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Hispanic upstart Canela Media has launched Zully, a new app for microdramas in both Spanish and English. While Canela is smaller than legacy players TelevisaUnivision and Telemundo, it has a different business model. Without linear TV networks or expensive line…

Created to nurture emerging Māori writers, Ngā Puna brings together six first-time television writers — each delivering a standalone 45-minute drama. Executive produced by Don Selwyn and made by He Taonga Films, the anthology spans genres from tangi grief and…

Spada is proud to announce Jennifer Onyeiwu as the recipient of the 2026 Vincent Burke Scholarship.  This year’s Vincent Burke Scholarship drew an exceptionally strong pool of applicants, with fifteen emerging producers in contention. However, Jennifer distinguished herself through the…

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled that TVNZ breached broadcasting standards in its reporting of comments by President Trump in an item on the arrest of the man suspected of shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The Authority has upheld three…

The Government has agreed to progress with disestablishing the Broadcasting Standards Authority and investigate self-regulation options, Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “New Zealand’s media landscape has changed dramatically, but our regulatory settings have not kept up. “The BSA…

Following its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival in February, feature documentary LOMU will make its Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on June 13, before returning home for its New Zealand premiere at the 2026 Whānau…

New Zealand’s first urban cop show, Shark in the Park traded rural beats for the gritty streets of inner-city Wellington. Devised by Graeme Tetley (Ruby and Rata), it follows Inspector Brian ‘Sharkie’ Finn (Jeffrey Thomas) and his unit, with character-driven…

After landing a major movie deal for their breakout game, three New Zealand developers say Kiwis are “batting way above average” on the global platform Roblox. Alec Kieft, Matthew Hufton, and Cameron Angland are set to executive produce a feature…

Essential Film Group has now boarded international sales, for horror thriller Mother Knows Best, which has recently wrapped production in Auckland. Frankie Adams (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, The Wrecking Crew), Rhona Mitra (The Last Ship, Underworld: Rise Of…