| Funding amount | |
| Source of funding | National Government |
| Legal Status | Program since 1973. Included in the NZ Arts council in 1991 |
| Adminstrative Framework | Creative New Zealand (formerly Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa) |
| Method of Calculation | Holdings (50 copies of a title must by found in the sampling libraries before payment is made) |
| No of Sample Libraries | |
| Rate Per Copy | $2.66 |
| No of Registered Authors | |
| No of Payments | 1406 |
| Total Payment Amount | $1.5 Million |
| Average Payment | $1064.58 |
| Maximum Threshold | $20,000 approx € 11,652 |
| Minimum Threshold | |
| Residency/Citizenship Requirements | Not eligible: NZ citizens residing more than three years outside NZ, or NZ residents more than 6 months outside NZ |
| Language Requirement | |
| PLR Payments Continue After An Authors Death | |
| Eligibility Material | |
| Books | Yes - a book must contain at least 48 pages of prose or 96 pages of illustrations and/or photographs, or 24 pages of poetry or drama. Books which are combinations of illustrations and texts will also be considered for payment, providing that they contain |
| Audio Visual | |
| Music | |
| Other | |
| Eligible Contributors | |
| Authors | Yes |
| Are shares fixed? | |
| Illustrators | Yes |
| Are shares fixed? | Childrens books which have a combination of illustrations and text and contain at least 24 pages qualify for 30% payment. Childrens books which contain at least 48 pages of prose qualify for full payment |
| Photographs | Yes |
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| Editors/Compilers | |
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| Translators | |
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| Adaptors/Retellers | |
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| Publishers | |
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| Copyright Holders | |
| Other |