On the Mat was a professional wrestling television program for the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated All Star Pro-Wrestling, or simply NWA New Zealand, that aired on Television New Zealand's TV2 from 1975 to 1984. One of the most popular and the longest-running weekly sports series in the history of New Zealand, the show featured some of the country's top wrestlers and international stars from throughout the world during the 1970s and early 1980s.
On the Mat characterized the "golden age" of professional wrestling in New Zealand and made household names of promoter Steve Rickard, John da Silva, Robert Bruce and others during the 1970s. Much of the show's popularity was based on native New Zealanders and foreign wrestlers working together against their common enemies or, sometimes, being pitted against each other. Several New Zealand wrestlers such as Tony Garea, Peter Maivia, Siva Afi and The Sheepherders, partly from their television appearances, were brought over to the United States where they became major
My House My Castle is a New Zealand television reality show that helped New Zealand home owners sort out issues related to their homes such as real estate agents and financing. Also a room is renovated each week and each episode ends with a finalist in the "Castle of the Year Competition". It aired on Monday nights at 8 pm on TV2.
NZ Performance Car TV was a free-to-air television program that ran for eight series, produced in-house by Parkside Media. It has had airtime on TV ONE, TV2, TV3, Prime and Sky Sports, often with several networks simultaneously which is unique in its genre. Each series consists of 13 episodes. Two series were screened per year. It was also available via TVNZ ondemand.
First airing in 2004 the series evolved to match the changing tastes of the import car scene. Series 8 had a large focus on drifting.
The show builds on the NZ Performance Car magazine brand, featuring similar content.
Studio 2 LIVE was a New Zealand children's television show. It was originally named Studio 2 up until 2010, when it was renamed Studio 2 LIVE. It premiered on 22 March 2004 after WNTV was cancelled. It screened weekdays 3:30 - 4:30PM on TV2. The series ended on 1 October 2010.
Studio 2 LIVE has an interactive website called "The Hub" where the presenters still visit to chat to fans even after the series ending on 1 October 2010.
SportsCafe is a New Zealand Sports TV show. The shows original run was hosted by Lana Coc-Kroft, Marc Ellis, Leigh Hart, Graeme Hill, Ric Salizzo and reporter Eva Evguenieva. In 2001 Leigh Hart was added to the cast under his persona of 'That Guy'.
The show first screened on New Zealand television in 1996 on Sky Sport, however those without a Sky subscription could view Sports Cafe without a UHF Sky Decoder by tuning their TV to the Sky Sport UHF channel, as the signal was not scrambled during this show. In 2002, Sports Cafe moved to Sky 1 and in 2003 to TV2.
It featured interviews with current sports stars and comical skits about sports. Each episode lasted 60 minutes, including commercials.
The show was pulled at the end of 2005 after the 'Celebrity Drug Scandal' but it is understood that this was not the reason for the show going off the air. The grand final screened November 23rd, 2005 and at the end of the show the presenters actually destroyed the set on the air, as The Exponents played their hit song "Why
Sparkle Friends was an animated series produced for New Zealand's long running children's show, What Now?. The series stars the What Now presenters as children and also a magical creature named Gun-gi who vomits a green liquid which makes the presenters have super powers. Each episode is approximately 3 minutes long and is produced in 1 week by Mukpuddy Animation.
Sparkle Friends is now broadcast in Australia on ABC Television.