Author name: Mark It

Twenty years ago today, or to be more culturally appropriate to this story, rua tekau years ago today, Whakaata Māori began broadcasting in Aotearoa.It had been a decade-long battle to get the station off the ground and on the air,…

This story uses the Taranaki mita when spelling maunga, which local hapū and iwi spell as mounga. Picture this: you’re doing some high-altitude camping on Taranaki’s Pouakai ranges, waking up just in time to crawl out of your cosy sleeping…

There’s a certain charm that so many films from New Zealand have, and the award-winning We Were Dangerous from SXSW is no different. The film is a period dramedy following a trio of friends, young women sent to an institution for delinquent…

ElevenLabs was founded in 2022 by best friends: Piotr, an ex-Google machine learning engineer, and Mati, an ex-Palantir deployment strategist. Inspired by the ‘poor’ dubbing of Hollywood movies they watched growing up in their native Poland, the pair set about…

OpenAI has again demonstrated the capabilities of its already impressive text-to-video platform, Sora, by asking creatives to produce their own short films using it. The public’s response has been a mixture of awe and fear about the potential uses of…

The BBC is to sign more deals with commercial partners in an effort to shore up its finances, with further cuts to services expected as it faces the potential end of the licence fee. Tim Davie, the director general, will…

Screen Auckland has launched a new website, which can be found here.…