  We present six new planetary nebulae (PNe) discovered in the Small Magellanic
Cloud (SMC) from deep UK Schmidt telescope (UKST) narrow band Halpha and
broad-band short-red "SR" continuum images and confirmed spectroscopically.
These 6 preliminary discoveries provide a 6% increase to the previously known
SMC PN population of ~100. Once spectroscopic follow-up of all our newly
identified candidates is complete, we expect to increase the total number of
known SMC PNe by up to 50%. This will permit a significant improvement to
determination of the SMC PN luminosity function (PNLF) and enable further
insights into the chemical evolution and kinematics of the SMC PN population.
