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x90 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 1
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
Anais Mallory’s illicit enquiry into Maja Staunton’s death binds her Police family closer together putting them all in the cross-hairs of Internal Affairs.

Nz Spy

$1,998,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kevin’s Intelligence Agency
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
It's the 1970's and New Zealand's Spy agency is looking for new recruits to foil an attack from our biggest enemy - Australia.

Please Don't Break Anything - The First Night

$687,477
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kevin & Content
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Youth
Episodes & Duration:
5x7 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
At a chaotic high school party, a teenage girl proclaims that one of her classmates will be murdered before midnight

Good Bones

$1,480,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Good Bones LB
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
A chronic procrastinator attempts to renovate a rundown house to save his marriage but uncovers a historic crime scene

Be With Zee

$2,500,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
BE WITH ZEE NZ
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
52x6 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
Be With Zee is an animated mindfulness show for children, in which our little pal Zee learns to identify and deal with their feelings in fun and healthy ways.