Pirate station Radio Hauraki broadcast its first scheduled transmission from beyond New Zealand’s 3-mile territorial limit.
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Events In History
Articles
Parliament's people
Today there are usually between 120 and 123 MPs in New Zealand's Parliament, which is a far cry from the 37 who met for the first time in Auckland in 1854. Read the full article
Page 8 - Reporting and broadcasting
The reporting of Parliament has always been an important part of the parliamentary
Television in New Zealand
New Zealand’s first non-experimental television transmission went to air on 1 June 1960. To mark five decades of TV, in 2010 we presented five snapshots of Kiwi TV history. Explore pre-1960 experiments, TV news, music shows and modern election coverage - and discover how our own history has been showcased on the small screen. Read the full article
Page 1 - Television in New Zealand
New Zealand’s first non-experimental television transmission went to air on 1 June 1960. To mark five decades of TV, in 2010 we presented five snapshots of Kiwi TV history.
Page 2 - TV emerges in New Zealand timeline
New Zealand’s first non-experimental TV transmission was made on 1 June 1960. But this wasn’t the country’s first foray into television.
Page 3 - Early evening news on TV
New Zealanders are used to receiving their early evening news on television at 6 p.m. every night of the week. But the current format only stabilised in the early 1990s. Until the
Page 4 - Kiwi music shows on TV
New Zealanders can now view music videos over the internet or on music channels C4 and Juice TV. But after TV was introduced in 1960 several generations of New Zealanders kept up
Page 5 - Elections on TV
It took a while for television to make its mark on New Zealand elections, but since the 1980s the small screen has become the decisive election
Page 6 - History on TV timeline
A surprising amount of New Zealand history has appeared on television over the last
Biographies
Maud Basham, also known as Aunt Daisy, was famous as the host of a radio show focused on domesticity. Upon the success of the broadcasts, she wrote accompanying cook books, and was awarded an MBE in 1956.
Main image: The rise and fall of Play School
Te Papa curator Kirstie Ross shows us the museum's collection of toys from the popular television programme for New Zealand children, Play School.
