NITV News 2024 in Review
Tuesday, 31 December at 5.40pm on NITV
As we celebrate blak excellence in sports, entertainment and the arts, look back on some of the big stories, major issues and community events covered on NITV News and NITV Digital throughout 2024. This news in review special will be hosted by Natalie Ahmat and John Paul Janke and include crosses to NITV journalists around the country.
Piri’s Tiki Tour - Season 5
Tuesday, 31 December at 7.30pm
Final episodes
Episode Nine: Fiordland
In Fiordland, Piri joins a commercial crayfish boat with Skipper Storm Waldrop (Ngati Mamoe) & deckhand Dan Wright (Ngai Tahu). Here they’ll target tuna, then dive for paua and kina in this untouched paradise.Episode Ten: Kapiti
On the Kapiti Coast, Piri is hosted by local teacher and keen fisherman Jason Huria, They fish snapper and tarakihi off Kapiti Island.
The Walkers
Thursday, 2 January at 8.30pm
Final episodes
Episode Five:
Stan’s hitting the road for an intimate tour that delves deeper into his newly released book. Sharing deeply personal conversations, he delves into some of the most difficult details shared in the book.Episode Six:
After a challenging year for the Walker whānau (family) and the disappointment of Stan being initially refused entry into Melbourne by the Victorian government, he is finally heading off to Australia.
Music season
Nothing Compares: Sinead O’Connor
Sunday, 29 December at 8.30pm
Nothing Compares charts Sinead O’Connor’s stunning rise to worldwide fame and examines how she used
her voice at the height of her stardom, before her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from
the pop mainstream.
Singing Country: Loren Ryan
Monday, 30 December at 8.30pm
Karla Grant presents Singing Country. This episode, she talks with proud Gamilaraay woman Loren
Ryan, who is a musician, Aboriginal culture teacher, and now a trainee reporter with ABC New
England North West.
Dolly Parton: Still Rockin’
Monday, 30 December at 9.05pm Premiere
A documentary highlighting Dolly Parton and her impact on the music industry with clips and
interviews from throughout her time in the limelight.
Mama Africa
Monday, 30 December at 10.00pm
Mama Africa is the biography of Miriam Makeba, South African singer and anti- apartheid activist,
the voice and the hope of Africa. Miriam Makeba was the first African musician to become a true
international star; her music influenced artists across the globe but always remained true to her
South African roots with its message against racism and poverty.
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Capitol Session
Saturday, 4 January at 10.15pm Premiere
In October 1973 Bob Marley and The Wailers gave an intimate performance at Capitol Studios.
Recording twelve classic songs, from the sidelines, producer Denny Cordell captured the event on
camera.
NYE Movie Marathon
Hairspray
Tuesday, 31 December at 8.30pm
It’s Baltimore, 1962, and a rebellious teenager with the biggest bouffant on the block attempts to win the coveted “Miss Auto Show” crown as she fights against racial discrimination in this film created and directed by John Waters.
Little Shop Of Horrors
Tuesday, 31 December at 10.05pm
A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. Starring Rick Moranis, Steve Martin and Miriam Margolyes.
Purple Rain
Tuesday, 31 December at 11.55pm
Rock star Prince makes his spectacular feature film debut in this highly autobiographical blockbuster that won both an Oscar and a Grammy award. Headstrong, vulnerable young musician The Kid (Prince) struggles with his own inner demons and with his alcoholic father. But his life infects his music, fuelling a sound that transforms the struggling, young rocker into a star.