List of Sky Free free-to-air programming in New Zealand

This is a list of New Zealand-made television programmes broadcast by Sky Free.

The free-to-air channels Three, Bravo, Eden, Rush, HGTV, streaming service ThreeNow, and current affairs service ThreeNews are operated by Sky Free, a subsidiary of satellite TV network Sky Network Television ^{[1] [2]}

Bravo

The following programmes were screened on Bravo.

Current programming

Reality / non-scripted

• The Circus (2021) ^[3]
• The Real Housewives of Auckland (2016)

Three

The following programmes were screened on Three.

Current programming

Title	Genre	First air date	Series	Status	Notes	Ref(s)
ThreeNews	News	6 July 2024	33		Previously 3 National News (1989–98), 3 News (1998–2016), Newshub, (2016-2024)
7 Days	Panel show	21 August 2009 (2009-08-21)	14	Season 14 ongoing		[4]
CRC Motorsport	Sport	17 January 2010 (2010-01-17)
The Block NZ	Reality competition	4 July 2012 (2012-07-04)	9	Renewed [5]		[6]
Dancing with the Stars	Talent show	31 May 2015 (2015-05-31)	3	Renewed [5]	Series 6–present, moved from TV One	[7]
MasterChef New Zealand	Reality competition	26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)	1	Renewed [5]	Season 6–present, moved from TV One	[8]
Arranged	Docuseries	20 March 2016 (2016-03-20)	3	Season 3 ongoing		[9]
The Hui	Current affairs show	10 April 2016 (2016-04-10)	6	Renewed [10]		[11]
R&R with Eru & K'Lee	Talk show	16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)	4		Previously R&R with Robert Rakete (2016–17)	[12]
Married at First Sight NZ	Reality	1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)	3	Pending		[13]
Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games	Sports	17 March 2018 (2018-03-17)	4	Pending		[14]
Fish of the Day	Sports	7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)	3	Pending	Season 3–present, moved from Prime	[15]
Mean Mums	Sitcom	16 July 2019 (2019-07-16)	2	Renewed [16]		[17]
Golden Boy	Sitcom	16 July 2019 (2019-07-16)	2	Pending		[18]
New Zealand Today	Satire	23 August 2019 (2019-08-23)	2	Renewed [19]		[20]
The Gulf	Crime drama	26 August 2019 (2019-08-26)	2	Pending		[21]
David Lomas Investigates	Docuseries	14 April 2020 (2020-04-14)	2	Renewed [5]		[22]
2nd Chance Charlie	Reality competition	17 June 2020 (2020-06-17)	2	Pending		[23]
Head High	Drama	28 June 2020 (2020-06-28)	2	Pending		[24]
ITM Fishing	Sports	1 August 2020 (2020-08-01)	2	Pending	Previously The ITM Fishing Show (2008–13)	[25]
Patrick Gower: On	Docuseries	31 August 2020 (2020-08-31)	4 (films)	Renewed [5]	Documentary film series	[26]
Match Fit	Reality	20 October 2020 (2020-10-20)	1	Renewed [5]		[27]
Bay Patrol	Docuseries	14 April 2021 (2021-04-14)	1	Pending		[28]
The Masked Singer NZ	Reality competition	9 May 2021 (2021-05-09)	1	Renewed [5]		[29]
Piri's Tiki Tour	Docuseries	8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	1	Pending	Season 4–present, moved from Whakaata Māori	[30]
House Rules NZ	Reality competition	10 September 2023 (2023-09-10)	1	Pending	Season 1–present	[31]
n00b	Sitcom	17 October 2024 (2024-10-17)	1	Pending		[32]

Former programming

Title	Genre	First air date	Last air date	No. of series	Notes	Ref(s)
Aotearoa Music Awards	Awards show	19 November 2015 (2015-11-19)	15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)	6	Previously aired on various networks including Three, moved to TVNZ 2.	[33]
Moving Out with Kanoa	Lifestyle	14 November 2019 (2019-11-14)	19 December 2019 (2019-12-19)	1		[34]
Newshub Late	Current affairs show	1 February 2016 (2016-02-01)	31 May 2024		Previously Newsworthy (2015)
Newshub Nation	Current affairs show	20 March 2010 (2010-03-20)	2 December 2023	12	Previously The Nation (2010–17)
AM	Breakfast Television	13 February 2017	5 July 2024	6

Dramas

Title	Genre	First air date	Last air date	No. of series	Notes	Ref(s)
The New Adventures of Black Beauty	Period family drama	2 June 1990 (1990-06-02)	1990 (1990)	1
Homeward Bound	Soap opera	11 June 1992 (1992-06-11)	29 October 1992 (1992-10-29)	1		[35]
Cover Story	Drama	1995	1995	1	Moved to TV One for series 2.	[36]
The Strip	Drama	5 March 2002 (2002-03-05)	11 November 2003 (2003-11-11)	2		[37]
Mataku	Anthology drama	3 October 2002 (2002-10-03)	19 December 2002 (2002-12-19)	2	Moved to TV One for season 3.	[38]
Outrageous Fortune	Comedy-drama	12 July 2005 (2005-07-12)	9 November 2010 (2010-11-09)	6		[39]
Doves of War	Thriller	2 February 2006 (2006-02-02)	2006 (2006)	1		[40]
The Almighty Johnsons	Fantasy drama	7 February 2011 (2011-02-07)	26 September 2013 (2013-09-26)	3		[41]
Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud	Crime drama	17 August 2011 (2011-08-17)	21 September 2011 (2011-09-21)	1	Miniseries	[42]
The Blue Rose	Crime drama	4 February 2013 (2013-02-04)	29 April 2013 (2013-04-29)	1		[43]
Harry	Crime drama	8 May 2013 (2013-05-08)	12 June 2013 (2013-06-12)	1		[44]
Hope and Wire	Drama	3 July 2014 (2014-07-03)	17 July 2014 (2014-07-17)	1		[45]
Westside	Comedy-drama	31 May 2015 (2015-05-31)	16 November 2020 (2020-11-16)	6		[46]
Jonah	Drama	18 August 2019 (2019-08-18)	19 August 2019 (2019-08-19)	1	Miniseries	[47]

Comedies

Title	Genre	First air date	Last air date	No. of series	Notes	Ref(s)
Letter to Blanchy	Sitcom	1 December 1989 (1989-12-01)			Series later picked up by TV One
The Billy T James Show	Sitcom	13 June 1990 (1990-06-13)	1990 (1990)	1		[48]
Issues	Sketch comedy	14 August 1990 (1990-08-14) 1992	1990 (1990) 1993	3	Previously known as 1990: The Issues (season 1), Moved to TV One for More Issues (season 2), then back to TV3.
Away Laughing	Sketch	6 May 1991 (1991-05-06)	1992 (1992)	2
Melody Rules	Sitcom	1994 (1994)	1995 (1995)	2		[49]
bro'Town	Adult animation comedy	22 September 2004 (2004-09-22)	24 May 2009 (2009-05-24)	5		[50]
Pulp Sport	Sports comedy	10 November 2005 (2005-11-10)	16 October 2009 (2009-10-16)	5	Seasons 3–7, Moved from C4.	[51]
The Jaquie Brown Diaries	Sitcom	25 July 2008 (2008-07-25)	11 December 2009 (2009-12-11)	2		[52]
Comedy Gala	Comedy	6 May 2009 (2009-05-06)	27 April 2018 (2018-04-27)	10	Moved from and then back to TVNZ 2.	[53]
@Seven	Comedy	21 December 2009 (2009-12-21)	22 January 2010 (2010-01-22)	1		[54]
Radiradirah	Sketch comedy	21 May 2010 (2010-05-21)	9 July 2010 (2010-07-09)	1		[55]
Wanna-Ben	Comedy	8 October 2010 (2010-10-08)	23 March 2012 (2012-03-23)	2		[56]
The Best of Moon TV	Comedy	7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)	4 February 2011 (2011-02-04)	1
Super City	Sketch comedy	11 February 2011 (2011-02-11)	20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)	2		[57]
The Jono Project	Sketch comedy	20 May 2011 (2011-05-20)	18 November 2011 (2011-11-18)	1	Moved from C4 after season 1.	[58]
Brown Bruthaz	Comedy	14 October 2011 (2011-10-14)	11 November 2011 (2011-11-11)	1		[59]
Hounds	Comedy	1 June 2012 (2012-06-01)	6 July 2012 (2012-07-06)	1		[60]
Golden	Comedy	17 June 2012 (2012-06-17)	22 July 2012 (2012-07-22)	1		[61]
Jono and Ben	Satire	13 July 2012 (2012-07-13)	15 November 2018 (2018-11-15)	7	Previously known as Jono and Ben at Ten from seasons 1–3.	[62]
Sunny Skies	Sitcom	8 February 2013 (2013-02-08)	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)	1		[63]
Chopper's Republic of Anzakistan	Comedy	17 July 2015 (2015-07-17)	21 August 2015 (2015-08-21)	1		[64]
Funny Girls	Sketch comedy	23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)	20 September 2018 (2018-09-20)	3		[65]
Subject: Dad	Comedy	2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)	20 April 2018 (2018-04-20)	1		[66]

• 7 Days of Sport (2015) ^[67]
• A Thousand Apologies (2008) ^[68]
• After Hours (2014) ^[69]
• AotearoHA: Next Big Things (2011)
• AotearoHA: Rising Stars (2015)
• Ben & Steve: World Famous In (2013) ^[70]
• Ewen Gilmour: Westie Legend (2015) ^[69]
• Love Mussel (2001) ^[71]
• The Millen Baird Show (2008) ^[72]
• Poking the Borax (2011) ^[73]
• The Radio (2013) ^[74]
• Skitz (1993–97)
• Tele Laughs (1996–97)

Reality / non-scripted

Title	Genre	First air date	Last air date	No. of series	Notes	Ref(s)
Target	Consumer protection	1999 (1999)	7 August 2012 (2012-08-07)	14		[75]
Going Straight	Reality competition	2003 (2003)	2003 (2003)	1		[76]
Downsize Me!	Reality	August 2005 (2005-08)	November 2008 (2008-11)	3		[77]
So You Think You Can Dance	Reality competition	12 February 2006 (2006-02-12)	23 April 2006 (2006-04-23)	1		[78]
Wa$ted!	Reality	20 February 2007 (2007-02-20)	8 April 2008 (2008-04-08)	2		[79]
Downsize My Pet!	Reality	18 September 2007 (2007-09-18)	13 December 2007 (2007-12-13)	1		[80]
New Zealand's Next Top Model	Reality competition	13 March 2009 (2009-03-13)	2 September 2011 (2011-09-02)	3		[81]
Destroyed in Seconds	Docuseries	March 2010 (2010-03)		1		[82]
The Real Hustle New Zealand	Docuseries	22 March 2010 (2010-03-22)	24 May 2010 (2010-05-24)	1		[83]
Road Cops	Factual	16 August 2010 (2010-08-16)	16 June 2015 (2015-06-16)	4		[84]
Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger	Reality	7 February 2011 (2011-02-07)	11 April 2011 (2011-04-11)	1		[85]
The GC	Reality	2 May 2012 (2012-05-02)	7 April 2014 (2014-04-07)	2	Moved to Four for series 3.	[86]
The X Factor	Reality competition	21 April 2013 (2013-04-21)	18 May 2015 (2015-05-18)	2		[87]
The Great Food Race	Reality competition	2 February 2014 (2014-02-02)	27 April 2014 (2014-04-27)	1		[88]
Cadbury Dream Factory	Reality competition	20 February 2014 (2014-02-20)	10 April 2014 (2014-04-10)	1		[89]
The Bachelor New Zealand	Dating game show	17 March 2015 (2015-03-17)	22 May 2017 (2017-05-22)	3	Moved to TVNZ 2 for series 4.	[90]
Come Dine with Me New Zealand	Reality competition	15 June 2015 (2015-06-15)	7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)	1		[91]
Grand Designs New Zealand	Docuseries	4 October 2015 (2015-10-04)	9 November 2020 (2020-11-09)	6	Moved to TVNZ 1.	[92]

• 111 Emergency (2011)
• Big (2011)
• The Big Stuff (2008)
• Cafe Secrets (2011–12)
• Candid Camera (1991–92)
• Creative Living (2016)
• Crime Exposed (2013)
• Does My Bum Look Big? (2007)
• Dog Patrol (2011)
• Drug Bust (2011–12)
• Emergency Heroes (2009–10)
• The Family (2003) ^[93]
• Family Secret (2013–14)
• Fusion Feasts (2013–14)
• Hitched (2009–10)
• Honey, We're Killing the Kids (2006)
• New Zealand's Hottest Home Baker (2010–13)
• Hot Property (2000–03)
• The Kitchen Job (2008–10)
• Lost & Found (2015–19) ^[94]
• Marae DIY (2015–16, moved from and back to Māori Television) ^[95]
• Million Dollar Catch (2009)
• Money Man (2006–09)
• Native Kitchen (2015–16)
• A New Zealand Food Story (2020) ^[96]
• Noise Control (2011)
• On the Grill (2012)
• Police Stop (1996–97)
• Reality Trip (2015)
• Reel Late with Kate (2010–11)
• The Ridges (2012) ^[97]
• Road Madness (2012–15)
• Lion Red. RUGBY CLUB (1998) About the North Harbour rugby union in the 1998 NPC first division season.
• Saving Gen-Y (2013)
• The Secret Lives of Dancers (2010–14)
• Sing Like a Superstar (2005)
• Smokefreerockquest (1996, 1998–2000, 2006, 2016)

• Testing the Menu (2013)
• Think Tank (2011–13)
• Thirsty Work (2016)
• Ansett New Zealand Time of Your Life (1996–97)
• Under the Grill (2011)
• What's Really in Our Food? (2008–12)
• World Kitchen (2009–11)

Awards shows

• Aotearoa Film & Television Awards (2011)

Game shows

Title	First air date	Last air date	No. of series	Notes	Ref(s)
Sale of the Century	5 September 1994 (1994-09-05)	1995 (1995)		Moved from TV2 and TV One.
Woolworths Ready Steady Cook	13 July 1998 (1998-07-13)	September 1998 (1998-09)	1	Moved to TV2.
Joker Poker	10 February 2007 (2007-02-10)	25 May 2008 (2008-05-25)	4		[98]
Deal or No Deal	6 June 2007 (2007-06-06)	26 December 2007 (2007-12-26)	1		[99]
Would I Lie to You?	12 February 2012 (2012-02-12)	28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)	1		[100]
Family Feud	15 February 2016 (2016-02-15)	27 November 2017 (2017-11-27)	3		[101]
All Star Family Feud	28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)	29 November 2018 (2018-11-29)	3		[102]

• Off the Planet (1997)
• Perfect Match (1989–1990)
• The Price Is Right (1992)

News and information

Title	Genre	First air date	Last air date	No. of series	Notes	Ref(s)
A Current Affair	Current affairs	1989 (1989)	16 February 1990 (1990-02-16)
Nightline	Late-night news	12 February 1990 (1990-02-12)	20 December 2013 (2013-12-20)			[103]
60 Minutes	News magazine	25 March 1990 (1990-03-25) 13 February 2002 (2002-02-13)	1992 (1992) 2 December 2012 (2012-12-02)		Moved to TV One from 1993–2002, then to Prime.
The Westcott File	Current affairs	9 July 1990 (1990-07-09)	1990 (1990)
The Ralston Group	Talk show	13 June 1991 (1991-06-13)	23 August 1994 (1994-08-23)	4		[104]
20/20	News magazine	10 January 1993 (1993-01-10)	10 December 2003 (2003-12-10)		Moved to TV2, then TVNZ 1.	[105]
Sports Tonight	Sports news	15 February 2004 (2004-02-15)	21 December 2012 (2012-12-21)			[106]
Campbell Live	Current affairs	21 March 2005 (2005-03-21)	29 May 2015 (2015-05-29)			[107]
Sunrise	Breakfast television	2 October 2007 (2007-10-02)	9 April 2010 (2010-04-09)			[108]
ASB Business	News	6 October 2008 (2008-10-06)	8 April 2010 (2010-04-08)			[109]
Firstline	Breakfast television	7 March 2011 (2011-03-07)	2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)	5		[110]
Three60	Current affairs	6 May 2012 (2012-05-06)	November 2015 (2015-11)	4		[111]
Media3	Media affairs	11 August 2012 (2012-08-11)	3 July 2013 (2013-07-03)	2		[112]
3D	Current affairs	6 March 2013 (2013-03-06)	14 December 2015 (2015-12-14)	3	Previously known as 3rd Degree (2013–14)	[113]
The Vote	Current affairs debate show	27 March 2013 (2013-03-27)	6 November 2013 (2013-11-06)	1		[114]
The Paul Henry Show	Late-night news	27 January 2014 (2014-01-27)	19 December 2014 (2014-12-19)	1		[115]
Paul Henry	Breakfast television	7 April 2015 (2015-04-07)	16 December 2016 (2016-12-16)	2		[116]
Newsworthy	Late-night news	8 June 2015 (2015-06-08)	18 December 2015 (2015-12-18)	1		[117]
Story	Current affairs	10 August 2015 (2015-08-10)	16 December 2016 (2016-12-16)	2		[118]
The Café	Breakfast television	11 April 2016 (2016-04-11)	2020 (2020)	5		[119]
The Spinoff TV	Current affairs	22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)	5 October 2018 (2018-10-05)	1		[120]
Rebuilding Paradise with Paul Henry	Current affairs	20 April 2020 (2020-04-20)	14 May 2020 (2020-05-14)	1		[121]

• 5:30 Live (1993–94)
• Four Corners (1993–94)

Documentaries

• Aftershock – Would You Survive? (2008)
• Both Worlds (2012–18) ^[122]
• The Eruption: Stories of Survival (2020) ^[123]
• Funny Roots (2012)
• The Good Shit (2018) ^[124]
• Great War Stories (2014–18) ^[125]
• House of Champions (2019) ^[126]
• Inside New Zealand (1991–2013)
• The James Gang Rides Again (9 August 1990)
• Kiwis Coming Home (2021) ^[127]
• Missing Pieces (2009–12)
• Options (1990)
• Pacman (1990)
• Prison Families (2013–14)
• The Race for Motutapu (2018)
• Reaching for the Skies (1990)
• Rocked the Nation: 100 NZ Sporting Moments (2011)
• Stan (2018)
• Taranaki Hard (2020) ^[128]
• Te Mana Te Ihi Te Wairua (1990)
• Til Death Do Us Part: The Antony de Malmanche Story (2015)
• The Valley (2017)
• Waka (1990)
• Who Owns New Zealand Now? (2017) ^[129]

Sports

Title	Genre	First air date	Last air date	No. of series	Notes	Ref(s)
Gone Fishin'	Fishing	20 November 1993 (1993-11-20)	19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)	26		[130]
Outdoors with Geoff	Fishing	2003 (2003)	26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)	17		[131]
The ITM Fishing Show	Fishing	26 April 2008 (2008-04-26)	September 2013 (2013-09)	6	Season 5–10, Moved from TV One after season 4, then back after season 10.	[132]
Big Angry Fish	Fishing	29 April 2012 (2012-04-29)	8 September 2019 (2019-09-08)	8		[133]
Big Bash Boxing	Professional boxing	1 July 2016 (2016-07-01)	12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)			[134]

• Aussie Big League (1993–94)
• Cup Talk (2011)
• Golf World (2013–16)
• Makita Sports Machine (1994)
• Mobil Motorsport Show (1996)
• Mobil Sport (1990–95)
• Reebok 3 Sport Sunday (1992)
• Sportsworld (1989)
• Wynn's Sport (1990–91)

Children's and youth programming

Title	Genre	First air date	Last air date	No. of series	Notes	Ref(s)
Infocus	News magazine	15 September 1990 (1990-09-15)	1995 (1995)
3pm	Children's	3 February 1992 (1992-02-03)	25 December 1992 (1992-12-25)
You and Me	Children's	13 July 1992 (1992-07-13)	1998 (1998)			[135]
Oscar and Friends	Children's animation adventure	30 December 1995 (1995-12-30)	20 January 1996 (1996-01-20)	1
Suzy's World	Children's education	September 1999 (1999-09)	September 2002 (2002-09)	4		[136]
Being Eve	Comedy-drama	25 August 2001 (2001-08-25)	12 July 2002 (2002-07-12)	2		[137]
Sticky TV	Children's	2002 4 July 2016 (2016-07-04)	2011 25 December 2017 (2017-12-25)		Moved to Four, then back to Three again.	[138]
Maddigan's Quest	Children's fantasy	11 February 2006 (2006-02-11)	5 May 2006 (2006-05-05)	1		[139]
The Moe Show	Children's	19 December 2016 (2016-12-19)	4 August 2017 (2017-08-04)	2	Seasons 3–4, Moved from Four.	[140]
Amped	Children's programming	8 April 2020 (2020-04-08)	1 May 2020 (2020-05-01)	1		[141]

• Aunties' Alphabet (1991)
• Ice As (2000)
• Ice TV (1995–1999)
• Push Play (2010)
• Short Sportz (1991–93)
• The Simon Eliot Show (2007–08)

Saturday morning

Title	Genre	First air date	Last air date	No. of series	Notes	Ref(s)
EBS	Children's	27 November 1989 (1989-11-27)	1992		Previously known as The Early Bird Show (1989–1990)	[142]
Squirt	Children's	1 March 1996 (1996-03-01)	1997 (1997)		Moved to TV2.

• Pacific Beat St (2006–10)
• Ya Hoo (1991–93)

Television films

Title	Genre	First air date	Notes	Ref(s)
Ihaka: Blunt Instrument	Crime drama	22 February 2002 (2002-02-22)		[143]
Stolen	Crime drama	28 July 2010 (2010-07-28)		[144]
Toke	Crime drama	14 September 2020 (2020-09-14)		[145]

• Aftershock (2008)

ThreeNow

The following programmes were released on ThreeNow.

Children's programming

Title	Genre	First air date	Last air date	No. of series	Notes	Ref(s)
Lucy Lewis Can't Lose	Children's comedy	8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)	18 September 2017 (2017-09-18)	2		[146]

Former channels

C4

The following programmes were screened on C4.

Comedy

• Back of the Y (2008–09)
• Bogan Family Films (2010)
• Jono’s New Show (2008)
• The Jono Project (2010)
• Pulp Sport (2003–04)

Reality / non-scripted

• Making Tracks (2008–10)
• Roll the Dai (2007)
• Roll the Dai: Outback (2008)
• Smokefreerockquest (2007–10)
• Studentville (2006–07)

Documentaries

• Rocked the Nation: 100 NZ Music Moments (2008)
• Rocked the Nation 2: 100 NZ Pop Culture Stories (2009)

Game shows

• Pop! Goes the Weasel (2005–07)
• Celebrity Joker Poker (2007–08)

Awards shows

• New Zealand Music Awards (2004–10)

News and information

• Special Features (2005–08)

Music shows

• 6 Degrees
• 10 Reasons
• 10 Years Of... (2007)
• Added This Week (2003)
• Ampd (2003–06)
• The Big Breakfast (2007)
• Blender (2004)
• The Boost Mobile Holla Hour (2006)
• C4U (2013)
• Edge Chart (2003)
• The Best...
• Spoon
• Homegrown (2003)
• Insert Video Here
• Intellectual Property (2003–06)
• The Official NZ Top 40 (2003–10)
• Select (2003–10)
• Select Live (2003–10)
• So Hot Right Now
• Steel Mill
• Top 10/100
• U Choose 40 (2006–11, 2013)
• Video Hits
• What's The Theme?
• Fade To Black

Four

The following programmes were screened on Four.

Children's programming

• Kiwisport TV (2011)
• The Moe Show (2013–16)
• Sticky TV (2011–16)

News and information

• Drew and Shannon Live (2011)
• Four Live (2012–14)

Reality / non-scripted

• The GC (2015)
• Smirnoff Night Project (2011)
• Smokefreerockquest (2011–15)

Awards shows

• New Zealand Music Awards (2011–14)

References

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