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➢➢ TVNZ reinforces its schedules with several Kiwi premieres, including a family game show built around gaming, a Jack Tame take on the pros and cons of moving to Australia, the return of a weekday business show and more Brokenwood mysteries. Ready Gamer Mum (TVNZ 2, 7.30 Thursday) puts Mum in charge of the controller when 10 teams of top gamers compete to win $50,000. 1News Special: You, Me & Aussie (TVNZ 1, 8.30 Monday) “unpacks whether the money and lifestyle” with which Oz tempts Kiwis are worth it. BNZ Business Breakfast (TVNZ 1, 6am weekdays) is the new lead-in to Breakfast and season 12 of The Brokenwood Mysteries (TVNZ 1, 8.30 Sunday) opens with the discovery of a chef’s corpse in a crop circle just as a UFO convention lands in town …

➢➢ Also returning for new seasons are:

From (Duke, 8.30 Saturday), S4 of which opens with four episodes
Gangs of London (Sky Open, 11.00 Monday), S2 of the gangster drama that’s been renewed for a fourth
Red Eye (Three, 9.30 Tuesday), S2 of which the Daily Mail dubbed “slick, fast-moving” but which The Times quipped was “a flight you can probably avoid”
Celebrity Race Across the World S3 (TVNZ 1, 8.30 Wednesday)
Impossible Builds S2 (TVNZ 1, 9.30 Friday) …

➢➢ Premiering overnight Sunday (TVNZ 2, 3.10am) is Fallen, a 2024 AMC+ supernatural series about a young woman forced to serve time in a cult-like rehabilitation facility for a crime she doesn’t even remember committing …

➢➢ Ending their runs are:

Death on the Beach
First Class Travel Show
Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses …
Crackhead …

➢➢ Live/delayed free-to-air sport includes:

Rugby: South Island Secondary Schools – Christchurch Boys v Saint Thomas (Duke, midday Saturday)
Netball: ANZ Premiership – Magic v Steel (TVNZ 2, 4.00 Saturday)
Sal’s NBL: Hawke’s Bay Hawks v Otago Nuggets (Sky Open, 4.30 Saturday)
Netball: ANZ Premiership – Pulse v Mystics (TVNZ 2, 7.00 Saturday)
SRP: Moana Pasifika v Hurrcianes (Sky Open, 7.00 Saturday)
NRL: Sea Eagles v Broncos (Sky Open, 9.30 Saturday)
Premiere League: Goal Rush — Sunderland v Manchester United (Sky Open, 10am Sunday)
A League: Women Semi-final 2 (Sky Open, 2.00 Sunday)
Netball: ANZ Premiership – Taxctix v Stars (TVNZ 2, 4.00 Sunday)
SailGP Bermuda (Three, 4.30 Sunday & Monday)
SRP: Chiefs v Highlanders (Sky Open, 6.30 Sunday)
A-League: Men’s Semi-final – Auckland FC v Adelaide United (Sky Open, 9.30 Friday) …