A mixture of local and international programmes entertained audiences on TVNZ channels and TVNZ+ this year.
Entertainment
6:00am
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Ultra New Zealand will hit Wellington with a three-stage event on April 10, 2026 headlined by some of the biggest names in the business.
Tuesday 6:43pm
The American actor was best known for playing Ziggy Sobotka in the HBO Series The Wire.
Mon, Dec 22
The ITV presenter was presiding over a team of four contestants attempting to win money against chaser Darragh "The Menace" Ennis.
Sun, Dec 21
The reversal, which came as the judge upheld the other man's conviction, marked another confounding turn in one of the hip-hop world’s most elusive cases.
Crime and Justice
Sat, Dec 20
More than 700 people waited in anticipation for the Australasian premiere of the latest instalment in Wellington on Saturday.
Thu, Dec 18
Gerard starred in NBC's campy Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, which ran for two seasons from 1979 to 1981.
Nick Reiner, 32, is charged with killing the 78-year-old actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.
Wed, Dec 17
For decades, the Reiners appeared to be a dynasty spared of jealousy, cynicism and rage.
Tue, Dec 16
The alleged offences took place in 2009, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service said.
World
7:29am
The British singer-songwriter died in hospital following a short illness, according to a statement from his family.
Tuesday 7:06am
The American rapper was found with 18 grams of cannabis in his possession – some of which he smoked on stage.
Fri, Dec 19
Fri, Dec 5
Thu, Dec 4
Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included three years of supervised release to 55-year-old Dr Mark Chavez in Los Angeles.
People Like Us' episode Secret Santa recently premiered at a movie theatre.
7:30pm
2:22
The black and white mural, painted above a garage, depicts two figures dressed in winter hats and boots lying on the ground, with one of them pointing a finger upwards.
Tuesday 9:00am
Eight years ago, the Devon-based knitwear designer was stunned to discover her hand-made Christmas stockings were bound for the home of David and Victoria Beckham.
Business
The owner of the music and arts festival said ticket sales for next-year's edition had been "lower than hoped".
Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, were found dead at their home in the Brentwood neighbourhood of Los Angeles.
Mon, Dec 15
Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a medical aid request and found the 78-year-old director and his 68-year-old wife dead.
O'Brien will team up with Chris Chang on the Breakfast couch on weekday mornings.
“The funniest thing is, it’s not enough,” Van Dyke said in an interview with ABC News at his Malibu, California home. “A hundred years is not enough. You want to live more, which I plan to.”
Sun, Dec 14
A French supermarket’s humble Christmas advert is doing something most global brands can only dream of.
Schumer, an actress, author and writer, announced the planned split in a social media post.
Carrey says he punched himself, chain-smoked, and blasted Bee Gees to survive the "torturous" Grinch transformation.
Filmmaker James Cameron will be in the capital with actors Cliff Curtis and Sam Worthington for the premiere of Avatar 3: Fire and Ash.
Fri, Dec 12
Introducing Ardern, Norton said it was "lovely to have a New Zealander on the couch rather than the red chair".
Politics
Sat, Dec 6
The Duke of Sussex joined The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, who was discussing made-for-TV Christmas movies – loved by some and derided by others.
While this sounds incredibly sad and concerning, doctors and scientists have cast doubts on the technology used and its growing commercialisation.
Life
From big-budget Hollywood fare like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider to The Last of Us on HBO Max, the PlayStation experience has leapt far past the console.
Momoa has joined as executive producer for short film Lea Tupu’anga/Mother Tongue.
Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence plus two years of probation to 44-year-old Dr Salvador Plasencia in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles.
The comedian celebrated the achievement on Instagram, boasting that even his partner "pretended to be excited for me when I called her".
