Media Releases

To find out the latest on our programmes you can access all of our Media Releases here. Everything that you want to know from the hottest moments in our existing shows to new cast members and more...

0 19 Jan Behind the scenes of 1 NEWS’ new look studio

2 14 Dec Toni Street and Mike Hosking to leave Seven Sharp

4 3 Dec MATILDA RICE AND MARK DYE TO HOST TVNZ\'S HEARTBREAK ISLAND

6 27 Nov TEAM WANAKA CROWNED MKR NZ CHAMPIONS

8 25 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 26

10 18 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 19

12 11 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 12

14 4 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 5

16 28 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 29

18 20 Oct Politics 19 October

20 14 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 15

22 7 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 8

24 1 Oct KIWIS WANTED FOR ULTIMATE TRANS-TASMAN TEAM CHALLENGE SERIES

26 27 Sep Love AND Money? Apply Now for Heartbreak Island

28 23 Sep Q + A - Sunday September 24

30 18 Sep NZSL Debate

32 10 Sep TEAMS REVEALED FOR TVNZ\'S MY KITCHEN RULES NEW ZEALAND

34 7 Sep Multi Party Debate

36 5 Sep New Blood Goes Live

38 2 Sep Q + A - Sunday September 3

40 26 Aug Q + A - Sunday August 27

42 12 Aug Q + A - Sunday August 13

44 5 Aug Q + A - Sunday August 6

46 29 Jul Q + A - Sunday July 30

48 15 Jul Q + A - Sunday July 16

50 5 Jul *Amendment* And The First Ever Winner of Survivor New Zealand is….

52 4 Jul New Zealand’s First Sole Survivor – All Will Be Revealed

54 3 Jul Jak FM Over And Out

56 2 Jul Shay\'s Survivor Days Are Over

58 26 Jun TVNZ Streaming Ahead

60 18 Jun SECOND JURY MEMBER FOR SURVIVOR NEW ZEALAND

62 14 Jun The future of the Kiwi lifestyle is discussed in What Next?

64 12 Jun What Next? looks at the future of our environment

66 11 Jun Brutal Betrayal Puts First Survivor On The Jury

68 4 Jun TINY DANCER SASHAYS AWAY

70 3 Jun Q+A Sunday 4 June

72 28 May Survivor New Zealand - No Room For Nice Girls

74 26 May New Zealand loves Shortland Street

76 21 May SPOILERS – Survivor New Zealand Third Elimination

78 13 May Q + A - Sunday May 14

80 7 May Survivor Superfan Sent Packing

82 29 Apr Q + A - Sunday April 30

84 22 Apr Q + A - Sunday April 23

86 13 Apr Nigel Latta and John Campbell to host TVNZ\'s What Next?

88 1 Apr Q + A - Sunday April 2nd

90 18 Mar Q + A - Sunday March 19

92 11 Jan Matt McLean joins Breakfast

94 3 Dec Q + A - Sunday December 4

96 19 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 20

98 5 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 6

100 22 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 23

102 8 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 9

104 29 Sep PETE EVANS AND MANU FEILDEL TO HOST NEW SERIES OF MKR NZ

106 24 Sep Q + A - Sunday September 25

108 10 Sep Q+A Sunday 11th September

110 2 Sep TVNZ completes building refurbishment

112 27 Aug Q + A - Sunday August 28

114 18 Aug Hilary and Jack join TV ONE’s Breakfast

116 11 Aug TVNZ Kicks Off Paralympics Campaign

118 1 Aug Three All-Rounders Deliver Short & Wide

120 24 Jul Hawkes Bay teacher takes the Mastermind throne

122 16 Jul Q + A - Sunday July 17

124 2 Jul Q + A - Sunday July 3

126 25 Jun Q + A - Sunday June 26

128 11 Jun Q + A - Sunday June 12

130 28 May Q + A - Sunday May 29

132 16 May Survivor New Zealand host announced

134 13 May TVNZ appoints interim Australian ad reps

136 7 May Q + A - Sunday May 8

138 23 Apr Q + A - Sunday April 24

140 19 Apr WOTTON FAMILY COME OUT ON TOP ON OUR FIRST HOME

142 18 Apr OUR FIRST HOME’S WOTTON FAMILY PIP ROUGHANS TO THE POST

144 9 Apr Q + A - Sunday April 9

146 2 Apr Q + A - Sunday April 3

148 26 Mar Q + A - Sunday March 27

150 12 Mar Q + A - Sunday March 13

152 7 Mar TVNZ OnDemand Hits One Million Milestone

154 2 Mar You\'re Back In The Room

156 24 Feb SURVIVOR NEW ZEALAND IS COMING TO TV2

158 7 Feb DIRTY LAUNDRY CAST ANNOUNCED

160 22 Jan TVNZ to launch new male-skewed entertainment channel

162 15 Dec Ultimate Gatecrashers Take The MKR Title And $100,000

164 8 Dec Playing it Safe Costs Hawkes Bay Couple Spot in Grand Final

166 1 Dec OTAGO AND PALMY NEXT TO GO ON MKR NZ

168 26 Nov TVNZ to screen Super Bowl 50 LIVE on TV ONE

170 21 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 22

172 14 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 15

174 7 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 8

176 26 Oct First Elimination of MKR NZ 2015 (SPOILER ALERT)

178 23 Oct Start your engines; Formula E is racing in to TVNZ

180 10 Oct Q+A - Sunday October 11

182 26 Sep Q + A - Sunday September 27

184 18 Sep Nadine Chalmers-Ross to host Breakfast

186 12 Sep Q+A - Sunday September 13

188 9 Sep Media Release: TVNZ bringing the AFL to Kiwi homes

190 29 Aug Q+A - Sunday August 30

192 22 Aug Q+A - Sunday August 23

194 8 Aug Q+A - Sunday August 9

1 17 Jan Project Runway New Zealand Casting Call Announcement

3 8 Dec Q + A - 10 December 2017

5 2 Dec Q + A - Sunday December 3

7 27 Nov TEAM WANAKA CROWNED MKR NZ CHAMPIONS

9 22 Nov TVNZ renews Formula E deal

11 13 Nov ELIMINATION 3 - MKR NZ\'S BROMANCE THIRD TO LEAVE THE COMPETITION

13 6 Nov ELIMINATION 2 - MKR NZ\'S ROTORUA BESTIES SENT PACKING

15 30 Oct ELIMINATION 1 - MKR NZ\'S youngest team sent packing in first elimination

17 21 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 22

19 17 Oct Scandi-New Zealand crime drama in the works

21 9 Oct FIRST TWO CASTAWAYS ANNOUNCED FOR SURVIVOR NEW ZEALAND SEASON 2

23 2 Oct My Kitchen Rules New Zealand back in 2018!

25 30 Sep Q + A - Sunday October 1

27 27 Sep Showcase 2017

29 21 Sep Final debate

31 16 Sep Q + A - Sunday September 17

33 9 Sep Q + A - Sunday September 10

35 7 Sep Para Sport Broadcast Deal

37 3 Sep Survivor New Zealand Back for Season Two

39 1 Sep Leaders Debate viewership

41 19 Aug Q + A - Sunday August 20

43 10 Aug 1 NEWS Vote 17

45 4 Aug ALL NEW WILL & GRACE COMING TO TVNZ AS PART OF NBCUNIVERSAL DEAL

47 22 Jul Q + A - Sunday July 23

49 8 Jul Q + A - Sunday July 9

51 5 Jul And The First Ever Winner of Survivor New Zealand is….

53 4 Jul Looking for love? Apply now for First Dates New Zealand!

55 3 Jul New Blood Web Series Winner Announced

57 2 Jul Q+A Sunday 2 July

59 24 Jun Q+A Sunday 25 June

61 15 Jun Plan A or Plan B? A path is chosen in the season finale of What Next?

63 13 Jun The future of New Zealand\'s economy is discussed in What Next?

65 11 Jun New Zealand discusses the future of technology in What Next?

67 10 Jun Q+A Sunday 11 June

69 4 Jun TVNZ ANNOUNCE SURVIVOR NEW ZEALAND LIVE FINAL

71 1 Jun Cast your vote for TVNZ’s newest web series

73 27 May Q + A - Sunday May 28

75 22 May Survivor\'s Shock Evacuation

77 14 May Second Survivor Eliminated from Survivor New Zealand

79 12 May What Next? Have your say on New Zealand\'s future

81 6 May Q + A - Sunday May 7

83 27 Apr Survivor New Zealand Contestants Announced

85 15 Apr Q + A -Sunday April 16

87 8 Apr Q + A -Sunday April 9

89 25 Mar Q + A - Sunday March 26

91 16 Jan TVNZ New Blood Web Series Opens

93 10 Dec Q + A - Sunday December 11

95 26 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 27

97 12 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 13

99 29 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 30

101 15 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 16

103 1 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 2

105 29 Sep TVNZ 2017: new content, new blood, new thinking

107 17 Sep Q + A - Sunday September 18

109 3 Sep Q+A Sunday 4th September

111 2 Sep TV ONE\'s Sunday Theatre brings key Kiwi moments to life

113 20 Aug Q + A - Sunday August 21

115 13 Aug Q + A - Sunday August 14

117 6 Aug Q + A - Sunday August 7

119 30 Jul Q + A - Sunday July 31

121 23 Jul Q + A - Sunday July 24

123 9 Jul Q + A - Sunday July 10

125 1 Jul Carolyn Robinson joins Seven Sharp

127 18 Jun Q + A - Sunday June 19

129 4 Jun Q + A - Sunday June 5

131 21 May Q + A - Sunday May 22

133 14 May Q + A - Sunday May 15

135 9 May NZ newsrooms work together on Panama Papers investigation

137 30 Apr Q + A - Sunday May 1

139 20 Apr APRC - DUKE announce

141 18 Apr AMENDMENT - OUR FIRST HOME’S WOTTON FAMILY PIP ROUGHANS TO THE POST

143 17 Apr SOLD! SUCCESS AT AUCTION FOR OUR FIRST HOME’S WOTTON FAMILY

145 6 Apr Ready for Rio: most extensive free-to-air broadcast coverage of a Paralympic Games on its way

147 29 Mar PROPERTIES FROM TV ONE’S OUR FIRST HOME HIT THE MARKET

149 19 Mar Q + A - Sunday March 20

151 9 Mar SINGLE AND READY TO MINGLE? INTERNATIONAL HIT, FIRST DATES COMES TO TV2

153 3 Mar ONE News launches Kiwimeter

155 1 Mar DUKE SCORES LIVE NBA GAMES

157 18 Feb First look: New Zealand’s newest online and free to view entertainment destination

159 24 Jan OUR FIRST HOME RETURNS TO TV ONE - BUT THIS TIME, THE KIDS ARE IN CHARGE!

161 22 Dec The X-Files, The Simpsons and Family Guy are all coming to TV2 in 2016

163 14 Dec Tofu Tragedy Sends Mighty Waikato Packing

165 7 Dec Consistent Canterbury Couple Eliminated For Yet Another Lamb Let Down

167 28 Nov Q + A - Sunday November 29

169 23 Nov GOODBYE TO MKR NZ\'S MANAWATU SISTERS AND AUCKLAND GATECRASHERS

171 16 Nov MKR NZ Frontrunners Sent Home in a Shocking Elimination

173 10 Nov City Sisters Sent Packing

175 31 Oct Q + A - Sunday November 1

177 24 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 25

179 17 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 18

181 3 Oct Q + A - Sunday October 4

183 19 Sep Q + A - Sunday September 20

185 16 Sep TVNZ 2016 - Best of Local, Best of Global

187 11 Sep Home for Christmas: Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park returns to TVNZ

189 5 Sep Q+A - Sunday September 6

191 27 Aug Media Release: TVNZ bringing live PGA, LPGA and European Tour golf to Freeview this Friday.

193 15 Aug Q+A - Sunday August 16

195 1 Aug Q+A - Sunday August 2