Exploring The Many Faces Of Aotearoa – New Informative Factual Content Gets Green Light | Scoop News – Scoop.co.nz
The many different faces of Aotearoa are represented in a
host of new Factual content to be commissioned from the
latest NZ On Air funding round.
The content traverses
engaging topics such as early arrivals to our shores of
pan-ethnic communities, raising tamariki, the digital
divide, debunking conspiracy theories, kapa haka and
intercultural marriages.
NZ On Air Head of Funding
Amie Mills says the strength of the NZ On Air model is its
ability to support a wide range of content creators with
distinct world views to tell their stories on a wide range
of platforms used by different local audiences.
“In
their own way, each of these latest Factual projects
strengthens and deepens the way we see ourselves and our
place in NZ society.”
Hosted by Jehan Casinader,
Passengers is a landmark series celebrating early
Pacific, Chinese, Indian and Pan-Asian immigration through
the stories of the first passengers from pan-ethnic
communities to arrive in Aotearoa. It will screen on TVNZ
1.
Neuroscientist Nathan Mikaere-Wallis tackles the
biggest challenges facing whānau today in Kids Don’t
Come With A Manual on Māori Television. The series is a
science-based, workable guide to solving whānau
challenges.
The Heart Of The Matter will be a
new series on Apna TV looking at inter-cultural marriages
within NZ’s migrant communities, highlighting the changing
demographics and diversity of Aotearoa New
Zealand.
We’ll be able to follow the fortunes of our
Winter Paralympians with full coverage of the Games,
preceded by a documentary following the journey of New
Zealand’s new Winter Paralympians and an update on two
veteran Paralympians. Cool As Ice – Beijing Paralympic
Winter Games 2022 will screen on TVNZ Duke.
A
six-part series for TVNZ OnDemand, The Road to Te
Matatini, follows All Black, TJ Perenara, as he visits
six different kapa haka (haka groups) poised to perform at
the 2022 Te Matatini festival, and along the way he’ll learn
all about Te Matatini.
Dusky Maiden, on The
Coconet.TV, will explore the impact of the colonial gaze on
images of Pacific women through the ages, and how and why
this image was created and has lasted so long.
A new
documentary series also for The Coconet.TV, Akanuanua,
is about Rainbow Pasifika youth claiming their
visibility and truth. These are the stories of the young,
brown and queer in Aotearoa. Also reflecting the rainbow
community is What’s The Disabili-Tea?, a series for
AttitudeLive.com exploring living with a disability and
being queer.
A new series for Stuff.co,nz
Disconnected – Living In The Digital Divide looks
at what it’s like to be among the one-third of Pacific
Peoples who are living without digital tools and access. The
series will explore the impacts and seek solutions to the
digital divide.
With young adult audiences in
mind, Conspiraseries is a series for RNZ, and also
delivering social media vignettes presenting tongue-in-cheek
investigations into the why, how and ‘what the heck’ of
some of New Zealand’s most outrageous conspiracy theories.
For the platform Re:, Dating While Asian will create
social media videos that shine a light on Asian New
Zealanders’ romantic and sexual selves.
Two of our
most enduring factual series also return, with Attitude
continuing to tell the stories that empower people
living with disabilities and chronic health. And
Fresh will be back with its engaging content via TV
and social media focussed on Pasifika and Māori
youth.
Funding
details:
New
Passengers, 4 x
44 mins, Warner Bros Int. TV Production NZ for TVNZ 1, up to
$697,158. A landmark series celebrating
early Pacific, Chinese, Indian and Pan-Asian immigration
through the stories of the first passengers.
Kids
Don’t Come With A Manual, 6 x 25 mins, Faultline Films
for Māori Television, up to $476,080. From
general parenting advice to tackling specific struggles,
Neuroscientist Nathan Mikaere -Wallis tackles the challenges
facing whānau today.
Cool As Ice – Beijing
Paralympic Winter Games 2022, 1 x 23 mins + live
coverage of Games, TVNZ + Attitude Pictures for Duke, up to
$394,957. Full coverage of the Paralympic
Winter Games, preceded by a documentary on our new Winter
Paralympians and an update on two veteran
Paralympians.
The Road To Te Matatini, 6 x 12
mins, Pango Productions for TVNZ OnDemand, up to
$373,949. Follow TJ Perenara as he visits
six different kapa haka poised to perform at the 2022 ‘Te
Matatini’ festival.
Manalagi, 6 x 24 mins,
Tairawhiti TV for TP+, up to $353,695.
Manalagi celebrates the stories of Pacific Rainbow
champions in New Zealand.
The Heart Of The Matter,
8 x 22 mins, APNA Television for APNA Television, up to
$347,568. A series looking at
inter-cultural marriages within NZ’s migrant
communities.
Why Am I Gay?, 1 x 44 mins,
Ponsonby Productions for TVNZ 1, up to
$234,138. Dr Angelo Tedoldi, a
neuroscientist and proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community,
investigates the science of homosexuality.
Dusky
Maiden, 1 x 60 mins, Tikilounge Productions for
TheCoconet.TV, up to $212,121. This series
will explore the impact of the colonial gaze on images of
Pacific women through the ages.
Dark Harvest, 1
x 44 mins, Kindred Films for TVNZ 1, up to
$204,786. One South Auckland town confronts
its “secret” racist past in this one-off
documentary.
ConspiraSeries, 6 x 7 mins,
Tomorrow Rain for RNZ.co.nz, up to
$197,990. Tongue-in-cheek investigations
into the why, how and ‘what the heck’ of some of New
Zealand’s most outrageous conspiracies.
Dating
While Asian, 5 x 6 mins, Re: for Re:, up to
$188,620. A series about Asian New
Zealanders sharing their dating and sex
diaries.
Fair Game? Pacific Rugby Against The
World, 8 x 30 mins, Bird Of Paradise Productions for RNZ.co.nz, up to
$168,073. An in-depth investigation into the
perception Pacific rugby is being held back from reaching
its true potential.
Akanuanua, 5 x 8 mins,
Tikilounge Productions for TheCoconet.TV, up to
$154,000. The journey of five Pasifika
Rainbow fuata who discuss their challenges of being Pasifika
and LGBTQI+.
Disconnected – Living In The Digital
Divide, 6 x 8 mins, Umbrella Media for Stuff.co.nz, up to
$143,575. Exploring the impacts and looking
for solutions for the one-third of Pacific Peoples who are
living without digital tools and access.
What’s
The Disabili-Tea?, 6 x 5 mins, Attitude Pictures for
Attitude Live, up to $138,902. ‘What’s
the Tea?’ is a term used in queer culture, meaning
‘What’s the truth?’; this series will explore the
truth of living with a disability and being
queer.
Returning
Attitude 2022, 30 x 23
mins, Attitude Pictures for TVNZ 1, up to
$1,880,374. Attitude highlights how
ordinary Kiwis respond to adversity and empowers people by
sharing their stories.
Fresh 2022, 35 x 23
mins, Tikilounge Productions for TVNZ 2, up to
$1,807,990. Aotearoa’s flagship Pasifika
rangatahi TV show is back to bring more brown youth
diversity to our screens.
Rural Delivery 2022,
10 x 23 mins, Showdown Productions for TVNZ 1, up to
$161,642. Showcasing the people who are
living and working in the primary sector, leading the way
with innovation and technology.
The Nutters Club
2022, 48 x 90 mins, The Key To Life Charitable Trust for
NewstalkZB, up to $81,680. The Nutters Club
is a radio show that deals with all the tough stuff that
historically many in society have preferred to keep in the
closet.
Real Life With John Cowan 2022, 48 x 22
mins, Christian Broadcasting Association for NewstalkZB, up
to $39,033. A weekly nationwide chat show,
featuring a different high-profile guest every
week.
Christmas 2021, 18 x 51 mins, Christian
Broadcasting Association for NewstalkZB, up to
$36,099. 18 hours of creative,
award-winning Christmas Eve and Christmas Day radio
programming.
Easter 2022, 12 x 54 mins,
Christian Broadcasting Association for NewstalkZB, up to
$31,549. A mix of thoughtful Easter-focused
commentary, interviews, talk back, creative production and
guests, sprinkled with music-stabs and
vox-pops.