List of free-to-air channels in New Zealand explained

This article is a list of free-to-air channels in New Zealand.

New Zealand broadcast channels

Notes

• The PAL-B&G (analogue) television switch off was completed on 1 December 2013.^[1] AM and FM radio is unaffected.
• DVB 64-QAM terrestrial channels use ITU system G channel allocations within UHF television band IV and band V. On 1 December 2013, Band V above 698 MHz was reallocated to LTE mobile telephony, hence some channels that were broadcasting on Band V above 698 MHz on 30 November 2013 have been forced off air until a new frequency is allocated.
• All digital terrestrial television channels are encoded in H.264 and subject to a MPEG-LA controlled transmission patent licensing tax which is in included in the Freeview broadcaster cost and varies on viewership figures.
• High-definition 1080i DVB 64-QAM are only available on TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, Three, Whakaata Māori, TVNZ Duke, Sky Open and The Edge TV. All other TV channels are standard-definition 576i anamorphic widescreen.
• Metro means Kordia owned sites only in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Napier/Hastings, Palmerston North, the Wellington metropolitan area (including Kapiti), Christchurch and Dunedin.
• A grey box in the 64-QAM column means the channel(s) is temporarily off-air.
• All New Zealand operated direct-broadcast satellite channels are from Optus D1 at 160.0°E, and can be received via a standard 60 cm parabolic antenna. There are two main up-links - the original one from Sky in Auckland, on transports 3 @ 12519 MHz, 5 @ 12644 MHz or 6 @ 12671 MHz and the one from TVNZ's Avalon comm hub in Lower Hutt, with channels broadcast on either Freeview transport 21 @ 12456 MHz or 22 @ 12483 MHz.
• IPTV resolution is generally better than 576i due to not being scaled to an anamorphic widescreen width of 720, but may be lower depending on the bandwidth selected or calculated at the time of connection. Playback performance may vary with network traffic conditions. Most metropolitan New Zealanders have access to fibre broadband.

Freeview high viewership nationwide channels

Channel number	DVB name(s)	Owner/parent company	Launch	H.222Transport	Availability
Terrestrial	Satellite DVB	IPTV
Freeview[2]	Sky[3]	DVB 64-QAM	Freeview	Sky
1	1	TVNZ 1	TVNZ (govt.)	1 June 1960	TVNZ
New Zealand's first television channel. Started as four stations (AKTV2, WNTV1, CHTV3, DNTV2); amalgamated into one channel (NZBC TV) in October 1973. Renamed TV One on 1 April 1975.
2	2	TVNZ 2	TVNZ (govt.)	1 June 1975	TVNZ
Youth focused channel, named South Pacific Television from 1976 to 1980.
3	3	Three	Warner Bros. Discovery	26 November 1989	Warner Bros. Discovery
Started off as NZ's first private TV network, sold off to Canadian and, later, Australian interests. Currently owned by Discovery, Inc.
4	12	Bravo	Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal International Networks	3 July 2016	Warner Bros. Discovery
Lifestyle and reality television channel. Originally launched as a youth entertainment channel TV4 in 1997, became music video C4 in October 2003, reverted in 2008, renamed to FOUR in February 2011, then rebranded to its current form, Bravo in July 2016.
5	19	Whakaata Māori	Māori Television Service (govt.)	28 March 2004	Maori Television, Warner Bros. Discovery
Tax-payer funded content in Māori and English. Known as Maori Television from 2004-2022.
6	23	TVNZ Duke	TVNZ (govt.)	20 March 2016	TVNZ
operates between the hours of 12pm and 3am. Screens sport and general entertainment.
7	502	TVNZ 2+1	TVNZ (govt.)	1 September 2013	TVNZ
Timeshifted TVNZ 2, delayed by one hour (replaced TVNZ U)[4]
8	13	Eden	Warner Bros. Discovery	28 April 2012	Warner Bros. Discovery	[5]
Formerly known as Choice TV, rebranded eden on 21 March 2022.
9	512	Bravo Plus 1	Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal International Networks	26 June 2014	Warner Bros. Discovery Sky		[6]
Timeshifted Bravo, delayed by one hour
10	82	Te Reo	Māori Television Service (govt.)	2008	Maori Television Discovery New Zealand
Tax-payer funded content in 100% Māori.
11	501	TVNZ 1+1	TVNZ (govt.)	1 July 2012	TVNZ
Timeshifted TVNZ 1, delayed by one hour (replaced TVNZ 7)
12	504	TVNZ Duke+1	TVNZ (govt.)	17 November 2020	TVNZ Sky
Timeshifted TVNZ Duke, delayed by one hour. [7]
13	503	ThreePlus1	Warner Bros. Discovery	30 March 2009	Warner Bros. Discovery
timeshifted Three, delayed by one hour
14	24	Rush	Warner Bros. Discovery	21 March 2022	Warner Bros. Discovery	[8]
15	4	Sky Open	Sky	30 August 1998	Kordia
Started off as a Subsidiary of Australia's Prime TV of three localised feeds before being sold to Sky TV in 2006
18	505	Eden+1	Warner Bros. Discovery	21 March 2022	Kordia Sky
Timeshifted Eden, delayed by one hour
19	21	HGTV	Warner Bros. Discovery	27 June 2016	Kordia Warner Bros. Discovery
Shows with a focus on home improvement, gardening, crafts, and remodeling.
20	90	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Media Network	25 October 2013	Kordia
Foreign news service
21	514	Sky Open +1	Sky	1 January 2017	Sky
Timeshifted Sky Open, delayed by one hour

Freeview lower viewership nationwide channels

Channel number	DVB name(s)	Owner/parent company	Launch	H.222Transport	Availability
Terrestrial	Satellite DVB	IPTV
Freeview	Sky	DVB 64-QAM	Freeview	Sky
25	201	Shine TV	Rhema Media (corp.)	1 December 2002	Kordia Discovery New Zealand	[9]
Christian programming
26	206	Firstlight	Firstlight Charitable Trust	17 September 2012	Kordia Discovery New Zealand
Family safe Christian programming
27	204	Hope Channel	Seventh-day Adventist Church	12 September 2015	Kordia Discovery New Zealand
Christian Programming
31	86	Parliament TV	Kordia (distributor, govt.)	9 October 2007	Kordia Discovery New Zealand
Live and replayed coverage of the New Zealand parliamentary sessions
32	N/A	TV32	Best News Entertainment (corp.)	13 August 2007	Kordia
Local and international Chinese programming
200	N/A	CH200	Kordia	1 December 2020	Kordia
Formerly known as Kordia TV.

Freeview Kordia limited viewership local channels

NorDigLCN	DVB name	Owner/parent company	Launch	H.222Transport	Availability
DVB 64-QAM	IPTV
33	Channel 33	New Zealand Culture and Media Group	16 November 2020	Kordia
Local and international Chinese programming
36	Apna Television	Golam Moinuddin (private)	25 March 2014	Kordia
International Hindu programming in Hindi
39		Allied Press	1995	Kordia
Regional programming as well as Al Jazeera, DW TV, etc.
48	Television Hawke's Bay	Sawyer Television Limited	1994	local
Programming from local, national and international sources.

Freeview JDA limited viewership local channels

NorDigLCN	DVB name	Owner/parent company	Launch	H.222Transport	Availability
DVB 64-QAM	IPTV
41	Wairarapa TV	noise productions ltd	2016	local
Locally generated television content via its partner More FM.

Independent digital local channels

NorDigLCN	DVB name	Owner/parent company	Launch	H.222Transport	Availability
DVB 64-QAM	IPTV
	Mainland Television	Media-7	1992	local
Rebroadcasts BBC World, Al Jazeera, DW TV, CCTV, VOA and locally produced news
	45 South TV			local
Broadcasts 98% local content. Community station run by volunteers. Rebroadcasts TV3, Sommet Sports & Cue Television.

Freeview high priority nationwide audio only channels

Channel number	DVB name(s)	Owner/parent company	Launch	H.222Transport	Availability
Terrestrial	Satellite DVB	IPTV
Freeview	Sky	FM/AM	DVB 64-QAM	Freeview	Sky
50	421	RNZ National	Radio New Zealand (govt.)	1925	Kordia Discovery New Zealand Sky
News/talk-back
51	422	RNZ Concert	Radio New Zealand (govt.)	(as 2YC)	Kordia Discovery New Zealand Sky
New Zealand's only commercial free classical music channel.

Freeview/Sky low priority nationwide audio only channels

NorDigLCN	DVB name	Owner/parent company	Launch	H.222Transport	Availability
Terrestrial	Satellite DVB	IPTV
FM	DVB 64-QAM	Freeview	Sky
70	George FM	MediaWorks NZ (corp.)	1998	Discovery New Zealand
Dance music station started off in Auckland only, sold off to Canadian and, later, Australian interests.
71	Radio Aotearoa		2023	Kordia Discovery New Zealand
hip hop music station that split from George FM.
	The Edge	MediaWorks NZ (corp.)	1994
Urban and contemporary music station started off in Hamilton only, sold off to Canadian and, later, Australian interests.
	Niu FM	National Pacific Radio Trust	31 August 2002	Discovery New Zealand
Pacific Island immigrate targeted music and news.
	Tahu FM	Independent iwi trusts	6 February 1991	Sky

Television stations in NZ-associated states

Cook Islands

• Cook Islands Television
• Vaka Television

Niue

• TV Niue

Foreign satellite channels

The following is a list of free-to-air DVB satellite services^[10] available in New Zealand. Most New Zealand homes already have a standard 60 cm satellite dish fitted which can pick up most of these channels, as these are also used (or have been used in the past) to pick up free-to-air and pay New Zealand television channels from Optus D1 (and historically, Optus B1). A frequency scanning (aka blind-scan) capable set-top box can be used to locate other services.

Name	Description	Frequency @ Pulse rate LNB IEEE band polarization
Optus D1 for 60 cm dish or greater
9 Network feed for STW		12383 MHz @ 3.75 MBd Ku linear vertical
7 Network SNG 1		12635 MHz @ 7.2 MBd Ku linear vertical
7 Network SNG 2		12644 MHz @ 7.2 MBd Ku linear vertical
7 Network SNG 3		12653 MHz @ 7.2 MBd Ku linear vertical
9 Network SNG 1		12407 MHz @ 6.111 MBd Ku linear vertical
9 Network SNG 2		12421 MHz @ 6.111 MBd Ku linear vertical
9 Network SNG 3		12431 MHz @ 6.111 MBd Ku linear vertical
Optus C1 for 60 cm dish or greater
Australian wildfeed links		12407 MHz @ 24.45 MBd Ku linear vertical
Intelsat 19 for 100  cm dish or greater
NHK World Japan TV	1080i state-owned English service	4060 MHz @ 26.59 MBd C linear horizontal
576i state-owned English service
Optus D2 for 60 cm dish or greater
Tele Padre Pio	Catholic Italian service	12396 MHz @ 22.5 MBd Ku linear horizontal
Telepace	Catholic Italian/English service	12425 MHz @ 22.5 MBd Ku linear horizontal
Al Hayat	Arabic service	12519 MHz @ 22.5 MBd Ku linear vertical
AON	Religious English service
Channel NewsAsia	state-owned English service	12545 MHz @ 22.5 MBd Ku linear vertical
Al Iraqiya	Arabic service
Salaam	Arabic service
3ABN	Religious English service
TVRI	state-owned Indonesian service	12.608 GHz @ 22.5 MBd Ku linear horizontal
Kurdistan TV	Kurdish service
BVN	state-owned Dutch service	12644 MHz @ 22.5 MBd Ku linear vertical
TRT 1	state-owned Turkish service
JUCETV	Religious English service
TBN	Religious English service
Church Channel	Religious English service
Smile of a Child	Religious English service
God TV	Religious English service
Daystar	Religious English service
Inspiration	Religious English service
EWTN	Religious English service
Al Forat	Arabic service	12706 MHz @ 22.5 MBd Ku linear vertical
Press TV	English service
CGNTV	Religious English service
Hope Channel	Religious English service
Aghapy TV	Religious English service
RT	state-owned English service	12734 MHz @ 22.5 MBd Ku linear vertical
TV3	state-owned Malaysian service
Suria	Singaporean-Malay service
EPT World	state-owned Greek service
Kurdsat	Kurdish service
TVR International	Romanian service
Duna	Hungarian service
Abu Dhabi Al Oula	Arabic service
Oman TV	Arabic service
AsiaSat 4 for 90 cm dish or greater
DaAi World	Taiwanese service	12430 MHz @ 20 MBd Ku linear vertical
Intelsat 19 for 90 cm dish or greater
Arirang	state-owned English/Korean service	13557 MHz @ 13.333 MBd Ku linear horizontal
NSS-9
BYU TV	Mormon Multilingual service	4185 MHz @ 6.527 MBd 2m dish or greater C right hand circular
RFO Wallis & Futuna	French service	3922 MHz @ 2.895 MBd 1m dish or greater C right hand circular

Historical discontinued services

Name	Description	Frequency @ Pulse rate LNB IEEE band polarization
Optus D1 for 60 cm dish or greater
Southern Cross 10	regional backup	12635 MHz @ 5.1 MBd Ku linear vertical
Tasmanian SBS One	state-owned English/Foreign service	12646 MHz @ 12.6 MBd Ku linear vertical
Tasmanian SBS Two	state-owned English/Foreign service
Tasmanian SBS HD	simulcast service
Intelsat 5 for 90 cm dish or greater
BBC World News	state-owned English service	4160 MHz @ 26.48 MBd C linear horizontal
Iqraa	Arabic	4.16 GHz @ 26.48 MBd C linear horizontal
Intelsat 8
ABC Australia	state-owned English service	4.1 GHz @ 26.48 MBd 180 cm dish or greater C linear horizontal
MAC TV	Taiwanese service	12504 MHz @ 3.073 MBd 90 cm dish or greater Ku linear vertical

See also

• Australasian television frequencies
• Television in New Zealand

External links

• TV transmitter details: click on area then transmitter symbol

Notes and References

1. Web site: Analogue TV switched off . Radio New Zealand . 1 December 2013 . 28 March 2014.
2. Web site: TV Guide online – Freeview. 4 March 2022.
3. Web site: TV Guide. 4 March 2022.
4. Web site: TVNZ shuts down youth channel . The New Zealand Herald . 29 July 2013 . 29 July 2013.
5. Web site: TV Guide online – Freeview. Freeview. Freeview NZ. 21 March 2022.
6. Web site: Freeview – Four Plus 1. Freeview. Freeview NZ. 19 June 2016.
7. News: Sowman-Lund . Stewart . 5 November 2020 . Live updates, November 5: US election – Biden closes gap in Georgia; Trump tries to stop vote count . The Spinoff . 13 November 2020 . TVNZ also announced a new channel: Duke+1.
8. Web site: TV Guide online – Freeview (Rush). Freeview. Freeview NZ. 21 March 2022.
9. Web site: Shine TV – Freeview. Freeview. Freeview NZ. 3 March 2022.
10. http://www.lyngsat.com/optusd1.html Optus D1 at 160.0°E – LyngSat: