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Media Release: Five New Comedy Heavyweights Take on Taskmaster NZ The wait is over. A new group of contestants is set to enter the Taskmaster arena, with five familiar faces taking on the ultimate test of creativity, ingenuity and composure when Taskmaster NZ returns for its seventh season this September on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+. […]

Shortland Street will celebrate its 35th year on air with an expanded four-night schedule. The iconic soap originally aired five nights a week but this was cut to three nights in 2025 because of a funding shortfall. Here’s the media release: Shortland Street confirmed for expanded run in 2027 – thanks to NZ On Air […]

Boxing fans can buy a TVNZ+ Event Pass to stream the full fight card for next month’s IBF Cruiserweight World Title Eliminator bout between David Nyika and Floyd Masson. It will be TVNZ+’s first pay-per-view boxing livestream. Here are the details: TVNZ+ Ringside for Nyika’s World Title Eliminator – Stonewood Homes Nyika vs Masson Event […]

Celebrity Treasure Island ended its run Wednesday with an historic win by social media entrepreneur Nix Adams. Here’s the media release: NIX ADAMS MAKES HISTORY AS SHE WINS CELEBRITY TREASURE ISLAND Nix Adams has made Celebrity Treasure Island history, becoming the first Māori woman to win the hit series. Content creator, businesswoman, and social media […]

Ready Gamer Mum, an original game show developed by South Pacific Pictures, premieres 7.30 tonight on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+. The new format is based on an idea by Tom Hutchison and is being marketed internationally by All3 Media. It pits some of the best young gamers of their generation against each other in a […]

Celebrities are diverse as Polly Gillespie and Portia Woodman-Wickliffe will be among the castaways on the next season of Celebrity Treasure Island, which premieres on April 27 (TVNZ 2, 7.30 Monday- Wednesday). Here’s the media release: MEET THE CASTAWAYS GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD FOR CHARITY AS CELEBRITY TREASURE ISLAND RETURNS Aotearoa, the wait is over! The brand-new season of […]

TVNZ 2 is pre-empting series programming for more movies following the failure of its new-look Wednesday night comedy block. The network has pulled season two of St Denis Medical from its 9.00 Wednesday shift mid-season, along with lead-in DMV and 7.30 anchor Hundred With Andy Lee ahead of Beat the Chasers’ season finale next week […]

The ratings are in and Dr Pimple Popper: Breaking Out is out. TVNZ 2 has dropped the skin-crawling dermatological show from 8.30 Thursdays and is replacing it with a succession of Band-Aids following last night’s premiere of Crackhead on Three. Airing next week at 8.30 is Motorway: Hell on the Highway while Unbelievable Moments Caught […]

TVNZ 2 is upending its Thursday night schedule to add a Channel 5 documentary about the Beckham family stoush. The Beckham Feud: Truth & Lies will air 7.30, pushing forward RPA to 8.30 and Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters to 9.30. TikTok Murders, which was scheduled for 9.30, will now premiere next week. Reads the blurb […]

A reboot of The Forsyte Saga, season two of Ludwig, more of the Love Island universe, and the continuation of The Chase and Coronation Street are among the highlights of TVNZ’s renewed deal with ITV Studios announced overnight. The exclusive pact ensures TVNZ has first dibs on ITV Studios’ scripted and non-scripted shows. The importance […]