Agenda was an hour long current affairs show in New Zealand. It screened at 10 am on Sundays on TV ONE. Its final host was Rawdon Christie with political interviews conducted by Guyon Espiner. Christie and Espiner were joined each week by three panelists from the New Zealand media. In late November 2008 TVNZ announced they would not continue their contract with Frontpage, the producers. Despite speculation that another network may by the rights it was discontinued in 2009 and Q+A replaced it in the Sunday morning slot.
It's in the Bag was a long-running New Zealand radio and, later, television game show. The show began on radio in the 1950s and was hosted and directed by Selwyn Toogood. In the 1970s a television version of the show was developed which was also hosted by Toogood until his retirement in the 1980s. After his retirement, John Hawkesby took over hosting duties. The show was discontinued in 1990 but returned for a final season in 1992 now hosted by Nick Tansley
Several of Toogood's catch phrases from this show entered the kiwi vernacular, including "by hokey!", "what should she do, New Zealand?" and "the money or the bag?"
The hostesses of the show also became popular celebrities. The hostess' role was to introduce the contestants and announce and fetch the prizes. Hostess of the last part of the radio era and first television hostess was Heather Eggleton. Other hostesses of the television era included Teneke Stephenson and Hilary Timmins.
Eye to Eye with Willie Jackson or more simply Eye to Eye is a New Zealand current affairs programme which looks at the main events from a Māori point of view. Willie Jackson or back up presenter will have both an Interviewee and panelists; both are usually prominent Māori people.
Kiwifruit is a New Zealand magazine style talk show series that dealt with gay and lesbian issues. It was produced by CreamTV and shown on Television New Zealand's TV2.
The show was commissioned for an original 10 episode run in 2005, to find a replacement to long-time running QueerNation, which was coming to an end. It was set to compete with The OUTHouse. After showing both The OutHouse and Kiwifruit, it was decided that Kiwifruit would get the 40 episode contract.
Mucking In is a New Zealand "lifestyle" television programme that airs on Television One. It is hosted by Jim Mora. He is assisted by gardener Tony Murrell.
The show features a very similar premise to the show Ground Force, in which a team of gardener and local volunteers employed by the show descend on an individual's place and improve the garden for the cameras within a specified time limit. People whose gardens are made over are nominated by the public, often for the voluntary work they have done within the community.
60 Minutes is the name of a television newsmagazine show previously broadcast in New Zealand on TV3. The show began in New Zealand in 1989 based on an American programme by the same name. The programme is to broadcast on Prime TV from 2013 and will be hosted by Charlotte Bellis, weekend anchor of Prime News: First at 5.30, will host 60 Minutes for the network alongside her news duties.
The broadcaster of 60 Minutes has changed twice during the 1990s. It was one of TV3's flagship programmes when TV3 went to air in 1989. Then in 1992, TVNZ won the rights to the programme.
After being shown on TV1 from 1993 to 2002, TVNZ decided not to renew the rights the show from CBS, and the rights were reacquired by TV3. Following this, there was a fight over the www.60minutes.co.nz domain, which for a short time, redirected to the site on TVNZ's replacement Sunday. Currently, the domain redirects to the www.cbs.com website.
Radio with Pictures was an early music video program, airing on New Zealand broadcaster TV2 from 1976 to 1986. "RadPix" aired as a weekly, late night series featuring adult and alternative music.
In 1976, TV2 producer Peter Grattan coordinated pop clips being supplied for no charge by record companies, some of them being unsuitable for the children's or prime time schedule With over sixty 'unusable' pop clips, Grattan proposed a late night "radio with pictures" concept to then-Head of Programs Kevan Moore. Moore was a former producer of The C'mon Show, a popular music series in the 1960s, and had included pop clips in that program.
The concept was approved and the first thirteen half-hour episodes aired from September through December 1976. RadPix had no budget and thus no host; instead, imaginative Terry Gilliam-style graphics linked the various pop clips. The first clip to play was Steve Miller's Fly Like an Eagle and the first show also featured New Zealand band Red Hot Peppers. Subsequently, a NZ-based act wa
Play School was a New Zealand educational television show for children. It was based on the British Play School show.
It was first broadcast in New Zealand during the 1975 originally screened twice a day at around 10am and then 2:30pm. Playschool was filmed from what was then TVNZ's Dunedin Studio. The last series screened on television in 1990.
The show starred five toys, which are famously nostalgic for New Zealanders who watched the program as children. They are:
⁕Big Ted: A traditional-style golden coloured teddy bear
⁕Little Ted: Identical to Big Ted, but much smaller
⁕Manu: A very human-looking plastic doll with Māori features, such as dark skin and hair
⁕Jemima: A rag doll with orange woollen hair
⁕Humpty: A round green fabric toy resembling Humpty Dumpty.
Today, Big Ted, Manu, Jemima and Humpty are part of a collection at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, New Zealand. The museum also has a large collection of clothing and props from the sho
The Rich List is a TV ONE New Zealand television game show, which debuted on 23 June 2007 and screens at 8:30PM. The show is hosted by Jason Gunn and is produced by Imagination Television. A second season has screened and a third season screened in November 2008.
Treasure Island is a popular reality television game show produced in New Zealand by Eyeworks Touchdown as well as in Ireland and Australia. In the show, contestants are isolated on a remote Fijian island and compete for a cash prize. "Treasure Island" is based on the successful Swedish show Expedition: Robinson and precedes the American reality show Survivor.
Country Calendar is a television series covering rural life in New Zealand. Established in March 1966 and screening every year since, it is New Zealand's longest-running television series. It is currently being shown for 30 weeks of the year at 7 pm Saturdays on Television New Zealand's TV ONE, and older episodes are screened nightly on Sky TV's Heartland channel.
Tony Trotter was the producer from 1974 to 1982 and was followed by Frank Torley, who produced the show for 23 years. The current producer is Julian O'Brien, with associate producer Dan Henry and consultant producer Frank Torley. All three are reporters and directors on the programme, along with Carol Archie, Jerome Cvitanovich, Katherine Edmond, Kerryanne Evans and Vicki Wilkinson-Baker. The researcher is Vivienne Jeffs.
The Country Calendar theme song is from the song "Hillbilly Child" by the Alan Moorhouse Band. HYUNDAI NZ has naming rights to the show. Previous sponsors have included The National Bank, financial services company AMP and Tux dog bisc
"The Great New Zealand Spelling Bee" is a New Zealand game-show type series that pits well known New Zealanders against each other in a Spelling Bee type layout.
Jandals Away is a New Zealand comedy series that follows the Ofa family, who rescue people in return for free satellite TV to watch Warriors games. With a secret base on the tiny island of A'a'a, they call themselves The A'a'a Rescue Organisation or T.A.R.O.
Tagata Pasifika is an English language New Zealand programme which screens on TVNZ's TV ONE and on Māori Television. This programme is made to specifically meet the niche market of New Zealand's Pacific Islander population.
Good Morning is a New Zealand morning television magazine lifestyle show. It airs weekday mornings from 9am - 12pm on TV ONE. The show began in 1996 and is hosted by Jeanette Thomas and Rod Cheeseman. Episodes typically include segments on cooking, craft, exercise, fashion and beauty, and topical discussion panels, as well as interviews with celebrities and other noteworthy people.
Te Karere is a New Zealand news and current affairs programme broadcast in the Māori language. Te Karere is broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV ONE at 4 pm on weekdays and repeated 1:05 am and 5:35 am the following day. It is available in Windows Media format from 5:00 pm after the broadcast. The show introduced subtitles via teletext on televisions during its 4 pm broadcast, excluding interviews.
The focus of the programme is content which is of national significance to the targeted Māori audience.
Saturday Disney was a New Zealand Saturday morning children's series. The last episode aired in 2006, with Studio 2 taking on the Saturday show, called Studio 2 Saturday which finished later that year.