Te Reo | |
Country: | New Zealand |
Language: | Māori |
Sister Channels: | Whakaata Māori |
Owner: | New Zealand Government Te Putahi Paoho |
Website: | https://www.maoritelevision.com/ |
Terr Serv 1: | Freeview |
Terr Chan 1: | 10 |
Te Reo (English: "the language") is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes exclusively in the Māori language (te reo Māori) with no advertising or subtitles. It also broadcasts special tribal programming and offers particular focus on new programming for the fluent audience.
The channel initially broadcast for three hours a day, seven days a week, during the prime time hours of 8:00pm to 11:00pm from Friday 28 March 2008 on Freeview Satellite. It was later added for Sky/Vodafone subscribers.[1]
, the channel broadcasts, on average, from 11:30am to 11:00pm on weekdays and 4:30pm to 11:00pm on weekends.
The Te Reo channel swapped Freeview positions with Prime, on 1 March 2023, with Te Reo moving to channel 10, Prime's former position, and Prime moving to channel 15, Te Reo's former position.[2]