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Television
History of television in New Zealand
Digital television in New Zealand
Explains how the switchover was managed and summarises the Impact on radio microphone operating frequencies.
History of NZ Television Timeline
NZ On Screen’s timeline of 60 years of Kiwi television.
Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision
Presents a series of feature articles, stories and video clips that highlight the role that film and moving images play in New Zealand's culture.
Includes a Taonga Māori collection - a collection of images with significance to Iwi Māori
The Film Archive's Education Screening Programme in the Wellington region offers teachers support in key curriculum areas.
Story: Māori and television – whakaata (Te Ara)
Māori content was rare in the early years of New Zealand television.
Trace its progress from the 1960s to the 2000s. Read about the development of Māori performers and programmes.
Story: Television (Te Ara)
Since its 1960 introduction to New Zealand life, television has been an often-used medium for Kiwis.
Over the years, it has provided new, entertainment, and a window to culture and life in Aotearoa and abroad.
Television in New Zealand
Five snapshots of New Zealand TV history.
Public broadcasting
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Contains television programme details, featured programmes in arts and drama, life and culture, history, and links to areas for children, parents, and teachers.
New Zealand free-to-air and funded
Māori Television
Broadcasts programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture.
Television New Zealand (tvnz)
A free-to-air public broadcasting television network broadcast throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region. Although the network identifies as a national part-public broadcaster, it is commercially funded
ThreeNow
This nationwide television channel was New Zealand's first privately owned television channel.