TVNZ Duke ( mi, Te Reo Tātaki Tiuka), formerly Duke and stylized as TVNZ DUKE or DUKE, is a
New Zealand
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television channel run by state broadcaster
Television New Zealand
, type = Crown entity
, industry = Broadcast television
, num_locations = New Zealand
, location = Auckland, New Zealand
, area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the Solo ...
. It screens programming targeted at a male audience. It was launched on 20 March 2016 to replace TVNZ's popup channel that was used to air the
Wimbledon Championships
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.
Initially advertised as a male-skewed channel, this branding was later dropped.
TVNZ Duke offers a schedule of programmes which include comedy, drama, documentaries, movies, music (under the DUKEbox Music banner) and sport. It initially broadcast between the hours of 6pm and midnight, and occasionally screened live sport events outside these hours;
On average, it currently broadcasts from 10.30am until late on weekdays and from 7am until late on weekends. The channel is available on
Freeview channel 6 and channel 23 on
Sky
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In the field of astronomy, ...
. Some programmes are also available on the streaming service
TVNZ+.
TVNZ Duke started broadcasting in 1080i HD on terrestrially channel 13 on 11 January 2018; the online live stream of the channel had already been streaming up to 720p.
Programming
Local series
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The Moment''
*''Banter''
*''NZ Hunter Adventures''
*''Misadventures''
*''Wild Kai Legends''
*''Short & Wide''
*''Quizmas''
*''The Inside Word''
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Dog Squad''
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Motorway Patrol
''Motorway Patrol'' is a New Zealand observational documentary show created by Greenstone Pictures. The show follows the daily lives of police officers patrolling the motorways of New Zealand.
The show is also shown on ITV4 and Pick in the Uni ...
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*''Spiky Gold Hunters''
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Southern Pro Wrestling
Southern Pro Wrestling (SPW) is a New Zealand professional wrestling promotion. Since the promotion's formation in 2015, it has promoted regular live events throughout the country predominantly in Invercargill and Queenstown In 2018, SPW held the ...
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*''Late Night Big Breakfast''
Sports rights
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Formula E (Live and Weekly Highlights Shows)
Licensed from
Sky Sport :
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AFL Aussie Rules Football (Live, Delayed and Highlights)
Licensed from
Spark Sport
Spark New Zealand Limited is a New Zealand telecommunications company providing fixed-line telephone services, a mobile phone network, internet access services, and (through its Spark Digital division) ICT services to businesses. It was know ...
:
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Wimbledon Tennis Championships (Live, Highlights, Match of the Day)
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Heineken Champions Cup (Two matches per week in weekend morning)
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World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...
(Live and Replays)
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FIH
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2022 Women's and
2023 Men's World Cups
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Men's and
Women's Hockey Pro Leagues (Live coverage for NZ matches only)
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
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Men's Super Smash
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Women's Super Smash
TVNZ Duke +1
TVNZ Duke +1 is a one-hour timeshifted channel that was launched on Freeview on 17 November 2020. TVNZ Duke+1 is available on Channel 12 on Freeview via UHF and Sky channel 504.
References
External links
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{{Subscription television channels in New Zealand
TVNZ
New Zealand television channels
English-language television stations in New Zealand