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Home is where the TV is.

It's also usually where the bikkies are. 
And the cuppa. Now all of them together,
there's something quite comforting about that.

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Freeview is all about good TV.

All the channels we know and love, all your favourite shows,
all in one place. It's good TV, for all Kiwis. Since we like to go above and beyond, there's some good radio in the mix too.

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The ultimate high is that it's free.

You don't need to pay a subscription fee for Freeview.
Like long sunny days and the best things in life, it's free to enjoy.
And in a sense, priceless too.

Top Picks This Week

A League Womens
LIVE START

A-League Women's

Back the Phoenix!

Wellington Phoenix v Aelaid United - Sun 25 Jan 4pm LIVE START
Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory - Fri 6 Feb 3:30pm LIVE START

Kei Ō Ringa
LIVE

Waitangi 2026 Kei ō Ringa

From 5am

LIVE: From 5am to 8am: National broadcast of the official Waitangi Day 2026 commemorations, celebrates and challenges the state of the nation and role of Te Tiriti in an election year.

Also broadcast on TVNZ 1 and Sky Open (Freeview channel 8) from 5am.

Made with the support of NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho.

Olympics
LIVE

Olympic Winter Games 2026

LIVE coverage everyday

Snowboarding Qualifiers - Fri 6 Feb 8am
Opening Ceremony - Sat 7 Feb 7:30am

And daily coverage from the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games starting Sat 7 Feb. Check the TV Guide for LIVE broadcasts on Sky Open, Freeview channel 8.

Haka Party
Documentary

The Haka Party Incident

7:35pm

In 1979, group of young Māori and Pasifika activists sought to stop Pākehā engineering students at the University of Auckland performing a parody of haka each capping week. Unfortunately, the consequences for those activists were severe – many were convicted of crimes. Director Katie Wolfe uncovers this largely forgotten event in our history with interviews from both sides in this resonant and thought-provoking documentary.

Whina
Film

Whina

7:30pm

A biopic of trailblazing Māori leader Dame Whina Cooper - a woman who spent her life breaking boundaries and speaking for the rights of Māori.

Stars: Rena Owen, Miriama McDowell

Forsytes
NEW | Starts Sat 24 Jan

The Forsytes

Saturdays 8:45pm

Inspired by John Galsworthy’s celebrated Forsyte Saga novels, The Forsytes is a bold, new re-imagining chronicling the lives, loves, trials and triumphs of a wealthy Victorian era stockbroking family, whose generations find themselves torn between tradition and self-sacrifice versus personal happiness and the pursuit of love.

UFC Fight Night
LIVE

UFC Fight Night

Sun 8 Feb 12pm

Tune in to DUKE for live coverage of the UFC Fight Night from Meta APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, feature American Mario Bautista taking on Vinicius Oliveira from Brazil. 

The Bad Guys

The Bad Guys

Sun 8 Feb 3:15pm
Decision To Leave

Decision To Leave

Sun 8 Feb 8:45pm

A detective investigates a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing. Starring Park Hae-il, Tang Wei 

Piglets
Season 2 starts Mon 26 Jan

Piglets

Mondays 9:35pm

The Government's stated policy of recruiting 20,000 new police officers in double quick time has not come at the cost of lowering standards... or has it? Term continues at Norbourne, the charmingly dysfunctional police training college, as this hilarious comedy returns for a second season.

Marley
Documentary

Marley

Mon 9 Feb 8:30pm

Kevin Macdonald’s Marley is a full body immersion into the life, contradictions, and volcanic charisma of the man who took reggae from a Kingston street sound into one of the most recognisable spiritual frequencies on the planet.

Riot Women
New comedy starts 20 Jan

Riot Women

Tuesdays 8:30pm

No apologies - just noise. Joanna Scanlan, Tamsin Greig and Rosalie Craig star in this drama following five middle-aged women whose worlds gloriously collide when they crank up the volume to get their voices heard - and accidentally form a punk rock band.

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Something for everyone.

Hundreds and thousands of fantastic programmes, selected, curated and scheduled through a Kiwi perspective. There's no telling what gems you'll discover on your next Freeview adventure.

Whatever you're into, there's a channel or two for you.

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TAKE THE PAEKAKARIKI EXPRESS TO STREAM TOWN.

Yes, that's right. You can stream Live TV now. The channels Kiwis know and love, all in one Freeview Streaming TV app, right on your Smart TV. You might say it's as brilliant as thousands of luminous spheres.

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Your nightly wind-down shouldn't be a wind up. Life's busy enough without more decisions to make, so spend less time choosing what to watch, escape the algorithm and... just relax.

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