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Music With Michal

$235,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Music with Michal Studios
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Funding Subtype:
Non-Fiction (Creation)
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
40x2 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Teaching 123's and ABC's through music with a focus on children's wellbeing

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.

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.

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?

Rapunga The Hunt

$860,578
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Cinco Cine Film Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x26 mins
Primary Platform:
MĀORI TELEVISION SERVICE
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
An eclectic group of urban Māori find themselves in the middle of the remote wilderness of the far north.

Educators 4

$1,898,500
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Half-hour narrative comedy about the unruly staff of a dysfunctional high school.

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.

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.

Suzy & Friends 2024

$193,458
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Treehut
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
53x60 mins + 52x20 mins
Primary Platform:
Various Stations
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Fun songs, stories, love and laughter for tamariki of all ages, and their whanau OR, in the case of the Podcast, all of the above... without the songs!

The Sender

$375,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Teen Dream Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
18x2 mins
Primary Platform:
Tik Tok
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
When a group of school leaders gather for an exclusive Prefect Party, their celebration turns sinister.

Kupu X

$362,999
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Te Mangai Paho
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
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.

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.

Tangata Pai

$2,028,244
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Green Sugar Media Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
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.

Homebound 3.0 2

$979,200
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Homebound Ltd
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Nov 2023
Synopsis:
Henry Li and Melissa Wu endure a fake relationship to get their respective families off their backs, this time faking a pregnancy.

Kairakau 4

$980,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Velvet Stone Media
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x26 mins
Primary Platform:
MĀORI TELEVISION SERVICE
Date:
Nov 2023
Synopsis:
An historical action-drama series exploring the principles of Mana within the realms of Tumatauenga, God of War.

Aho Shorts 2024

$101,500
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Ngā Aho Whakaari Māori in Screen Incorporated
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
3x10 mins
Primary Platform:
Ngā Aho Whakaari Māori in Screen Incorporated
Date:
Nov 2023
Synopsis:
A short film programme where te reo, tikanga Māori and te ao Māori perspectives are at the heart of authentic storytelling.

Mārama

$350,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Mārama SS Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
1x90 mins
Primary Platform:
MĀORI TELEVISION SERVICE
Date:
Nov 2023
Synopsis:
When a young Māori woman is summoned from New Zealand to North Yorkshire, she uncovers her horrific colonial heritage .

Hui Hoppers 2

$861,318
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Three Feathers Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x10 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Nov 2023
Synopsis:
The fires of the kitchen are rekindled as Kura and Anahera, our beloved Ngāti Mangopare sisters, take us on a whirlwind adventure.

Yap Trap 3

$207,710
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Sad Patrol
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
15x2 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Nov 2023
Synopsis:
An animated musical comedy series of oddball humour, wild voices, and collaged weirdness.

Camp Be Better

$675,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Be Better Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x20 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Nov 2023
Synopsis:
Rule-breaking rich kids swap jail cells for luxury. But this summer, a 17-year-old working-class outsider unleashes chaos.