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At the end of their latest week of bargaining with Hollywood studios and streamers, the unions that make up the Hollywood Basic Crafts coalition struck a defiant tone. In a statement on Wednesday, the labor groups said that major entertainment…

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…

When the team behind After the Party started hitting their stride, their desire was to do away with the stereotype that shows middle-aged women on TV “wearing lots of makeup, smiling a lot and engaging in ‘kitchen porn’,” co-creator and Kiwi star…

Though they’ve worked together only once (the animated “Happy Feet”), Australian director George Miller and recent AFI Life Achievement Award winner Nicole Kidman share a distinction this week. Both of their most recent films lead on respective home viewing charts.…

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…