Calls for Covid Relief Funding for the Māori Screen Sector w/ Ngā Aho Whakaari: October 13, 2021

Recently, Ngā Aho Whakaari, the national representative body for Māori on screen, announced their disappointment that the Māori screen sector has been left out of Covid relief funding. The Māori screen sector sits under two government bodies, Te Māngai Pāho and the Ministry of Broadcasting. However, the Ministry of Culture and Heritage's Screen Production Recovery Fund has only been extended to NZ Film Commission and NZ On Air funded projects. This has left Te Māngai Pāho projects without the support to get through the uncertain times caused by lockdown. News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks to Anahera Higgins, the Chair of Ngā Aho Whakaari, about this discrepancy in funding and how it might be resolved.