Media Releases
Monthly highlights: October
Released at 8:19 am on 25 September 2024
24 September 2024
Events
APRA Silver Scroll Awards Kaitito Kaiaka 2024
RNZ is the official media partner for the APRA Silver Scroll Awards Kaitito Kaiaka 2024 in Wellington on Tuesday 8 October at the St James Theatre. The Silver Scroll Awards is a prestigious event recognising Aotearoa’s songwriters and composers across a range of music styles. There will be six awards presented on the night, as well as live performances of the finalist's songs, re-arranged by top local musicians.
As well as coverage across RNZ, the awards ceremony will be live streamed on rnz.co.nz and RNZ Music YouTube channel from 8pm Tuesday 8 October.
Radio news
RNZ Concert - Settling the Score is back for 2024
Settling the Score - RNZ Concert's Classic Countdown, celebrates its 25-year anniversary in October. A highly anticipated annual event where audiences get to vote for the music they love and this year go in the draw to win a prize pack.
Voting
From 6am Monday 30 September - midnight Sunday 13 October on rnz.co.nz/concert.
Results
Monday 28 October (Labour Day)
6am - 8pm on RNZ Concert
Top 30 countdown will be played from 12pm
New content released this week:
30 with Guyon Espiner
Podcast & video series | Wednesday 25 September
Current affairs, Investigative
RNZ’s video-led current affairs programme 30 with Guyon Espiner is back, with the CEO of the biggest Australian Bank in the hotseat for the first episode of season two tomorrow. Continuing its focus on interesting topics with interesting people, host Guyon Espiner grills Antonia Watson on billion-dollar bank profits, asking if there's enough competition in the market. Guyon also talks to a former Trump advisor and diehard republican who’s decided to back the other side by endorsing Kamala Harris. Other confirmed guests include the author behind “the Subtle art of not giving a f*ck”, former elite solider Jamie Pennell and the Prime Minister himself, Christopher Luxon.
A new episode is released every Wednesday on rnz.co.nz/guyon, RNZ’s YouTube channel and TVNZ+, with highlights posted on social media and the audio released on podcast apps and broadcast on RNZ National.
Hi-Vis
Video series | Friday 27 September
Rangatahi, Comedy
Hi-Vis is a new 8-part video series that follows a crew of witty traffic management workers from Kia Tupato, a Whangārei based company with the responsibilities of managing traffic in and around the Waitangi Treaty Grounds during the Waitangi Day 2024 commemorations. The series gives an insider’s look at the realities Kia Tupato are faced with in the lead up to and during one of their busiest days of the year. Across each episode, the team tackles turning mundane tasks into hilarious adventures, from traffic scheduling, preparing traffic management plans and general traffic management. Hi-Vis showcases youthful resilience and friendship in regional Aotearoa. It's an entertaining journey, reminding us that life's twists and turns are best faced with a hearty smile. Released weekly on TAHI Facebook, Instagram & YouTube channels from Friday 27 September.
Watch the trailer here.
Hi-Vis is produced by Tai Huri Films and made with the support of Te Māngai Pāho.
Black Sheep Bonus: The Story of Bill Sutch
Podcast | Friday 27 September
Investigative
RNZ’s Black Sheep podcast will release a special bonus episode investigating New Zealand's most famous public servant, Bill Sutch. On 26 September 1974, Sutch was arrested on a rainy Wellington Street and accused of passing information to the Soviets. He was later acquitted of espionage charges, but 50 years later historians still disagree on the extent of his collaboration with the Russians. This bonus episode will go deeper into the pivotal role he played in developing New Zealand economic and social policy, his influence with the fledgling United Nations, and the murky questions surrounding his arrest in 1974.
Listen to the episode on rnz.co.nz/blacksheep or your favourite podcast app on Friday 27 September. Also airing on Sunday 29 September at 7am on RNZ National.
New content in October
Loading Docs 2024
Short documentary series | Tuesday 8 October
Variety of genres
RNZ will be showcasing all six Loading Docs 2024 films on Tuesday 8 October. Loading Docs is a series of short documentaries telling bold, creative, and unforgettable New Zealand stories. The 2024 collection brings quirky, fascinating, and deeply human stories – from high-stakes urban wildlife competitions to heart-pounding battles to protect ancient trees. Each 10-minute film takes the viewer into the heart of Aotearoa. Loading Docs is a Notable Pictures initiative made primarily with support from NZ On Air, along with support from Te Māngai Pāho and The New Zealand Film Commission.
Watch films from Tuesday 8 October on rnz.co.nz and on TAHI.
Uncut Diamond Daniella
Podcast | Thursday 10 October
Sports, Society & Culture
Uncut Diamond Daniella* is a new five-part podcast about New Zealand boxer Daniella Smith – who became Welterweight Boxing Champion of the World all at the age of 38. But in a sports-mad country Daniella Smith's story has remained untold, until now. Smith narrates her own story as a single mother from Kaikohe, who against all odds overcame male prejudice to become one of the best. Across each episode she tells her story of pure grit, where fighting in the ring was only part of the struggle. Legends Monty Betham, Shane Cameron and Mea Motu join her to tell this tale – a story about the liberation of women’s boxing.
Available weekly from Thursday 10 October on rnz.co.nz and on podcast platforms. Played on RNZ National weekly from Sunday 13 October, 7am.
*formerly Daniella Loves to Fight
Hīkoi Speaking Our Truth
Documentary | Friday 18 October
History, Society & Culture
Hīkoi Speaking Our Truth is a new documentary that seeks to understand the events on 18 October 2004 around the passing of the Foreshore and Seabed Act – a piece of legislation still causing shockwaves 20 years on. The Act effectively locked out any Māori claims to customary rights or title and vested ownership of the whole seabed and foreshore to the Crown, except that owned by private individuals. The documentary is told through the voice of Tāmati Rimene-Sproat as he explores the political and cultural environment of the day; uncovers the stories, memories and motivations of key players within the hīkoi, examining the fallout and repercussions of that Act.
Hīkoi Speaking Our Truth will be released on Friday 18 October on rnz.co.nz and the RNZ YouTube channel. Made with the support from Te Māngai Pāho.
Featured Content
Te Kawau ki Tai
Video series | Out now
History
Te Kawau ki Tai - The Story of a Waka is a new six-part documentary video series following the journey of the construction of a new waka taua for Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei named Te Kawau. In the heart of Tāmaki Makaurau, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei begins a transformative journey to revive a cherished tradition - the construction of their new waka taua. For over two decades, the absence of this symbol of cultural pride has been keenly felt by the iwi, but now, their dream is set to become reality. Each episode delves into the history of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei with waka taua, and the meticulous process of crafting the new waka. The journey also captures the emotional and cultural weight of reclaiming this integral part of their identity. Te Kawau ki Tai is a poignant series that illustrates how the restoration of this cultural icon serves as a beacon of resilience and a testament to their enduring cultural legacy on the Waitematā.
Watch Te Kawau ki Tai now on rnz.co.nz/waka. The series was produced by Aotearoa Media Collective and made with support from NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho, with thanks to Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
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