• Māori and Pasifika Impact Producing Lab2026

  • Application Form

  • The Māori and Pasifika Impact Producing Lab is an eight-week professional development programme for Māori and Pasifika screen practitioners based in Aotearoa New Zealand.

    Up to eight practitioners will be selected, each bringing a screen project they are actively working on.

    Across the Lab, participants will use their own projects to explore how screen stories can connect with audiences and communities, build meaningful partnerships, and contribute to outcomes beyond simply being watched.

    You do not need previous experience in impact producing. You do not need to know what an impact strategy is, use particular terminology, or already have an audience, engagement or impact plan. Developing this thinking and learning how to apply it to your own project is the purpose of the Lab.

    The Lab will run from 12 October to 7 December 2026.

    Applications close 11.59pm, Sunday 27 September 2026.

    Before starting your application, please have ready:

    • a Project Overview PDF of up to 4 pages
    • a current CV of up to 2 pages
  • These documents do not need to be professionally designed.

  • 1. Eligibility

  • First, let's make sure the Lab is right for you.
  • Are you currently based in Aotearoa New Zealand?*
  • Are you 18 years of age or older?*
  • Do you identify as Māori and/or Pasifika?*
  • Do you have a screen project that you are actively working on and would bring into the Lab?*
  • The Lab is project-based. You need to have an existing screen project to participate. You will use this project throughout the eight weeks to develop and apply your impact strategy.
  • What stage is your project currently at?*

  • 2. About You

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  • How do you identify?*
  • If you are Pasifika, what Pacific Island nation(s) or community/communities are you connected to?*
  • Have you played a substantial role in taking at least one screen project through to completion and release or broadcast?*
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  • Please upload a current CV (.pdf) of no more than 2 pages. 

  • 3. Your Project

  • What kind of screen project is it? **
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  • What involvement do you have in decisions about how this project reaches and engages with audiences, communities and potential partners?*

  • 4. Your Project Overview

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  • This does not need to be a professionally designed pitch deck. A simple document is completely fine. We are interested in the project and its potential, not the quality of its design or presentation.

    Please cover the following:

  • 1. Your Project
    Tell us what you are making. Include the working title, format, a synopsis and a fuller description of the story.

    2. Where the project is at
    Tell us about the project's current stage, the development or production work that has happened so far, what is happening next, and your role in the project.

    3. Why this story matters
    Tell us about the themes, issues, communities, experiences, cultural context or conversations that sit around the story. Why does this project matter to you, and why might it matter to others?

    4. Who you think the story could reach
    Are there particular audiences, communities, organisations or groups that could have a meaningful connection to this story? Tell us who and why.

    5. What could happen beyond people watching it?
    What would you like the project to contribute to in the world?

    This could include starting or changing a conversation, strengthening connection, increasing understanding, supporting a community, creating educational opportunities, challenging perceptions, encouraging action, supporting advocacy, influencing decision-makers, or contributing to a wider issue.

     

    We are not asking you to develop an impact campaign for this application.

    You do not need to have an impact strategy already developed, know impact-producing terminology, or know exactly what the project's impact could be. We want to understand the project, what sits around the story, and whether there is potential to develop meaningful impact work through the Lab.

    If you already have a pitch deck, treatment or project document that addresses the areas above, you can submit that instead. You do not need to create a new professionally designed document specifically for this application.

  • 5. Why This Lab, Why Now?

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  • 6. Programme Commitment

  • The Māori and Pasifika Impact Producing Lab will run over eight weeks from 12 October to 7 December 2026.

    Sessions will generally take place in the evenings and run for approximately 2–2.5 hours per session.

    The programme will include:

    • five online workshops
    • two group strategy sessions
    • a final session
    • time between sessions to apply the learning directly to your project

    Most sessions will be online.

    Depending on where the selected participants are based, we may hold the final session in person in Auckland on Monday 7 December.

  • Participants will be expected to attend and actively participate in the sessions and continue developing their project work between sessions.
  • Can you commit to attending the evening sessions and participating across the full programme?*
  • Can you commit time between sessions to applying the learning to your project?*
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  • If the final session is held in person, would you be available to travel to Auckland on Monday 7 December?*
  • Your answer will help us plan the final session. Your ability to travel to Auckland will not affect whether you are selected for the Lab.

  • 7. Access and Participation

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  • Optional.
    This information will not be used to assess the merit of your application.
  • Would childcare or other caring responsibilities affect your ability to participate in the programme?*

  • 8. How You Heard About the Lab

  • Do you have any access requirements we should be aware of to support your participation in the Lab? This might include requirements related to disability, Deaf or hard-of-hearing access, neurodiversity, mobility, communication, or anything else that would support your participation.*
  • How did you hear about the Māori and Pasifika Impact Producing Lab?*

  • 9. Project Permissions and Declaration

  • Before submitting your application, please confirm the following:*
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  • Submit Your Application

  • Before submitting, please check that you have:

    ✓ completed all required questions
    ✓ uploaded your current CV
    ✓ uploaded your Project Overview
    ✓ confirmed you have the necessary permission to bring the project into the Lab

    Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday 27 September 2026.
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