# New Zealand TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Subscription and International\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294 "2015-12-28T08:13:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 226
**Author:** ![LiamP](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/liamp/32/300932_2.png) [@LiamP](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/LiamP)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4608 "2025-10-10T04:36:37Z")
The final reading for a bill which will allow NZ channels to broadcast commercials on Sunday mornings will be voted upon next week, after an attempted vote today was called off due to an absence of MPs. > **[Stuff](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360850311/mps-knock-early-blocking-tv-advertising-bill-becoming-law)** ---
**Author:** ![Leotv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/leotv/32/345158_2.png) [@Leotv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Leotv)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4609 "2025-10-10T04:41:27Z")
Fair enough, seems a waste to have it air in November especially with Daylight Savings. ---
**Author:** ![Billie-joe\_Crossley](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/billie-joe_crossley/32/256305_2.png) [@Billie-joe\_Crossley](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Billie-joe_Crossley)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4610 "2025-10-10T06:34:41Z")
And dunno if it seems to be wasted to air in Christmas time, but you would know how. ---
**Author:** ![millsy](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/millsy/32/513188_2.png) [@millsy](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/millsy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4611 "2025-10-10T07:06:11Z")
Im going to miss not having ads on Good Friday and Christmas Day. ---
**Author:** ![OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/onair/32/88553_2.png) [@OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/OnAir)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4612 "2025-10-10T08:18:47Z")
An antiquated rule that should have been gone 25 years ago, probably. There was something quaint about not having ads on Xmas Day but it’s made less and less sense in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![millsy](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/millsy/32/513188_2.png) [@millsy](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/millsy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4613 "2025-10-10T09:30:07Z")
So you are fine with being bombarded with ads 24-7? Surely we should be able to have at least one day or one channel where we dont have to put up with ads 24-7. Does everything have to be commercialised? ---
**Author:** ![OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/onair/32/88553_2.png) [@OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/OnAir)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4614 "2025-10-10T09:42:42Z")
I very rarely watch linear TV but if I watch streaming on those days, I get ads. If I check the news online on those days, I get ads. If I check social media on those days, I get ads. If I visit Mediaspy on those days, you guessed it. Singling out broadcast TV for this no longer makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![utaussiefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@utaussiefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/utaussiefan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4615 "2025-10-10T10:04:34Z")
To achieve that, you’d have to turn One into a format similar to ABC Australia for no ads. It would probably see it shift away from airing as many expensive imported shows. Three is hanging on by a thread and needs as much ad revenue it can get. I know it’s not long but any extra ads on air will help Three. There’s are ads everywhere you look and unfortunately they are needed otherwise much of what people like to watch wouldn’t be able to be made. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4616 "2025-10-10T10:27:37Z")
> **[Great Southern TV chief Cate Calver steps down, founder Phil Smith returns to...](https://www.c21media.net/news/great-southern-tv-chief-cate-calver-steps-down-founder-phil-smith-returns-to-leadership-role/)** > > The chief of New Zealand production company Great Southern Television (GSTV) Cate Calver is stepping down from her post after nearly two years in the role. ---
**Author:** ![millsy](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/millsy/32/513188_2.png) [@millsy](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/millsy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4617 "2025-10-10T17:00:44Z")
Im sorry and I may be old fashioned, maybe even ‘communist’, but I kinda like to have at least somewhere where I gont get bombarded with ads all the time. ---
**Author:** ![TV4](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv4/32/346890_2.png) [@TV4](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV4)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4618 "2025-10-10T17:47:16Z")
All heil the commercial imperative. ---
**Author:** ![Horomono](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/horomono/32/375663_2.png) [@Horomono](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Horomono)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4619 "2025-10-14T10:11:57Z")
🚨: After a bill being passed to Parliament today, television advertisements in New Zealand will be **allowed to screen** on Sunday mornings and public holidays like Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. Radio advertising will now be heard on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. > **[Ban lifted: TV ads can now be screened on Sunday mornings, Christmas Day](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-tv-advertisements-can-now-be-screened-on-sunday-mornings-christmas-day-and-other-public-holidays/PM2BGEILARCP3AW7D2SYUU5PA4/)** > > The Government celebrates support for media industry – will $6m a year make a difference? [https://archive.ph/aSnW0](https://archive.ph/aSnW0) ---
**Author:** ![Leotv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/leotv/32/345158_2.png) [@Leotv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Leotv)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4620 "2025-10-14T10:48:04Z")
I’m guessing Q+A will no longer have long form interviews. Maybe Breakfast can air on Sundays as well with a major sponsor to keep it afloat. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4621 "2025-10-15T21:57:43Z")
> **[Spooky Oz Thriller for ThreeNow ScreenScribe](https://www.screenscribe.net/spooky-oz-thriller-for-threenow/)** > > An Australian supernatural series that streams on Paramount+ and Netflix internationally lands here next month on ThreeNow. [Playing Gracie Darling](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/playing-gracie-darling/26734) was produced by Curio Pictures for Paramount+ in Australia, and premiered there in August. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4622 "2025-10-15T22:02:23Z")
The Voice Australia season 14 premieres on TVNZ 2 on Wednesday, October 29, at 7.30pm, initially with one episode per week. New judges this year are Richard Marx and Melanie C, while Ronan Keating returns as judge after an eight-season hiatus. Of interest to NZ viewers will be Christchurch-born Cassie Henderson, who has auditioned for the show. She reached the quarter-final of The X Factor NZ in 2013, when she was just 14. The season was filmed at Sydney’s Carrigeworks from February to April this year. > [@The Voice](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/the-voice/518/2252): > > With a legendary career spanning over 30 years and over 120 million records sold, international pop phenomenon Spice Girl Melanie C is ready to raise the stakes of the competition. She’s joined by GRAMMY Award-winning hitmaker Richard Marx and The Voice veteran Ronan Keating, returning after almost a decade. Completing the panel is Aussie vocal powerhouse Kate Miller-Heidke, back for her second season, determined to win. > > This season, over 60 talented artists will take to Australia’s biggest stage, hoping to turn their singing dreams into reality. EDIT: as the result of The Voice Australia’s return, MKR on TVNZ 2 will be cut back to two episodes per week from October 27, airing on Monday and Tuesday nights. From that date, each episode will be shown one week after the Australian broadcast. ---
**Author:** ![Horomono](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/horomono/32/375663_2.png) [@Horomono](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Horomono)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4623 "2025-10-20T02:14:53Z")
> [@JohnsonTV](#): > > Of interest to NZ viewers will be Christchurch-born Cassie Henderson, who has auditioned for the show. She reached the quarter-final of The X Factor NZ in 2013, when she was just 14. The only spoiler and no more from now on, she’s in the Grand Final. Incredible from her. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4624 "2025-10-20T02:38:50Z")
Fellow Kiwi Jaedyn Randell reached The Voice Australia grand final last year, but lost to Reuben De Melo. Interesting to see if Cassie can become the first NZ contestant to take out the title. (Stan Walker won Australian Idol in 2009) TVNZ 2 may need to air multiple episodes of The Voice Australia per week, so it can finish before the end of 2025, given the late start date. ---
**Author:** ![OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/onair/32/88553_2.png) [@OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/OnAir)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4625 "2025-10-20T02:58:26Z")
> [@JohnsonTV](#): > > TVNZ 2 may need to air multiple episodes of The Voice Australia so it can finish before the end of 2025, given the late start date. They may be content to run it through summer ---
**Author:** ![Sheldon\_Betteridge](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sheldon_betteridge/32/212478_2.png) [@Sheldon\_Betteridge](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sheldon_Betteridge)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4626 "2025-10-21T02:11:36Z")
Yes hopefully they can add Thursday and maybe Friday when Graham Norton is on break ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/4627 "2025-10-21T08:18:23Z")
Season 7 of Love Island Australia will stream on TVNZ+ from next Tuesday, October 28, with each episode available the night after its Australian broadcast. > [@Love Island Australia](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/love-island-australia/3637/1035): > > WICKED SINS ENTERS THE VILLA IN LOVE ISLAND AUSTRALIA PREMIERING MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, AT 6.00PM AEDT ON 9NOW The Islanders are sorely tempted by Love Island Australia’s wicked sins in season seven, premiering on 9Now on Monday, October 27, at 6.00pm AEDT, dropping every Monday to Thursday, and a premiere special on Channel 9 after The Golden Bachelor. Love Island is the hottest television format in the world thanks to the hugely successful series in the UK and the United States, that aired on … UPDATE 23/10: Love Island Australia season 7 will also have its FTA premiere on TVNZ Duke on Sunday, November 2, at 10pm. [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294.md?page=225) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294.md?page=227)