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2024 NZ Television Awards Winners

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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2024 Spada Award Winners

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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Export Success

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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Change To NZSPR and Shortland Street

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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SPADA Launches Love Local Campaign

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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Producer Scholarships to 2023 SPADA Conference Announced

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

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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