ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF THE 2021 SOUTH PACIFIC PICTURES 'BIG PITCH'
Even the COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t stop the 2021 South Pacific Pictures 'Big Pitch' from going ahead, with the shift to a virtual event ensuring six exciting projects were pitched to the judging panel that in...
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins have announced details of travel across the Auckland Border, a transition into the COVID-19 Protection Framework, and the launch of the Vaccine Passport today.
Auckland Border and Domestic Travel
People...
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Come along and enjoy the fun as six projects each have five minutes to pitch to a panel of industry judges, in the hope of winning the 2021 South Pacific Pictures' "BIG PITCH".
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Via Zoom at 4 - 6PM
This Year's Winner Receives a Cash Prize of $2,500
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Following a meeting with Cabinet today Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced:
Auckland will move to Alert Level 3 - Step 2 at 11.59pm tomorrow, Tuesday, 9 November 2021.
Northland will move to Alert Level 2 at 11.59pm Thursday, 11 November 2021.
Waikato remains a...
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Irirangi Te Motu | NZ On Air has launched new brand assets to help New Zealand audiences identify funded content. The changes include:
Leading with the te reo translation of the agency’s name – Irirangi Te Motu
Moving away from using the full spectrum of rainbow colours in...
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APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5pm on Monday 29 November 2021
Te Reo Tātaki, in partnership with NZ On Air, is thrilled to announce a second 6 x 22-minute episode, cultural anthology series for TVNZ 2 and OnDemand.
In 2020, we put a call out for pitches for a supernatural anthology. The...
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SPADA'S Executive member Irene Gardiner talks to Lynn Freeman from RNZ's standing room only about streamers place in our screen eco-system, and how levies could benefit the local sector.
LISTEN HERE...
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Key announcements have been made today:
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the new COVID-19 Protection Framework, a 'traffic light' system which signals the way forward in the management of the pandemic. The overall goal is now to minimise and manage COVID-19 in the c...
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SPADA COVID-19 Policy Templates
SPADA has developed the following templates to support producers and productions:
SPADA Vaccination Policy TEMPLATE
SPADA Vaccination Code of Conduct TEMPLATE
ScreenSafe Update 12 October 2021
The ScreenSafe COVID-19 Group has worked hard to g...
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Summer is just 8 weeks away and the Government is keen for everyone to book their first vaccine appointment now so they can get 2 doses and enjoy everything a classic Kiwi summer has to offer - including getting back into screen production.
The more of us are fully vaccinated, t...
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