Who has received Public Interest Journalism Fund money?
Now that the Public Journalism Fund's excessive spending has come to an end, which media companies received the most unneeded welfare? Here's our top ten government-funded media organisations for the last three years, and what that money has gone to!
| Total - Top Ten Recipients |
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Media Organisation |
What They Got: | Total Amount: |
| NZME |
37 Journalism Cadetships for Māori, Pasifika and diverse journalists, an online tool detailing Pakehā land ownership over time, Kaupapa Māori and Audio Innovation role for accessibility for low-vision mana whenua, 15 roles for coverage of remote court proceedings, support for community journalists in provincial newspapers, weekly bilingual section in Rotorua Weekender about iwi issues. *Includes $635,020 in indirect funding. |
$6,880,099.25 |
| RNZ | New journalism unit covering topics in Hindi & Mandarin for Asian communities, strengthen Māori knowledge across the organisation, 20 local democracy reporting roles across New Zealand, The Detail podcast, the Party People podcast. | $5,800,207.00 |
| Stuff Media | Stuff Circuit - project covering more risky topics in New Zealand, Te Reo Māori translator, 20 Pou Tiaki & Community reporters to cover Māori and minority issues, retaining community coverage in Marlborough, The Whole Truth - limited series covering public health, Xin xi Lan - multimedia project about first Chinese immigrants to Aotearoa, cultural competency course for Stuff journalists. | $4,806,528.00 |
| Sunpix | Tagata Pasifika - flagship Pacific news program, two journalists for Tagata Pasifika, Ifoga - documentary on Pasifika abuse in state care, Maisuka - documentary about Type 2 Diabetes in Moana Pasifika youth. | $4,251,360.00 |
| TVNZ |
Q&A with Jack Tame - current affairs program, 2022-2023, News 2 Me - news program for children, series 1 & 2, Ohinga 2 - reo Māori-fluent show focused on Māori current events, Manutaki Māori role for cultural competency. *Includes $264,386 of commissioned projects |
$3,187,649.00 |
| Discovery NZ | Newshub Nation, 2022-2023 - current affairs programme, Pacific Affairs Correspondent for Discovery NZ TV shows, Newshub Cultural Partnership Navigator to bring kaupapa māori framework to newsroom. | $2,356,696.00 |
| Newsroom | Newsroom Investigates - (2022-2023) series of investigative news videos, The Detail - near-daily podcast covering news issues (2021-2023), four Te Rito graduate roles for new journalists, Video Content Creator to share news stories wider, Climate Change Interview Series - videos about New Zealand's low-carbon future, Sub-Editor for more online content, four part-time South Island reporters and one Māori Editor, upskilling of two graduate journalists. | $2,189,301.00 |
| Great Southern Television | The Hui Series 7 & 8 - weekly bilingual Māori cultural affairs programme, The Hui: Summer Edition Series 1 & 2 - six cultural stories and training for four cadet journalists. | $1,834,367.65 |
| The Spinoff |
Two Sub-editors for fact-checking, vetting, captioning and accessibility of videos, 10-month upskilling program for editors with partner publications, Local Elections 2022 coverage, The Quarter Million - series on royal commission into abuse in care homes, IRL - series covering online life after thepandemic, Nē? - Podcast and articles covering te ao Māori issues, Māori politics and Pacific communities reporters for dedicated coverage, mentorship programme for journalism cadets. *Includes $544,654 of commissioned projects. |
$1,782,353.00 |
| UMA Broadcasting | Paakiwaha - bilingual radio programme broadcast on Radio Waatea, about Māori perspective on news and current events, 6.5 FTE staff (editors, senior & trainee journalists) for Radio Waatea. | $1,664,000.00 |
| Sixth Round recipients | ||
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Roles |
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| 95bfm | 1 x Digital News Sub-Editor creating content for website and social media channels | $36,956 |
| Te reo o Ngati Kahungunu | 1 x Digital Content Creator & 1 x Producer | $204,176 |
| Indian Newslink | 1 x Audience Engagement Expert & 1 x Hamilton Reporter | $199,650 |
| Stuff | 1 x Te Reo Māori Translator & 2 x Marlborough Reporters | $249,260 |
| Pacific Media Network | 1 x Political Reporter, 1 x Digital Producer, 1 x Digital Editor/Camera Operator, 1 x Sub-Editor | $430,849 |
| Te Reo Irirangi o Maniapoto | 1 x Video News Journalist | $85,000 |
| AgriHQ | 1 x Farmer's Weekly Digital Editor | $89,981 |
| NZME | 1 x Kaupapa Māori Editor | $123,600 |
| Allied Press | 1 x Family Court Reporter, 1 x Youth Court Reporter, 1 x Employment Relations Authority Reporter | $266,591 |
| E-Tangata | 1 x Senior Writer/Editor - Pacific News, 1 x Senior Writer/Editor - Māori News, 1 x Editor/Mentor, 1 x Digital Marketing Manager | $350,496 |
| Metro | 1 x Te Ao Māori Editor & 1 x Sub-Editor | $51,066 |
| Ashburton Guardian | 1 x Rural Content Editor, focused on agricultural concerns around Ashburton | $85,000 |
| Gisborne Herald | 1 x Kaupapa Māori Reporter to suit large Māori populace | $77,464 |
| Local Matters | 1 x Auckland Council reporter, for analysis of council activities for nine local outlets | $84,579 |
| Newshub | 1 x Māori Affair Reporter, to bring Kaupapa Māori to the newsroom | $145,810 |
| Newsroom | 1 x Sub-Editor to draft/edit reporter submissions | $94,395 |
| The Spinoff | 1 x Māori Political Reporter (part time) & 1 x Sub-Editor | $166,500 |
| Valley Profile | 2 x News Reporters (one full-time, one part-time) for Hauraki/Coromandel area | $89,300 |
| BayBuzz | 2 x Local Accountability Reporters (part time) for Hawkes Bay area | $88,800 |
| Crux | 1 x Senior Editorial Role, news coverage for Wānaka/Queenstown area | $126,250 |
| Industry Development Funding | ||
| Attitude Pictures | Additional multimedia training for disabled journalism cadet | $7,600 |
| Go Global | Extension of two more cadetships for Chinese-background cadets in digital journalism | $141,280 |
| NZ Geographic | Four day wānanga to train 18 journalists in data journalism w/ Science Media Centre | $98,824 |
| Emergency Resilience Relief | ||
| Gisborne Herald | $12,324 |
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| Hawkes Bay App | $21,429 |
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| Te Reo Irirangi o Kahungunu | $29,663 |
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| Te Reo Irirangi o Ngāti Porou | $30,000 |
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| BayBuzz |
$19,500 |
| Fifth Round recipients | ||
| Te Reo Irirangi O Te Hiku O Te Ika | 1 x 12-month season for video news series | $460,000 |
| Aotearoa Media Collective | A new Māori current affairs project | $452,198 |
| The Big Idea | A 26 video series covering topical art news and investigations | $181,800 |
| Great Southern Television Ltd | Production of 6 current affairs stories for series 2 of The Hui: Summer Edition | $187,114 |
| Business Desk | A project to investigate agencies' involvement in healthcare spending across NZ, through a series of 50-70 articles. | $85,255 |
| Metro Media Group Limited | A series of feature articles that look at commercial properties development in Tamaki Makaurau | $30,460 |
| Indo Kiwi United Trust | Weekly series of 48 videos for Punjabi and Sikh audiences | $169,440 |
| Kiwi Kids News | A 12-month project producing 2 weekly news articles written in te reo Māori, with English translation | $46,706 |
| Mediaworks | Tova O'Brien Special, which includes an interview with Volodymyr Zelensky | $50,000 |
| Te Korimako o Taranaki | A 9-month training programme for 5 Māori journalists | $395,000 |
| Attitude Pictures | Continued training and coaching for disabled interns | $142,520 |
| Global HQ | 2 x 12-month mentorships for tertiary students | $25,000 |
| Go Global Ltd | 2 x 12-month training programmes for Chinese cadets | $137,280 |
| Inland App Company | A 12 month journalism programme in Central Otago for high school students | $7,800 |
| The Spinoff | A 10-month initiative to train journalism editors | $201,036 |
| Hawke's Bay App | 1 x Editor/Presenter and 1 x Video Journalist for 2 years | $388,700 |
| Consumer NZ Incorporated | 1 x Reporter for one year, to focus on economically marginalised groups | $85,600 |
| Migrant News | 1 x Reporter for one year, to focus on migrant audiences | $55,854 |
| Radio Ngāti Porou Charitable Trust | 1 x Digital Content Designer and 1 x Digital Producer for one year | $128,784 |
| Inland App Company | 1 x Local Democracy Journalist for 2 years | $101,400 |
| Warner Bros Discovery NZ | 1 x Pasifika Affairs Correspondent for 2 years | $248,240 |
| Indian Newslink | 1 x Digital Graphic Designer and 1 x Audience Engagement Expert for one year | $186,992 |
| The National Pacific Radio Trust | 1 x Chief of Staff and 1 x a Newsreader for one year | $207,461 |
| Metro Media Group Ltd | 1 x Part-time Sub-Editor for one year | $20,316 |
| Fourth Round recipients | ||
| Allied Press | Training for five new journalists | $516,000 |
| Indo Kiwi United Trust | Professional development for existing journalists at NZ Punjabi News | $35,300 |
| North & South Media Limited | 1 x trainee/cadet journalist for up to one year | $68,200 |
| Allied Press | To deliver local video news content to local communities | $695,000 |
| Apna Networks Ltd | A podcast series to empower migrant ethnic communities to appropriately respond to mental health issues | $101,897 |
| Cinco Cine Film Productions Ltd | A pilot development and content creation programme introducing tamariki and rangatahi to journalism as a viable career | $800,000 |
| Metro Media Group Limited | 4 x long-form articles about how the arts get funded | $39,380 |
| The Spinoff | A team of writers and contributors to cover the 2022 local body elections | $160,187 |
| Very Nice Productions Ltd | Regional video news for Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Whanganui with accompanying articles | $604,520 |
| Te Reo o Ngāti Kahungunu Inc | 2 x roles to utilise current radio content and make it available for online distribution | $214,245 |
| BayBuzz | 2 x roles to deepen coverage of agribiz-environment, healthcare delivery and public body accountability | $88,800 |
| Indian Newslink | 2 x roles to report on issues related to youth South Asian communities | $362,520 |
| Newsroom NZ Ltd | 1 x video content creator | $159,340 |
| Crux | 1 x junior/intermediate role to support public interest journalism in the Southern Lakes and Central Otago districts | $139,520 |
| Te Reo Irirangi o Maniapoto | 2 x roles to support Te Reo Kahika news service to share tribal news using bilingual local narratives | $160,000 |
| Third Round recipients | ||
| Allied Press | 1 x Partnership Editor role | $145,650 |
| Campus Radio 95bFM | 1 x Sub-Editor | $32,916 |
| Discovery NZ | 1 x Newshub Cultural Partnership Navigator | $130,500 |
| GlobalHQ | 1 x Digital Editor | $105,000 |
| Kowhai Media Ltd | 1 x Kaiwhakatiki Hourua | $55,020 |
| Mana Trust | 1 x Editor/Mentor and 1 x Digital Marketing Manager | $165,000 |
| Newsroom NZ | 1 x Sub Editor | $91,679 |
| NZME | 1 x Kaupapa Editor and 1 x Audio Innovation role | $200,280 |
| Radio One 91FM | 1 x Digital Content Edit | $20,000 |
| RNZ | 1 x Kurawhakaue Partnership Editor Role | $108,000 |
| Stuff | 1 x te reo Māori Translator | $103,000 |
| Te Po | 1 x Kawea Te Rongo Kaiwhakahaere | $68,250 |
| The Spinoff | 1 x Sub Editor role | $105,450 |
| The Pantograph Punch | 1 x Business Development role and 1 x Social Media Specialist (3 months) | $95,040 |
| Tikilounge Productions | 1 x Pasifika Youth Digital News Editor | $75,000 |
| Allied Press | 6 x long-form articles and staff training programmes | $61,725 |
| BusinessDesk | Charity Sector Investigation minimum 30 stories | $154,020 |
| Discovery NZ | Newshub Nation 2022, 41 x 50 mins and a podcast series | $978,175 |
| Great Southern Television | The Hui, 40 x 28 mins shows and 40 x 28 mins podcasts Māori current affairs | $737,036 |
| Kakalu Media | Online project for Kakalu o Tonga | $9,817 |
| Kowhai Media, A Voice for Tangaroa | 4 x 3000-word written features, 6 x 400-1,500 word stories about the ocean | $146,745 |
| Luke Nola & Friends | 80 x 4 mins videos for digital platforms and 80 x 2 mins videos for social media | $653,773 |
| Mahi Tahi Media | 50 x 4 mins videos | $264,386 |
| Māori Television | Journalism training wānanga | $189,200 |
| Muster Vibrant Rural Communities | Women’s perspectives on social and cultural issues, 9 x 3000 words, 72 x 600-1,500-word stories, 6 x 3 mins videos | $292,692 |
| Newsroom NZ | Newsroom Investigates 2022, 60 mins video investigative affairs | $336,358 |
| Newsroom NZ | Climate Change Interview Series, 10 x 12 mins video interviews | $40,000 |
| North & South Media | Exploring Aotearoa’s Chinese Communities, 4-6 features totaling 20,000 words | $25,000 |
| NZME, Whenua: Is it yours? | Interactive database and map, 4 x 1,500-3,000-word features | $80,500 |
| Stuff | Stuff Circuit 2022 a minimum of 90 mins of video, investigative current affairs | $324,000 |
| SunPix Tagata Pasifika | 51 x 23 mins and 2 x 90 mins Pasifika news | $1,919,913 |
| Te Parerē National Māori Students Magazine | 32 digital issues focused on Māori youth current affairs | $28,240 |
| The Spinoff, The Quarter Million | 2 x 4,000 – 5,000-word feature and Instagram titles | $152,304 |
| TVNZ, Kids Kōrero | 30 x 5 mins linear videos, 30 x 2 mins explainer videos, and 30 x 5 mins podcasts | $517,364 |
| TVNZ, Q + A with Jack Tame 2022 | 40 x 59 mins episodes, plus a two-hour special of current affairs, | $842,200 |
| NZME | for two years to support newsgathering | $940,188 |
| Stuff | for two years of its Marlborough newsgathering. | $731,300 |
| Second round recipients | ||
| Stuff | 20 x roles | $2,789,240 |
| RNZ | 20 x Local reporting roles | $3,554,000 |
| NZME | 15 x roles | $2,995,702 |
| Maori Television | 7 x roles | $1,593,000 |
| School Road Publishing | 1 x role for Woman magazine | $189,660 |
| SunPix | 2 x roles for TP+ | $273,600 |
| Local Matters | 1 x role for Local Matters | $150,148 |
| Crux Publishing | 1 x role for Crux | $151,200 |
| The Spinoff | 2 x roles for The Spinoff | $427,800 |
| Ashburton Guardian | 1 x role for the Ashburton Guardian | $150,000 |
| Central App | 1 x role for Central App | $31,200 |
| North & South | 1 x role for North & South Media | $230,000 |
| Newsroom | 4 x roles for Newsroom and shared role | $528,316 |
| Allied Press | 4 x roles for Otago Daily Times and other Allied Press | $711,797 |
| Valley Media | 1 x role for The Valley Profile | $127,096 |
| The Gisborne Herald | 1 x role for The Gisborne Herald | $183,240 |
| Metro Media Group | 1 x part-time role for Metro Magazine | $47,600 |
| Mana Trust | 4 x roles for E-Tangata | $650,000 |
| Kiwi Media Publishing | 4 x roles for The Indian Weekender |
$705,000 |
| National Pacific Radio Trust | 4 x roles for Pacific Media Network | $275,000 |
| Television New Zealand | 2 x roles for TVNZ News, for one year | $206,000 |
| Te Reo Irirangi O Te Hiku O Te Ika | 1 x role | $176,200 |
| Very Nice Productions | 1 x role for Local Focus | $105,000 |
| UMA Broadcasting | 6.5 x roles for Radio Waatea | $774,000 |
| Discovery New Zealand | 3 x roles for Newshub | $695,560 |
| First round recipients | ||
| Newsroom for RNZ | The Detail, 322 x 22 mins podcasts | $806,135 |
| Stuff | The Whole Truth, an animated fact-checking project | $591,465 |
| UMA Broadcasting for Waateanews.com | Paakiwaha A bilingual news and current affairs show | $433,000 |
| Hex Work for The Spinoff | IRL doing investigative features and personal stories | $335,746 |
| Aotearoa Media Collective Aotearoa Media Collective for RNZ, Tūranga FM, Radio Waatea | Party People, an audio and video series | $236,930 |
| Hex Work for The Spinoff | Nē? a podcast and written series | $217,325 |
| Red Sky Film & Television for Three | Inside Child Poverty 10 Years On, a review by Bryan Bruce | $204,970 |
| SunPix for TP+, E-Tangata, Māori Television, Pacific Media Network (NPRT) | Ifoga, video series about Pasifika who have suffered abuse in state care | $181,118 |
| Great Southern Television for Newshub.co.nz | The Hui: Summer Edition a Māori current affairs programme | $178,729 |
| BusinessDesk for BusinessDesk | How Good Is Our Public Service? multimedia series | $174,092 |
| SunPix for TP+, Pacific Media Network (NPRT), E-Tangata, Māori Television | Maisuka, a documentary about Type 2 diabetes for Moana adolescents | $131,139 |
| Kowhai Media for New Zealand Geographic | Being Teen, A text and photography-based longitudinal series | $98,533 |
| Tech-day for SecurityBrief, CFO tech N, IT Brief, bizEDGE, ChannelLife, FutureFive | Cybersecurity In Aotearoa text-based stories and interviews on security | $73,152 |
| North & South Media for North & South | System Overhaul long-form text story about fixing state care | $42,500 |
| Lifestyle Publishing for Wilderness Magazine | The Living Forest A text-based series about three iwi in NZ | $4,250 |
| Very Nice Productions for NZ Herald and NZME | Local Focus a regional video news service | $840,000 |
| Allied Press for ODT.co.nz | The South Today expanded service of video news for the South Island | $675,000 |
| Awa FM for Awa FM | Te Awa - News made from the perspective of Whanganui Māori | $498,370 |
| Te Reo Irirangi O Te Hiku O Te Ika for Tehiku.nz | Haukāinga - initiative providing news to Māori audiences in Northland | $460,000 |
| Te Wāhanga Reo Rua, NZME for Rotorua Weekender | Rotorua Weekender, weekly bilingual Te Reo Māori and English section in the Rotorua Weekender | $440,000 |
| Stuff for PlayStuff and Māori Television | Forever A Foreigner multimedia series about NZ's first Asian immigrants | $214,360 |
| Crux for Crux.org.nz | Deep South video series examining social and economic issues in the South Island | $189,522 |
| Vanishing Point Studio for North & South and multiple local newspapers | Fault Lines, cross-platform piece looking into the Alphine Fault | $166,600 |
| Whakatupuria Te Moana A Toi | Whakatupuria, multimedia project that looks into the Provincial Growth Fund in the Eastern Bay of Plenty | $97,000 |
| Salient Magazine | Te Ao Mārama A special edition of Salient produced by Māori students | $7,291 |
| NZME, Māori Television, Newshub and Pacific Media Network with 11 support partners | Te Rito Journalism Project, a programme to train and hire 25 cadet Māori, Pasifika and diverse journalists. | $2,419,253 |
| Aotearoa Media Collective | Pīpī Paopao initiative providing regional workshops to 100 iwi radio staff | $361,815 |
| Stuff | Training: Multi-lens Journalism | $300,800 |
| The Spinoff | Current Affairs and Culture Magazine Mentorship Programme training initiative pairing journalism cadets with a mentor | $287,310 |
| BusinessDesk | Cadet Training Programme, training two speicalist business journalists | $191,000 |
| Attitude Pictures | Disability Roadshow, workshops for journalists to learn about disability rights and reporting | $121,420 |
| Kowhai Media | Photo Aotearoa a workshop and a three-month mentoring programme training photojournalists | $98,256 |
| Newsroom | Training to upskill Newsroom’s graduate journalists | $50,610 |
| Tikilounge Productions | Coconet Reporter Training - Training three reporter trainees | $49,324 |
| Round six recipients | Made public on Monday 5th December 2022 |
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