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Music With Michal 2

$399,220
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Music with Michal Studios
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
20x6 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
Music with Michal is songs, fun, and learning for preschoolers in Aotearoa and beyond.

Settling

$3,150,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x23 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
Two disillusioned 30-somethings decide to stop waiting for "the one" and follow through on their teenage marriage pact.

Kupu

$45,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Arctic Arcade
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Games
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI Games
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
Kupu is an educational word game designed to assist with learning te reo Māori and increasing player vocabulary.

How Was Your Day?

$159,990
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Mad Carnival Entertainment
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Games
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI Games
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
A narrative-driven point-and-click puzzle game, How Was Your Day? is a supernatural coming of age mystery set in 80s Aotearoa New Zealand.

The School Repeaters

$673,574
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Niu Wav
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Youth
Episodes & Duration:
6x10 mins
Primary Platform:
The Coconet TV
Date:
Apr 2025
Synopsis:
Facing expulsion,J ay Jay and his crew must repeat their final year, play rugby and to lead the school to victory while keeping their secret from their parents.

Mr Hugo's Little Library

$1,118,603
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
LITTLE LIBRARY PRODUCTIONS NZ
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
8x12 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
In this musical world, larger-than-life fables are delivered by larger-than-life characters.

Suzy & Friends 2025

$227,249
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Treehut
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
53x60 mins
Primary Platform:
Various Stations
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
A radio show and podcast that focuses on local content for the tamariki of Aotearoa New Zealand.

This Is Home

$1,128,583
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
787 Media
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
TMP Co-Fund
Episodes & Duration:
6x24 mins
Primary Platform:
Whakaata Māori
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
Sisters Nina and Kara must try and make sense of their love-hate relationship when forced to move back home with their whānau.

My Favourite Dead Person 3

$593,780
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Down Low Concept
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
8x8 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
Josh Thomson sits down with children as they share their favourite stories, about their favourite historical characters.

Tākaro Tribe Pacific

$285,753
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Cinco Cine Film Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
9x12 mins
Primary Platform:
The National Pacific Media Trust
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
Children's animation series to launch in the Language Weeks of Samoa, Cook Islands, and Tonga 2025.

Night Eyes 2

$780,404
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Mukpuddy
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
13x7 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
After closing the portal to the other side in season 1, the Night Eyes crew must keep its hit paranormal show alive while an unknown threat begins.

Bust Up

$2,265,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Bust Up Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x44 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
Deb and Mihi - ex-partners in life - are forced to partner up again as cops on the beat in the Bay of Islands.

Head Girl

$3,372,958
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Head Girl
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x30 mins
Primary Platform:
ThreeNow
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
Three estranged BFFs navigate the highs and lows of their early twenties in Wellington.

The Sanctuary

$1,367,556
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
KEVIN'S SANCTUARY
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
An eccentric American billionaire hiding from the law in New Zealand is forced to convert his lavish private island into a Department of Conservation sanctuary.

Toi Time! 4

$1,226,860
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Rogue Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
20x30 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
Toi Time! is back for a fourth season, showcasing singing and dancing alongside life lessons through entertaining play, movement and music.

Fresh Fairytales! 3

$708,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Tikilounge Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
5x15 mins
Primary Platform:
The Coconet TV
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
A musical series featuring topsy-turvy, Island versions of childhood classics.

Baddies

$1,665,283
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
TMP Co-Fund
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
When a group of charismatic bank robbers take over a camp for wayward youth, a lonely 12-year-old must make a decision: become a true baddie or change his ways.

Sgt. Haane

$584,064
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Penny Diver Pictures Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
TMP Co-Fund
Episodes & Duration:
1x80 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
KIWI is a docudrama that follows WWII Māori Battalion soldier Lance Sergeant Haane Manahi, who,captured a vital enemy stronghold under machine-gun fire.

Blue Murder Motel

$2,800,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Blue Murder Production
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
8x44 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 1
Date:
Nov 2024
Synopsis:
Married Australian police detectives take early retirement to invest in a cute little motel in Aotearoa New Zealand, but murder and mayhem ensue.

Ahikaroa 7

$1,440,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kura Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
20x26 mins
Primary Platform:
Whakaata Māori
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
Ahikāroa is a popular, returning Māori drama series for rangatahi. It portrays a graphic snapshot of young, urban Māori mindsets and the lives they lead.