Author name: Keith Barclay

Six projects have been announced as the successful recipients of funding in the first-ever Aotearoa New Zealand Pacific Regional Media Fund that will create content for audiences across the Pacific and Aotearoa.  The six projects – five Non-Fiction and one…

Media Release: HON PAUL GOLDSMITH, Minister of Media and Communications. The Government is taking immediate action to support New Zealand’s media and content production sectors, while it develops a long-term reform programme, Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Firstly,…

The government will press ahead with a revised version of the Digital News Bargaining bill, and tweak SPR provisions to allow more TV shows, including Shortland Street, to access it. Read on RNZ.…

Te Māngai Pāho turns 30 Te Māngai Pāho celebrates three decades of te reo Māori creativity, innovation and excellence in the Māori broadcasting sector. Established in 1993 but operating since July 1994, our original mandate was to fund content which…

Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) has rolled out its full line-up for 2024: 86 feature films and 19 shorts. The full line-up, schedule, and ticket info is now on the festival website, along with a downloadable pdf…

Heading towards the pointy end of its activities is this year’s edition of the Vista 48Hours competition. Across the motu 570 teams registered for the competition this year, delivering 499 eligible films out of the mid-May shoot weekend. 162 School…