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What Now 2024

$2,199,670
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Whitebait Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Non-Fiction (Creation)
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
120x10 mins + 40x58 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Jul 2023

Not Even 2

$1,995,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Miss Conception Films
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x23 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Jul 2023
Synopsis:
Five young friends and flatmates grapple with what it means to be Māori in the 2020s.

Kids Of Korero Lane 2

$318,474
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Attitude Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
8x4.5 mins
Primary Platform:
Attitude Live
Date:
Jul 2023

Happiness

$3,112,146
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Greenstone TV
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x23 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Jul 2023
Synopsis:
When his estranged husband is killed, Broadway director Charlie Summers is deported back to Aotearoa New Zealand and finds himself stuck in his hometown.

Someday Stories 2024

$395,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Connected Media Charitable Trust
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
8x10 mins
Primary Platform:
Someday Stories (www.somdeday.co.nz)
Date:
Jul 2023
Synopsis:
The youth-focused development initiative will continue to nurture a new generation of filmmakers in 2023.

Guy Montgomery's Guy-Mont Spelling Bee 2

$428,820
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kevin & Content
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Funding Subtype:
Non-Fiction (Creation)
Genre:
General Factual
Episodes & Duration:
8x44 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Jul 2023
Synopsis:
This original panel comedy series will put NZ comedians through their paces as they attempt to be crowned best speller in front of a live audience.

Ahikaroa 6

$899,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kura Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
20x26 mins
Primary Platform:
MĀORI TELEVISION SERVICE
Date:
Jul 2023
Synopsis:
A gritty, funny, sexy Māori drama for rangatahi that provides a graphic snapshot of the lives of modern, urban Māori.

N00b

$1,499,541
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Great Southern Television
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
May 2023
Synopsis:
A comedy series that tells the tale of six Kiwi teenagers as they navigate the cringey period of adolescence...on the internet.

Tralala

$1,640,768
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Tralala Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
52x7 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
May 2023
Synopsis:
A sweet and playful preschool series about the relationship between a solo Dad and daughter.

Secrets At Red Rocks

$2,235,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Libertine Pictures (Red Rocks) Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
May 2023

Vince

$1,709,052
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kevin & Content
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
May 2023
Synopsis:
A TV personality is forced to restore his reputation after an embarrassing incident.

Kiri And Lou Make Friends

$200,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kiri and Lou Movie Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
1x60 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
May 2023
Synopsis:
Following the adventures of two fanciful creatures in the primeval forest of Aotearoa, this claymation series is back to teach kids more important life lessons.

End Of The Valley

$1,179,987
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Miro Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x26 mins
Primary Platform:
MĀORI TELEVISION SERVICE
Date:
Apr 2023
Synopsis:
The series will follow protagonist, Kaea Williams, as he unravels the secrets of Ngāti Kiokio and the death of a father he never knew.

Ships In The Night

$83,480
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Zesty Moa Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
15x1 mins
Primary Platform:
Tik Tok
Date:
Nov 2022
Synopsis:
Manaaki, a 19-year-old Māori boy, and Johnny, a 19-year-old Asian boy, throw caution to the wind and get to know each other over the course of a single night.

The 9-5ers

$81,920
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
O Tamaiti
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
15x1 mins
Primary Platform:
Tik Tok
Date:
Nov 2022
Synopsis:
The 9-5ers is a Scripted mockumentary series following the lives of three overly qualified Polynesian employees and their newly appointed ‘egghead’ boss.

New Zealand Today 4

$972,997
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kevin & Content
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Nov 2022
Synopsis:
Aotearoa's favourite volunteer journalist Guy Williams returns to cover more local stories happening in New Zealand Today.

Spinal Destination

$2,014,979
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Great Southern Television
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Nov 2022
Synopsis:
A new dark comedy series that explores the “ups, downs, tears and tantrums, joys and losses” of living with a disability.

The Boy, The Queen And Everything In Between

$629,120
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Lucky Legs Media
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Nov 2022
Synopsis:
A series that follows the journey of a son reconciling his relationship with his father, who just happens to be the most famous drag queen in the country.

Taskmaster Nz 4

$882,119
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kevin & Content
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
10x44 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Nov 2022
Synopsis:
Five new comedians will complete an assortment of baffling and bizarre challenges in the fourth series of Taskmaster NZ .

New Zealand Comedy Festival Partnership 2023

$263,896
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Sky Free
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
5x60 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Nov 2022
Synopsis:
Coverage of five local events in the 2023 New Zealand Comedy Festival.