Important Links

Tūhono matua

Other Guilds

Directors and Editors Guild of New Zealand

Professional association representing screen directors and editors in New Zealand

Equity New Zealand

Union representing Actors in New Zealand

New Zealand Cinematographers Society (NZCS)

Professional association of cinematography and the camera community in New Zealand

New Zealand Writers Guild

Union representing screen writers in New Zealand

Ngā Aho Whakaari

Professional association representing Maori practitioners in the screen production industry.

Pan-Asian Screen Collective (PASC)

PASC represents screen practitioners of Pan-Asian heritage including those from long-established New Zealand Chinese and Indian communities. It also includes members from migrant and refugee communities.

Screen Production and Development Association (SPADA)

Professional association representing independant New Zealand producers & production companies.

The Pacific Islands Screen Artists (PISA)

The Pacific Islands Screen Artists (PISA) group supports, encourages and promotes individuals of Pacific Islands heritage working in the New Zealand Screen sectors at all stages of their journey.

Women in Film and Television (WIFT)

WIFT NZ, Women in Film and Television Incorporated, is an organisation working in film, television and associated industries which works to support growth and sustainability in the screen industries with a particular emphasis on equal opportunity and participation for women.

Other important links

BECTU (UK)

UK union representing screen technician

Creative New Zealand

Arts council "National development agency for the arts in New Zealand".

IATSE Local 891 (Vancouver)

Union representing screen technicians in British Columbia

Media and Entertainment Arts Alliance (Australia)

Australian union representing screen technicians and actors

New Zealand Film Commission

Commission and funding agency with a statutory responsibility "to encourage, participate and assist in the making, promotion, distribution and exhibition of films"

New Zealand On Air

Funding agency for television, radio and NZ music content.

Tax information for the Screen Industry

Screen production information from the Inland Revenue Department

Te Māngai Pāho

Funding agency for the production of Mäori language television programmes, music CDs and videos and for Maori radio stations.