Replying to an interesting post in a more relevant thread…
While I don’t know that much about New Zealand television, the “Goodnight Kiwi” was the cartoon that TVNZ played at closedown on one (or both) of it’s channels in the days before 24 hour broadcasting…right?
The closest thing Australian television has ever had to that would probably be the classic “mother kangaroo tucking joey to sleep” cartoon that ATN Channel Seven Sydney played at closedown for many years (including for the farewell to analogue TV in December 2013).