Is this you?
You're 18 to 29. You're Pacific. You're into games - playing them, drawing, modding, building, streaming, or just curious about how they get made.
You do not need a degree. You do not need a finished portfolio. You do not need to already know what job you want. If you're not sure whether you fit, ask us - that's a normal question and we get it a lot.
What you get
Get inside a Studio
Spend a day in a working game studio. See what people actually do, ask the questions you can't Google.
Real Feedback on your work
Sit down with a senior developer who tells you honestly what would get you hired, and what wouldn't. Most people never get this.
A Paid Internship
Eight to ten weeks inside a studio in testing, design, programming or production. Real work, real team, real reference.
Someone in your corner
A navigator who knows you by name, helps you prepare, and stays with you through the whole thing.
These are real jobs,with real money
New Zealand’s game industry is now worth more than $1 billion a year. Studios here hire on what you can do, not what you studied.
These jobs start at about $55,000 and go up from there.
Studios in Auckland and Wellington make games played by millions of people around the world.
Who's behind this
Game On is led by The Cause Collective, a Pacific organisation based in South Auckland, with TupuToa providing coaching and support, and PikPok - one of New Zealand's largest game studios - as our anchor studio partner. It is funded by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.
The programme runs from 2026 to 2029.
It is free. There is no catch.
