italics, bold = funding opportunities
January 2025
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks February applications open
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks February applications close
16th - NZ On Air New Music Single applications open
23rd - NZ On Air New Music Project applications close
23rd - NZ On Air New Music Project Kids applications close
25th - Crescendo Trust Music Pathway Programmes open day
26th - APRA Songwriter Speaks w/ Holly Arrowsmith at the Auckland Folk Festival
30th - NZ On Air New Music Single applications close
February 2025
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks March applications open
3rd - Crescendo Trust Term One Course begins
12th-16th - Aotearoa Music Producer Series Session w/ Carmen Rizzo & Scott Seabright
13th - NZ On Air New Music Pasifika applications open
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks March applications close
16th - APRA Aotearoa Mentorship Programme applications close
16th - APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund applications close
24th - APRA AMCOS SongHubs Tāmaki Makaurau begins
28th - APRA AMCOS SongHubs Tāmaki Makaurau ends
March 2025
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks April applications open
3rd - Outward Sound Round Two applications close
6th - NZ On Air New Music Pasifika applications close
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks April applications close
20th - NZ On Air New Music Single applications open
27th - NZ On Air New Music Pan-Asian applications open
27th - Te Māngai Pāho Waiata Reo Māori applications close
27th - Te Māngai Pāho Waiata Tuarea applications close
April 2025
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks May applications open
3rd - NZ On Air New Music Single applications close
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks May applications close
15th - Taite Music Prize ceremony, Tāmaki
17th - NZ On Air New Music Pan-Asian applications close
May 2025 - Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa
1st - NZ On Air New Music Project applications open
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks June applications open
3rd - YAMI SouNZ Summit, Wanaka
12th - Outward Sound Round Three applications close
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks June applications close
22nd - NZ On Air New Music Project applications close
29th - Aotearoa Music Awards ceremony, Tāmaki
29th - NZ On Air New Music Single applications open
June 2025
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks July applications open
12th - NZ On Air New Music Single applications close
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks July applications close
16th - Outward Sound BIGSOUND delegate applications close
July 2025
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks August applications open
7th - Outward Sound WOMEX delegate applications close
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks August applications close
28th - Outward Sound Round Four applications close
August 2025
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks September applications open
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks September applications close
September 2025
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks October applications open
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks October applications close
October 2025
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks November applications open
13th - Outward Sound Round Five applications close
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks November applications close
November 2025
2nd - NZ On Air NewTracks December applications open
15th - NZ On Air NewTracks December applications close
December 2025
15th - Outward Sound 2026 Round One applications close