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Media Release: 1News: Your Vote 2026 – TVNZ brings New Zealand comprehensive election coverage across every platform From the campaign trail to election night and beyond, TVNZ’s 1News: Your Vote 2026 will deliver comprehensive, multiplatform coverage of the people, policies and pivotal moments that will define this year’s election. Led by Q+A and 1News at […]

Media Release: HBO Original Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone unveils official second teaser Thursday, 3 September 2026 – HBO has released the official second teaser for the eight-episode season of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The series will debut Christmas 2026, only on HBO Max.  There is nothing special about Harry Potter – or so his Aunt Petunia tells him. But when a […]

Media Release: Māui & Elvis brings Māori and Métis/Cree indigenous storytellers together in new international co-production Recently announced at World Indigenous Broadcasters Network Conference in Sápmi September 3, 2026 — Māori broadcaster Whakaata Māori and Canada’s APTN, the world’s first national indigenous broadcaster, have announced a new international indigenous co-production partnership to bring Māui & Elvis, […]

➢➢ Duke spruces up for spring with a new weeknight line-up that includes the inspired teaming of The Paper and Colin From Accounts (8.30/9.05 Monday). The first season of the Office-type mockumentary The Paper was on TVNZ 2 but clearly didn’t make ratings headlines, hence its relegation to Duke. But it’s a good match for […]

The Traitors US: New Blood (September 19) will be fast-tracked from the US for its NZ run. For the first time since season one, the competitors will be drawn from the public rather than the ranks of celebrities and reality stars. In this “all-normie season”, reports New York Magazine, “the civilians are selling themselves as […]

Here are some of the highlights scheduled for Sky’s sports channels in September: Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Tour ft All Blacks & Black Ferns (ends 13 September) NRL Finals Series ft Warriors & Women’s Warriors (starts 11 & 19 September) WXV Global Series ft Black Ferns (starts 13 September) UFC 331: Van v Pantoja 2 (20 […]

Disney+ has yet to officially announce it for this market but expect it to unbox Toy Story 5 here the same time as in other territories — September 23 — while fans of ’80s drug wars drama Snowfall can get hooked on a spin-off. FX’s The Drop: A Snowfall Saga (September 9) follows Wanda Bell and […]

Whakaata Māori’s general election coverage will include ex-TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman moderating live electorate debates with Julian Wilcox. Here’s the media release: Whakatau 2026: Whakaata Māori to Take Live Election Debates Across the Motu Ko te aho o te reo, ko te whenu pōti, hei tāniko anamata! Every Voice. Every Vote. Shaping Our Future […]

Dark Kiwi comedy Good Bones will launch as a box set on ThreeNow and Neon the same day it premieres on Three (8.30 Thursdays from September 17). Here’s the media release: From the team behind the BAFTA-nominated series After the Party and the International Emmy Award-winning short-form series INSiDE comes the dark crime comedy Good […]

If you wondered when Mackenzie Crook’s award-winning comedy Small Prophets was going to turn up locally, it’s been revealed Apple TV has acquired the global rights. It will stream the six-part series from October 7, eight months after its BBC 2 premiere. Small Prophets sounds like a must-watch for fans of Crooks’ other comedy sensation, […]