2024 NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION AWARDS WINNERS REVEALED
(Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau – November 22, 2024) Aotearoa’s television industry came together to celebrate its brightest achievements at the 2024 New Zealand Television Awards | Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa. The hi...
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26th Spada Screen Industry Award Recipients Announced
Thursday, 10 October 2024, The Maritime Room, Auckland
Spada is the New Zealand Screen Producers Guild
Television industry veteran Andrew Shaw; Angela Cudd, one of the producing team of the hit feature film U...
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A member of the Spada team recently spotted a Facebook thread where it seemed people weren’t fully aware of the international success New Zealand productions have achieved. We’ve compiled a snapshot of some recent success stories to address this. Feel free to share it widely...
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Minister Goldsmith announced earlier this week that the Government would take “immediate action” to support New Zealand’s media and content production sectors – including allowing the 40% New Zealand Screen Production Rebate to apply to Shortland Street, letting platfor...
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MEDIA RELEASEWednesday 10 April, 2024For Immediate Release
SPADA CALLS FOR SWIFT AND DECISIVE ACTION BY GOVERNMENT TO SAVE LOCAL CONTENT
New Zealand's screen producers' guild Spada has called for swift and decisive action from th...
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MEDIA RELEASE
Rāpare, 18 Kohitātea 2024 / Thursday, 18 January 2024
GLOBAL SCREEN INDUSTRY UNITES FOR STREAMING PLATFORM REGULATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS
In an unprecedented international collaboration, representatives of screen producing organisations fr...
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MEDIA RELEASEThursday 16 NovemberFor Immediate Release
SPADA CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO REGULATEINTERNATIONAL STREAMING PLATFORMS
(16 November 2023 - Wellington) The New Zealand screen producers’ guild, SPADA, has called for Government to...
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SPADA, in association with the New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air, is delighted to announce the Producer Scholarships that have been awarded to nine Emerging and Mid-Career Producers to attend the 2023 SPADA Conference, to be held on 16th & 17th November 2023 in Well...
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All COVID-19 requirements removed
14 Aug 2023
Effective from 12:01am Tuesday 15 August, 7 day mandatory isolation, wearing of face masks for visitors to healthcare facilities removed.
The Government is removing the remaining COVID-19 public health requirements, effective from...
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LOCAL NEW ZEALAND FORMAT TRACKED TO PREMIERE ON WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY STREAMING SERVICE MAX THIS MONTH
Tracked, a Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ original format, produced by Great Southern Television, will be New Zealand’s first local show to premiere on Max, streaming in the...
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