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• 2
  Television Two's programmes plus information on dramas, movies, comedy, local programmes, children's programmes, competitions, star profiles, events competitions. Also provides a chat room.
  
  
• 3 News
  News division of TV3, providing national, regional and world news. Website includes national weather forecasts, programme times and background information on programmes, shows and personalities.
  
  
• Agenda
  Website of the political interview television show, Agenda. Includes transcripts for each programme, and information about the Agenda team and panel.
  
  
• Attitude disabilitytv.com
  Website for Attitude TV a television magazine series on TvOne designed to reflect the lifestyle, issues and interests of people living with or caring for a person with a disability. Includes access to past Attitude TV programmes, case histories of disabled people living rewarding lives, with information on awards and a directory of resources.
  
  
• Back benches
  Informative and satirical television show hosted by Wallace Chapman, featuring the following segments: Peeping and peering, News wrap, The Pub quiz, Real view, and others. Site includes video clips from the show and the opportunity for viewers to share content by posting videos and comments.
  
  
• C4
  Formally TV4, C4 is a youth oriented music channel. Site has programme listings and information.
  
  
• Canwest mediaworksnz
  Website of the corporation that operates TVWorks, that is, TV3 and C4, and RadioWorks, that is, 6 network brands: The Edge, Kiwi, The Rock, Solid Gold, Radio Live and Radio Pacific, and numerous local radio stations.
  
  
• Channel 9 : Dunedin's local television channel
  Includes programme listings, news, and information about sales, live broadcasts, and transmission.
  
  
• CTV : Canterbury Television
  Information on Canterbury Television, including programme information and profiles of staff.
  
  
• Flavour of New Zealand : NZ popular culture 1960 onward
  Steve Kohler's site has facts and information about New Zealand popular culture since 1960. Includes the NZ music charts, lists of local television programmes, and brief news items from 1960 onwards.
  
  
• Freeview : digital TV and radio
  Freeview is a television and radio platform which provides access to high resolution digital quality pictures and sound. Includes information about Freeview channels, retailers, and installation.
  
  
• FTN : Family Television Network
  The Family Television Network (FTN) is a division of Lifeway Trust Inc, a community charitable trust. It broadcasts to the northern region (includes the Warkworth and Snells Beach regions, south through Waiwera, Orewa, Whangaparaoa, Silverdale, the North Shore, Auckland CBD and Auckland's north facing eastern suburbs) and to the Waikato. The site provides the TV schedules, local programme information and a listing of regional TV stations.
  
  
• Gibson Group
  Contains information about the Gibson Group television production company, including past and current productions, international projects and news.
  
  
• Gogglebox TV
  Video and audio current affairs, sports, music, and cultural programmes giving a voice to Pasifika, Māori, gay and community culture
  
  
• list of New Zealand films and television programmes]
  A section of the Internet Movie Database. Provides a list of New Zealand films and television programmes. Information on each includes director, writing credits, cast, summary of plot and user comments.
  
  
• Mainland Broadcasting
  Operates TV channels and radio stations in the top of the South Island. Has programme guide and details, details of coverage and technical specifications relating to broadcasting. Includes advertising details (including costs) and instructions for tuning TVs to receive channels.
  
  
• Media7
  Russell Brown hosts digital channel Media7, a weekly media commentary and review show that goes through the week's media news and reviews new media developments. Site includes video clips from the show and the opportunity for viewers to share content by posting videos and comments.
  
  
• Moon Television Network : MTN
  MTN video clips, including "Speedo cops" and "That Guy", and links to the Moon TV episodes via TVNZ on demand.
  
  
• New Zealand Pacific Beat Street
  A magazine show produced for TV3 and fronted by four hot presenters delivering stories on New Zealand's latest issues, music, sports, fashion, technology, with a distinctly Pacific flavour.
  
  
• New Zealand Television Archive = Paenga Māpuna : collection of prized possesions
  Profiles the collections and services of the NZ Television Archive which has the largest collection of sound and images relating to New Zealand in the world. This includes all television programmes made in New Zealand since the early 1960s and incorporates the National Film Unit.
  
  
• Ngā Aho Whakaari
  Supports Māori working in the visual media, and promotes Māori culture within the moving image industries.
  
  
• NZ learning channel : the internet TV station
  Shows video clips and multimedia created by young New Zealanders which support learning and teaching in New Zealand schools.
  
  
• NZ On Air
  NZ On Air's role is to fund locally made television programmes, public radio networks and access radio and promote New Zealand music by funding music videos and radio shows. Includes publications which can be downloaded in PDF format.
  
  
• NZonscreen
  Contains free access to selected examples of television, film, music video and new media produced in New Zealand. Provides profiles of people in the New Zealand film and television industry and information about television series, documentaries, short and feature films.
  
  
• One
  Television One shedule; information about programmes and TV One personalities; news; sport; weather; horoscopes and other information.
  
  
• Onfilm : New Zealand's film, TV & video magazine
  The website of Onfilm magazine. Site provides the contents page and full text of selected articles from the current issue, as well as full text of articles from previous issues. Includes links to related websites and film reviews, and information about subscriptions to the print edition and advertising is also available.
  
  
• Open door
  Gives access to TV3 Network television to selected individuals to make a documentary program about an issue, of family, social, sexual, political or religious. Site includes project history, applicaton details and archives.
  
  
• Outrageous fortune
  Official site of the New Zealand television series. Contains information about characters, crew, music and episodes. Includes discussion forum, list of awards, photos, video previews, and cast members' responses to viewer questions.
  
  
• Point of View Productions
  About the Auckland-based film and television production company. Includes a list of their documentary films and education & training videos.
  
  
• Prime : the best regional television entertainment in New Zealand
  Prime Television is a free-to-air broadcaster in New Zealand, with documentaries, sports, lifestyle programmes, classic comedies and quality dramas targeting the 30 plus audience. Information about Prime Television in New Zealand and its Australian parent company is available, along with with transmission details (tranmitter sites & UHF frequency used), and a guide to Prime's scheduled programmes.
  
  
• Quantas Film and Television Awards
  Previously run as two separate awards by the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand and the New Zealand Television Broadcasters' Council, these came together in 2008 to celebrated achievements across 58 categories. Includes information on winners and finalists, previous awards and FAQs.
  
  
• Rialto Channel
  Programme guide and information on films shown, also film archive.
  
  
• Sawyer Television
  The Sawyer Television web pages provide transcripts and sample images of visitor information television for Hawkes Bay (Channel 51) and Taupo (Channel 61) programmes.
  
  
• SDGNZ : Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand
  Describes the work of the guild and outlines services for its members. Also includes articles, interviews with New Zealand directors and back issues of the quarterly newsletter "Take".
  
  
• Shortland Street
  Oficial web site for the television programme Shortland Street. It provides news and features, an episode guide, video preview, information about the characters and stars, a photograph gallery and set popups, downloads and FAQs.
  
  
• SKY
  SKY Television provides a subscription service to many different television channels. Site includes details of programming.
  
  
• SPADA news
  SPADA News is the online magazine of the Screen Producers and Directors Association (SPADA), and features news and information about issues and events of interest to SPADA members. Issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• Squirt
  Information on Squirt characters and extensive links to web sites for children.
  
  
• Strip
  Website of the TV3 drama (first broadcast 2002-2003) about a strip club. Provides information about the show, episode guides and character information.
  
  
• Tagata Pasifika
  About Tagata Pasifika (Pacific People) TV One's Pacific Islands half-hour English language news magazine show. It is available in online video and has a section on video favourites.
  
  
• TBC
  The New Zealand Television Broadcasters' Council represents the non-competitive interests of the main television broadcasters in New Zealand. Contains programme rating analysis and information on television advertising.
  
  
• Te Karere
  Māori television news programme Te Karere. Provides the current week's programmes and information about the show.
  
  
• Throng : New Zealand's TV watching community
  News and discussion forum about TV programmes.
  
  
• Triangle Television : television you make happen
  Triangle Community Television is a non-commercial, community TV station. Triangle TV broadcasts on UHF to the greater Auckland region 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The site gives information about programmes, advertising rates,how to tune in and how to become involved.
  
  
• TV on demand : Beta version 1.0 March 2007
  TVNZ site with a mixture of both New Zealand and overseas TV programmes available for viewing via Windows Media Player or Flash video player.
  
  
• TV3
  Programme times and background information on programmes and actors, shows, personalities, news, weather, current affairs and TV3's community projects. Children's section. FAQs.
  
  
• TVNZ 7 Internet debate
  David Cunliffe, Metiria Turai, Maurice Williamson and Rodney Hyde debate ICT (Information and Communication Technology) issues such as broadband and fibre infrastructure, copyright, digital divide, convergance, cybersafety and broadcasting. Questions posed by journalists Fran O'Sullivan and Russell Brown.
  
  
• TVNZ
  Television New Zealand site. Includes media releases, annual reports and other documents available in PDF format; Free-To-Air Codes of Broadcasting Practice; a history and timeline of TV in New Zealand, business units of TVNZ and their charter.
  
  
• VOTE : Viewers for Television Excellence Inc
  Organisation formed to promote standards for television viewing. Provides forum for discussion and lobbying for issues like violence on television. Includes newsletter, research archive, news and events.
  
  
• What now
  Website of the What now (WN) television programme containing activities, information and highlights from the show.
  
  
• Whatnownz
  The TV show What now's channel on YouTube. Includes Wacky workshop, Sparkle Friends, and behind the scenes.
  
  
• Ziln : New Zealand's internet TV network
  A network of local and international television channels which screen programmes and films through the internet. Free to anyone in New Zealand with a broadband connection.