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List Of New Zealand Television Series
This is a list of New Zealand television series. Shows included feature from TVNZ, Discovery New Zealand, Māori Television, Prime, Sky, PBS, and CTV. Current shows Drama *''The Brokenwood Mysteries'' (2014–present) *''The Cul de Sac'' (2016–present) *'' Dark City: The Cleaner'' (2024-present) *''Dear Murderer'' (2017–present) *'' The Market'' (2005-present) Sports * ''CRC Motorsport'' * '' The Crowd Goes Wild'' (2006-present) * '' Fishing & Adventure'' (2013–present) Religious * ''NZ Destiny Church'' * ''NZONE Focus'' * ''Praise Be'' Soap opera * ''Shortland Street'' (1992–present) Lifestyle and documentary * '' Country Calendar'' (1966–present) * ''Intrepid Journeys'' (2003–present) * '' Motorway Patrol'' (1999–present) * '' Reunited (New Zealand TV series)'' (2022–present) * ''Sensing Murder'' (2006–present) Children's * ''The Adventures of Tumeke Space'' (2021–present) * ''The Barefoot Bandits'' (2016–present) * ''Brain Busters'' (202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVNZ
Television New Zealand (, "Te Reo Tātaki" meaning "The Leading Voice"), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a New Zealand state-owned media company and Crown entity. The company operates a television network, streaming service, and news service that is available throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region. All of its currently-operating channels are free-to-air and funded through advertising. TVNZ was established in February 1980 following the merger of the two government-owned television networks, Television One (now TVNZ 1) and South Pacific Television (now TVNZ 2), under a single administration. It was the sole television broadcaster in New Zealand until November 1989 when private channel TV3 (now Three) was launched. TVNZ operates playout services from its Auckland studio via Kordia's fibre and microwave network for TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2 and TVNZ Duke, with new media video services via the American-owned Brightcove which is streamed on the Akamai RTMP/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bumble (TV Series)
''Bumble'' is a New Zealand children's television series for children ages 2–5 featuring a magical bee. The title character is voiced by Jason Gunn. The series is produced for TVNZ by Gunn's wife, Janine Morrell-Gunn. It also features Bumble's puppet friends: Peek, Boo, Anna and Fishy. Fishy is Maori, and known for his tagline "Kia Ora Bumble". The show officially started in 1999 and ended in 2002. On 15 February 2020, Jason Gunn announced that WhitebaitMedia & NZ on Air will make a new revival series for the new animated pre-school show ''Bumble'' on YouTube. Cast * Jason Gunn as the voice of Bumble, a bumblebee * Chris Harding as Peek, a mouse (singing voice by Adrian Kirk, puppetered by Chris Lynch) * Lynda Milligan as Anna, a mouse * Janice Bateman as Boo, a mouse (singing voice by Bronwyn Williams) * Olly Ohlson as Fishy, a brown trout References External links''Bumble''on the TVNZ Television New Zealand (, "Te Reo Tātaki" meaning "The Leading Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Sharp
''Seven Sharp'' is a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme produced by TVNZ. The programme was created after the discontinuation of '' Close Up''. It broadcasts at 7 pm (straight after '' 1 News at Six'') every weekday on TVNZ 1. ''Seven Sharp'' typically presents 3 stories within a 30-minute timeslot every weeknight, and is designed to be more integrated with social media and real time opinions than its predecessor. ''Seven Sharp'' also shares its time slot with sister channel TVNZ 2's drama ''Shortland Street'', and Prime's '' The Crowd Goes Wild''. The show is currently presented by Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells. Toni Street and Mike Hosking left the show in December 2017. Previous fill-in presenters have included Pippa Wetzell, Melissa Stokes, Sam Wallace, Tim Wilson, Carolyn Robinson, Erin Conroy, Stacey Morrison, Heather du Plessis-Allan, Te Radar, Clarke Gayford, Tāmati Coffey, Matt Gibb, Chris Cairns, Brendon Pongia and Rose Matafeo. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marae (TV Series)
''Marae'' is a bilingual Māori language, Māori and English language, English language current affairs show on TVNZ 1, presented by Te Manahau (Scotty) Morrison, Scotty Morrison and Miriama Kamo. It is the longest Māori running current affairs programme on New Zealand television, starting in 1992. The items are in English and Māori language, this percentage changes over time. The focus of the programme is, "issues .... that affect the lives of Māori, or explaining kaupapa Māori from a Māori perspective." Staff People who have worked on Marae over the years include producers Victor Allen (Assoc. Producer) and Derek Wooster (Producer 1992 – 2009). Tainui Stephens was a director, producer, executive producer, presenter and reporter in the early days from 1992 until 1997. Reporters have included Te Rangihau Gilbert, Greg Mayor, Carmen Parahi (2010–2014), Kayne Peters (2013–2015), Tahuri Tumoana, Mātai Smith (and presenter, 1996 – 1998). Directors have included D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60 Minutes (New Zealand TV Programme)
''60 Minutes'' is a New Zealand news magazine television show. It was originally broadcast on TV3. The show began in New Zealand in 1989 based on the American programme by the same name. The broadcaster of ''60 Minutes'' changed twice during the 1990s. It was one of TV3's flagship programmes when TV3 went to air in 1989, then in 1992 TVNZ won the rights to the programme. After being shown on TV1 from 1993 to 2002, TVNZ decided not to renew the rights the show from CBS, and the rights were reacquired by TV3. Following this, there was a fight over the www.60minutes.co.nz domain, which for a short time, redirected to the site on TVNZ's replacement ''Sunday''. Currently, the domain redirects to the www.cbs.com website. From 2013, the programme was broadcast on Sky Open (formerly known as Prime TV). During 2015 Charlotte Bellis hosted the show, till December 2015 when the show went through a restructure to a format with a New Zealand presenter introducing international stories from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taskmaster (New Zealand TV Series)
''Taskmaster New Zealand'' (also known as ''Taskmaster'' or ''Taskmaster NZ'' especially prior to season 4) is a New Zealand comedy panel game show, first broadcast in 2020 on TVNZ 2. The format for the show was created by British comedian Alex Horne during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010 and was subsequently developed into a successful UK television show in 2015. Following the format of the original British version, the show consists of five contestants who compete in a series of strange and unusual tasks to gain points from the Taskmaster, Jeremy Wells, administered by his assistant, comedian Paul Williams. ''Taskmaster New Zealand'' is produced for TVNZ with support from NZ On Air. The first series was broadcast in the spring of 2020, while the second series was broadcast in the winter of 2021, the third in winter 2022, the fourth in winter 2023, and the fifth in winter 2024. Funding for a sixth season was announced in November 2024. Cast In the studio, other than whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mean Mums
''Mean Mums'' is a New Zealand sitcom airing on Three, created by Amanda Alison. The series follows mothers at a local primary school. A pilot for the series originally aired as part of Three's ''Comedy Pilot Week'' in 2018. It is broadcast in the United States on Peacock. Cast * Morgana O'Reilly Morgana O'Reilly (born 19 August 1985) is a New Zealand film, television and theatre actress. She has appeared in several theatre productions and created the one-woman play ''The Height of the Eiffel Tower'', which she performed at the Edinburgh ... as Jess * Anna Jullienne as Heather Maloney * Aroha Rawson as Hine * Allan Henry as Principal Coxhead * Sonny Tupu as Phil Right * Bronwyn Bradley as Miss Love * Goretti Chadwick as Margot * Cori Gonzalez-Macuer as Freddy * Eddie Waspe as Ryan * Maddie Smith as Cinnamon * Manu Powell as Braxton * Pax Assadi as Dad Series overview References External links * * 2020s New Zealand television series 2019 New Zealand television serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Sister (TV Series)
''Kid Sister'' is a semi-autobiographical New Zealand television comedy drama show, created by Simone Nathan for TVNZ+, which premiered on 22 May 2022. Set in Auckland, the show focuses on the family's traditional/Orthodox-adjacent Jewish community. The show streams internationally on ITVX, CBC Gem, Hot/Yes, and Amediateka. Cast and characters *Simone Nathan as Lulu Emanuel * Paul Williams as Ollie, Lulu's boyfriend * Amanda Billing as Keren Emanuel, Lulu's South African Jewish mother * Jeff Szusterman as Siggy Emanuel, Lulu's father *Joseph Nathan as Leo Emanuel, Lulu's brother *Kira Josephson as Bec, Lulu's sister-in-law * Peter Hayden as Hershey *Roxie Mohebbi as Sina *Ari Boyland as Rabbi Rob Plot The first season explores family tensions when the Jewish protagonist, Lulu (Simone Nathan) begins a relationship with a non-Jewish man, Ollie (Paul Williams). Her parents, Siggy ( Jeff Szusterman) and Keren ( Amanda Billing) are insistent that she marries within the faith. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee
''Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee'' is a New Zealand television comedy panel show on Three, created and presented by Guy Montgomery and co-hosted by Sanjay Patel. The show is loosely based on a spelling bee: each episode, four comedians participate in a series of rounds, where the goal is almost always to spell words or names in rounds that are "designed to be infuriating to take part in and entertaining to watch". The winner of each episode competes again the following week, and the loser of each episode (the one who got last place) must wear a dunce cap in the Dunce's Corner. The first series of ''Guy Mont-Spelling Bee'' aired in 2023, and the second series aired in late 2024. An Australian version of the show was commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 2024. ''Guy Mont-Spelling Bee'' was renewed for a third series in 2025. Background and production Guy Montgomery, inspired by the Scripps National Spelling Bee, began hosting spelling bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7 Days (New Zealand TV Series)
''7 Days'' is a New Zealand comedy game show focused on current events, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and created by thedownlowconcept. It has aired on Three since its premiere in 2009. Two teams, consisting of a team captain until 2022, nearly always Paul Ego and Dai Henwood and other comedians, answer questions about stories from the last week; since 2022, the team captains have changed each week. , ''7 Days'' has aired for 16 seasons, with a 17th planned for 2025. Show format At the start of each show, Jeremy Corbett announces a content warning, saying "the following show is for adults only and contains bad language that may offend some people". This is often followed by an opening joke based on an event in the past seven days. On some occasions, the content warning became the joke – including being said in a parody of ''Downfall'' (following several Auckland schoolboys saluting the Nazi flag), being missed out completely (while the Prime Minister was out of the country), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Kitchen Rules NZ
''My Kitchen Rules NZ'' is a New Zealand reality show based on the popular Australian reality television series My Kitchen Rules. The show premiered in New Zealand on TV1 on 24 August 2014. Season 2 premiered on TV2 on 12 October 2015. On 29 September 2016, Pete Evans and Manu Feildel, hosts of the Australian MKR, were announced as the hosts for the third season of My Kitchen Rules NZ, which began airing on 25 September 2017. Evans and Feildel also judged season 4, which aired in 2018. In November 2022, the series was renewed for a fifth season, four years after the previous, which will see Manu Feildel returning as host alongside new host and judge Colin Fassnidge, set to air in 2023 on TVNZ 2. The winning team receives 100,000 prize money. The series was then renewed for a sixth season with Feildel and Fassinidge returning as hosts. The sixth season is set to air April 2024 on TVNZ 2. Format Contestants The New Zealand version of the show initially had teams of two c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With The Stars NZ
''Dancing with the Stars'' is a New Zealand television dance contest based on the British TV series ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and is part of the ''Dancing with the Stars'' franchise. The show introduces New Zealand celebrities paired with professional ballroom dancers who each week compete against each other in a competition to impress a panel of judges and the viewing public in order to survive potential elimination. Through a telephone poll, viewers vote for those couples who should stay. The public vote and the average score given by the panel of judges equally go towards deciding who should leave. Proceeds from the voting go to the celebrity contestant's charity of choice. History ''Dancing with the Stars'' has been popular with the New Zealand public. The first series, which aired in 2005, was the highest rated timeslot programme, averaged 730,000 people per episode, while the second series had an average of 804,000. Up to a million people tuned into each of the series fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
