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1163 decisions found.

Shortland Street 2025

$3,000,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
138x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Jul 2024

Bigsies And Littles

$810,030
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Down Low Concept
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x7 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
Based on the published graphic novels by Raymond McGrath, Big Little Blue is a gentle, thoughtful animated series for 4-to-7-year-olds, about two little kororā

A Dollar To Dream

$310,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Cadness Street
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
1x30 mins
Primary Platform:
PACIFIC COOPERATION BROADCASTING
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
In the bustling streets of Apia - Samoa, young street vendor Tone, determined to provide for his family, discovers the true meaning of bravery

Episode One Redux (Pilot Production)

$0
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Pan Asian Screen Collective Incorporated
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
4x15 mins
Primary Platform:
Pan Asian Screen Collective Incorporated
Date:
Jul 2024

Katie's Kuri

$882,882
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Sweet Shop Entertainment
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
6x8 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
A friendship between a lonely girl and her new puppy grows when they attend te reo Maori dog classes together.

Crackhead

$3,197,306
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
ThreeNow
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
When Frankie Barker burns her sister's house down in a late-night drink-and-fry, she's given an ultimatum: jail or four weeks at "flashy" rehabilitation clinic

Day One Shorts 2025

$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:
YouTube
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
Previously known as Someday Stories, Day One Shorts are short films by young emerging filmmakers from across Aotearoa New Zealand. They explore cultural, social

Small Town Scandal

$2,964,454
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Miss Scandal Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
A disgraced journalist investigates the suspicious death (by automated lawn mower) of his millionaire uncle in a hometown filled with very eccentric suspects.

Warren's Vortex

$1,227,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kitchen Table Productions (WV) Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x23 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
When teenager Lucy falls through a trans-dimensional vortex hidden in the family shed, her dad Warren jumps in to rescue her, starting a madcap journey

Moana 2 Reo Maori

$250,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Matewa Media
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
1x100 mins
Primary Platform:
The Walt Disney Company, Australia & New Zealand
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventur

Dead Ahead

$1,139,001
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Hi Mama
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
TMP Co-Fund
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
The Wharekoa whānau return to Aotearoa and inadverdently unleash four tupuna into the household to guide the whanau.

A Remarkable Place To Die

$350,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Remarkable Productions NZ
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
8x44 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 1
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Detective Anais Mallory returns to her hometown of Queenstown, to be met with a series of startlingly different and intriguing homicides.

The Ridge

$3,575,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Ridge Production
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x44 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
A Scottish anaesthetist goes to New Zealand to visit her estranged sister only to find her missing and soon dead.

First Place

$970,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Tikilounge Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
5x12 mins
Primary Platform:
The Coconet TV
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
The drama behind the scenes of the biggest Polynesian Dance festival in the world. Who has what it takes to stand in the front row?

Kupu X

$362,999
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Te Mangai Paho
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
TMP Co-Fund
Episodes & Duration:
6x15 mins
Primary Platform:
MĀORI TELEVISION SERVICE
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Kahu Smith uses debunking local mysteries on TikTok as a front for her investigation into her mother’s disappearance.

Literally Dead

$526,990
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Lusty Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x8 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
A dead teenage girl stalks her high school friends’ graduation party to investigate her own murder.

Tangata Pai

$2,028,244
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Green Sugar Media Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
TMP Co-Fund
Episodes & Duration:
8x44 mins
Primary Platform:
ThreeNow
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Tangata Pai is the story of the intersection of five people in the last hour of their lives.

Ms. X

$3,040,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Cupcake Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x45 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
A mum teams up with an old high school friend to scare her cheating husband faithful, but things turn homicidal.

Bloke Of The Apocalypse

$472,368
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Good On Ya Mate Productions Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
7x6 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
A 2D animated horror-comedy series that follows a father and son as they combat the zombie apocalypse in rural New Zealand.

Island Of Mystery 3

$803,603
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Adrenalin
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x11 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
With a map from the atua, the team find the remaining godsticks and send Josh back home to save the rohe.