New Zealand Media

Media

Popular media in New Zealand is a mix of international and local content.  International media avenues, such as magazines and television programmes, are generally more common than those produced and published in New Zealand, although local offerings are beginning to find a market.


TV

New Zealand television has found its niche after years of offering locally made copies of international hits.  Gems such as Outrageous Fortune and Flight of the Concorde’s are examples of some of New Zealand’s quality programming.
Free to air and pay TV channels offer a mix of international and locally produced television. 

New Zealand’s most popular free to air networks are:

• TV1 and TV2, mainstream stations offering sitcoms and news,
• Prime TV, which showcases a lot of New Zealand talent,
• TV4, a music channel, and
• Maori TV which, predictably, offers a lot of Maori content.

Radio

New Zealand radio offers more radio stations per person than many other countries.  AM and FM radio programmes offer everything, from news to talk back to indie to Maori language stations.  Some of New Zealand’s most popular radio stations include The Edge, ZM and More FM, which offer current, Top 40 style music, The Edge, for heavy metal enthusiasts, and Kiwi FM, dedicated to Kiwi his of yesterday and today.

For more conservative tastes, try Classic FM or The Breeze, which play easy listening songs from the 60’s and 70’s.


Newspapers

New Zealand has a huge selection of newspapers that service its separate regions.  They receive all the international magazines, such as Cosmo, GQ and Harpers Bazaar, and also have a range of locally produced alternatives.  Simply You is a popular New Zealand woman’s fashion magazine, NZ V8 Magazine is for car lovers and Te Waha Nui (Maori for The Big Mouth) is a university press magazine from Auckland University of Technology that publishes on a variety of topics.