NZ On Air's job is to promote and foster the development of New Zealand's culture on the airwaves by funding locally-made television programmes, public radio networks and access radio, and to promote New Zealand music by funding music videos and radio shows.
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NZ on Air supports New Zealand's two national public radio networks, Radio New Zealand National and Radio New Zealand Concert, which provide a mix of around the clock ad-free in-depth news and current affairs and the best in classical music and arts. It also funds some community radio services, as well as some radio programmes carried by commercial, access and iwi radio stations around the country.
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Currently NZ On Air's television funding is focussed primarily on the major free to air networks, accessible to the widest New Zealand audience.
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Getting more New Zealand music played on New Zealand radio - especially on commercial radio - is one of New Zealand on Air's main goals.
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NZ On Air allocates around $1 million per year for archiving services, with the aim of ensuring programmes and broadcasts likely to be of historical significance to New Zealanders are preserved.
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NZ On Air's role is to maintain and, where appropriate, extend the coverage of sound broadcasting to New Zealand communities that would not otherwise receive a commercially viable signal.
