Results posted: 1 November 2024
3
Projects funded
$257,000
Total funding awarded
209
Eligible applications received
Total funding requested
3 grants totalling $257,000 have been offered to commission new arts and culture podcasts. 209 podcast proposals were received.
Creative New Zealand, NZ On Air and RNZ have together supported the podcast proposals through a one-off co-fund designed to address a deficit in media coverage about arts and culture in Aotearoa. Creative Zealand’s New Mirrors research, published in 2023, highlighted the need to strengthen arts and culture coverage.
Read more about the Arts and Culture Podcast Co-Fund
Funded podcast
Toitū te Toi (working title): an exploration of New Zealand’s shifting Māori art history including landmark moments such as the establishment of Ngā Puna Waihanga, the 1984 exhibition Te Māori, and recent Venice Biennale Golden Lion winners. Producer Jamie Tahana with presenter Matariki Williams.
Funded: $81,500.
Tukua (working title): an art critic, a practising artist and rangatahi Māori attend an arts event together and share their own responses. Producer Kathryn Graham and presenters Brett Graham, Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku and Kura Turuwhenua.
Funded: $95,500.
Orators Anonymous (working title): an indigenous queer podcast for rogue philosophers, researchers, bedroom scholars and those trying (and sometimes failing) to be likeable ancestors. Producers Jessica Hansell aka Coco Solid and the Wheke Fortress collective.
Funded: $80,000.
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