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3 unusual facts about Television New Zealand


Michael A. Noonan

Television New Zealand was approached again over the Coal Flat project in 2002, but funding was declined.

RIOT 111

The band publicly protested the decision,as most local bands were refused airplay,outside Television New Zealand's studio in the Hutt Valley.

South Pacific Television

The next day, 15 February 1980, Television One and South Pacific Television were dissolved and became Television One and Television Two, under the newly formed Television New Zealand.


Ed Baird

Baird has worked with ESPN, Outdoor Life Network, Versus and Television New Zealand as an expert commentator for shows about sailboat racing.

Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern has featured as a panel guest on the TVNZ show Back Benches.

Mount Albert by-election, 2009

On Wednesday, 10 June, John Boscawen, Melissa Lee, Russel Norman, David Shearer and Judy Turner (the candidates from five main parties) appeared on the TVNZ show Back Benches.

Paul Moon

In the past few years, Moon has appeared on TVNZ’s Frontier of Dreams programme explaining the history of the Waitangi Treaty, on Prime TV’s New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers programme, on TVNZ’s Close Up, Marae, Te Karere, and Waka Huia programmes, on TV3 News, on Sky News Australia, and on Maori Television as an election night analyst.

Pietra Brettkelly

When filming in southern Sudan in 2006 for the television documentary series Ends of the Earth for Television New Zealand, Brettkelly met Italian artist Vanessa Beecroft.

Wendy Petrie

Wendy Petrie is a presenter (since January 2006) of Television New Zealand's One News (with co-presenter Simon Dallow) at 6pm.


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Goodnight Kiwi

The short closes with the words: "Goodnight from TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND." with a voice (provided by David Dundas) saying "...and it's goodnight from Television New Zealand."