An overhaul of NZ on Air is becoming more urgent following revelations that it has provided a totally misleading impression of the growth of local content on our television channels, says Labour’s Broadcasting spokesperson Clare Curran…

TVNZ is planning a big budget local production of the entertainment show, NZ’s Got Talent…

Responding to criticism of the working group process, NZ On Air Chief Executive Jane Wrightson says working groups are an efficient and effective mechanism for considering applications…

Moves by NZ On Air to question the timing of the broadcast of documentary Inside Child Poverty and then to seek to legal advice on controlling the scheduling of programmes “likely to be an election issue” is counter to their politically neutral position, says the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand…

The new partnership between TVNZ and SKY Television claims it will provide further pay opportunities for viewing of local programmes which have already been seen on TVNZ, but its implications for new programmes are unclear, says SPADA, the organisation representing New Zealand production companies and producers…

Broadcasting funding agency NZ On Air today released its annual report, paying particular tribute to Christchurch broadcast and screen personnel affected by the earthquakes…

TVNZ and NZ On Air are seeking well developed proposals for two long-form docudramas. Successful applications will primarily be funded from NZ On Air’s Platinum Fund…

TVNZ and NZ On Air are delighted that Nothing Trivial will return for a second season…

NZ On Air has announced investments of over $14 million into New Zealand children's television programming to screen in 2012…

Following four weeks of shooting on location in Nelson, Kiwi Flyer has wrapped, with many of the cast and crew making a sad departure.

“Filming in Nelson has been just fantastic,” says Christchurch-based director and co-writer Tony Simpson. “The weather has been stunning – clear blue skies almost continuously and the people have been marvellous, so generous and supportive…”

The Make My Movie Project is giving away a $100,000 cash grant from New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air for one lucky person/team to make a low budget feature film…

Billy, the NZ On Air funded television dramatisation of the life of Billy T James, has been criticised for distorting the facts.

The drama – not to be confused with the hit feature film documentary Billy T: Te Movie – screened last Sunday on TV One, attracting over 730,000 viewers.

However, friends and family close to Billy T James, including actor Peter Rowley and James' daughter Cherie James commented this week on Facebook, saying that the production was poorly researched and inaccurate…

NZ On Air is celebrating the success of its Platinum Fund drama investments, with Billy achieving record ratings for TV One last night. Billy, the biopic television feature about Billy T James, attracted more than 730,000 viewers, building on the success of the previous week’s popular Platinum drama Tangiwai.

NZ On Air has announced new programmes supported by its Platinum Fund for screening in 2012. The projects are being given the green light just as many of the fruits of last year’s round hit the screens, including Tangiwai which topped the ratings for TV One last Sunday…

A new documentary series, Golden Mozzies, looking at seven Māori families living on Australia’s Gold Coast, leads a wide range of New Zealand stories supported by NZ On Air in its latest funding round…

Due to internal promotion, NZ On Air has a vacancy in its TV funding team.

It's a rare chance to join a team devoted to supporting local programmes, widely enjoyed by audiences, that contribute to New Zealand's screen culture. NZ On Air funding supports television as diverse as Go Girls, The Almighty Johnsons, Country Calendar and Attitude…