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Artifacts

While making all the shows New Zealand broadcasters have also produced and made use of a variety of material culture. Here's a sample of Items of interest from the storeroom of KiwiTV.

chairs

Robin day for hille chairs

  • Equipment
  • TVNZ
  • Furniture

For when folks need to  take seat...

Read more: Robin day for hille chairs

Poster of ice block

RTR ice cream

  • Memorabilia
  • Food
  • Ready to Roll
  • Ice Cream
  • New American

When you want a treat

Read more: RTR ice cream

RTR t-shirt

  • Memorabilia
  • Clothing
  • T-Shirts
  • Mr Vintage
  • Ready to Roll

User Rating: 5 / 5

For when you're in a retro music mood ..

Read more: RTR t-shirt

T-shirt

RTR t-shirt (red)

  • T-Shirts

For when you need to be red and ready...

Read more: RTR t-shirt (red)

badge

Salt Lake City winter Olympics 2002 badge

  • Memorabilia
  • TVNZ
  • Badges
  • Sports

A memento of the sporting event of the year..

Read more: Salt Lake City winter Olympics 2002 badge

Santa hat appeal sticker

  • TV3
  • Memorabilia
  • Stickers
  • CH

When you want to support a good cause...

Read more: Santa hat appeal sticker

Saucers

Saucers (Shortland Street)

  • Memorabilia
  • Kitchenware
  • Shortland Street

For when you needs something to put your cup on...

Read more: Saucers (Shortland Street)

Script (Shortland Street)

  • Memorabilia
  • Scripts
  • Shortland Street

For when you need to learn your lines ..

Read more: Script (Shortland Street)

Seoul 1988 Olympics badge

  • Memorabilia
  • Television New Zealand
  • Badges
  • Sports
  • TV Kiwi

For when you're covering the games...

Read more: Seoul 1988 Olympics badge

Soft toy

Shakespeare gorilla soft toy (What Now)

  • Memorabilia
  • Toys

For when the kids love tv gorillas

Read more: Shakespeare gorilla soft toy (What Now)

Simon Elliot hoodie

  • Memorabilia
  • Clothing
  • Hoodies
  • Simon Elliot

For when you need to stay warm ..

Read more: Simon Elliot hoodie

Sirio lamp

  • Equipment
  • Television New Zealand

For getting some light on the subject

Read more: Sirio lamp

Small label

  • Ephemera
  • Stickers

When you need to let people know who owns something...

Read more: Small label

Smart City-Coupé (This is Not My Life)

  • Vehicles

The car of the only slightly dystopian future..

Read more: Smart City-Coupé (This is Not My Life)

Smith, Shade. Holy Morning (1972)

  • Memorabilia
  • NZBC
  • Sheet Music
  • Studio One

For when you want to play the tune...

Read more: Smith, Shade. Holy Morning (1972)

Smith, Shade. L'Amour est l'Enfant de la Liberte (1971)

  • Memorabilia
  • NZBC
  • Sheet Music
  • Studio One

For when you want to play the tune...

Read more: Smith, Shade. L'Amour est l'Enfant de la Liberte (1971)

Son of a Gunn badge

  • Gunn, Jason
  • Thingee
  • Memorabilia
  • Badges
  • Son of a Gunn

For when you need to cover that hole in your jumper

Read more: Son of a Gunn badge

Broadcaster vhs

Sony HD Digital videocassette recorder SRW-5500

  • TV3
  • Equipment

Run the tape!

Read more: Sony HD Digital videocassette recorder SRW-5500

Sony Video Editor

  • Equipment
  • TVNZ

For putting that piece together

Read more: Sony Video Editor

Poster

South Pacific Pictures Ltd poster

  • Memorabilia
  • TVNZ
  • News

For promoting a range of family dramas

Read more: South Pacific Pictures Ltd poster

South Pacific Television sticker (Black)

  • Memorabilia
  • South Pacific Television
  • Stickers
  • TV Kiwi

For when you need something to stick on your lunchbox...

Read more: South Pacific Television sticker (Black)

South Pacific Television Sticker (J.W. Baty Ltd.)

  • Memorabilia
  • South Pacific Television
  • Stickers
  • JW Baty LTD

An unusual design...

Read more: South Pacific Television Sticker (J.W. Baty Ltd.)

South Pacific Television sticker (Orange)

  • Memorabilia
  • South Pacific Television
  • Stickers
  • TV Kiwi

For when you need to stick something on your exercise book...

Read more: South Pacific Television sticker (Orange)

Spaceship (The Boy from Andromeda)

  • Vehicles

Our spaceship didn't get much screen-time

Read more: Spaceship (The Boy from Andromeda)

Speaker

  • Equipment
  • TVNZ

When you need to hear something...

Read more: Speaker

Sports Car

  • TV3
  • Vehicles

For going really really fast

Read more: Sports Car

Sports staff cap

  • Television New Zealand
  • Sports
  • Caps

For when you need to keep the sun out of your eyes...

Read more: Sports staff cap

Spot On sticker

  • Memorabilia
  • Stickers
  • Spot On
  • Quik Stik

For when you need to decorate your diary ..

Read more: Spot On sticker

Spot On t-shirt

  • Memorabilia
  • Clothing
  • T-Shirts
  • Spot On

For when you don't care what sort of animal that is ..

Read more: Spot On t-shirt

Star Trek: The Next Generation stickers

  • TV3
  • Memorabilia
  • Stickers
  • International programmes

When you need a sticker to boldly go where no sticker has gone before...

Read more: Star Trek: The Next Generation stickers

Sticking plasters

Sticking plasters (Shortland Street)

  • Memorabilia
  • Shortland Street
  • First aid

For when you need to deal with a small cut...

Read more: Sticking plasters (Shortland Street)

Studio One Big Four (1972)

  • Memorabilia
  • NZBC
  • Sheet Music
  • Studio One

For when you want to play the songs...

Read more: Studio One Big Four (1972)

Support Telethon Sticker

  • Memorabilia
  • Stickers
  • Telethon
  • BNZ

When you want to show your support...

Read more: Support Telethon Sticker

Switching Panel

  • Equipment

For when you need to pick between cameras...

Read more: Switching Panel

Sydney 2000 Olympics Badge

  • Memorabilia
  • Television One
  • Badges
  • Sports

A nice momento of the event

Read more: Sydney 2000 Olympics Badge

T-shirt

T-shirt - first 10 years (Shortland Street)

  • Clothing
  • Shortland Street

User Rating: 5 / 5

For when your show turns 10...

Read more: T-shirt - first 10 years (Shortland Street)

T-shirt

T-shirt "patched up" (Shortland Street)

  • Memorabilia
  • Clothing
  • Shortland Street

For when you need shirt...

Read more: T-shirt "patched up" (Shortland Street)

Tanoy Speakers

  • Equipment
  • TVNZ

For when you have to hear something in stereo

Read more: Tanoy Speakers

Taylor hobson varotal iii camera lens

  • Equipment
  • Motat
  • Lens

For filming stuff that's very far away?

Read more: Taylor hobson varotal iii camera lens

Team America's Cup biscuits tin

  • Memorabilia
  • Kitchenware
  • Sports
  • One
  • Food
  • Team Americas Cup

For when you need some sea biscuits...

Read more: Team America's Cup biscuits tin

Telethon 1978 badge

  • South Pacific Television
  • Badges
  • Telethon
  • ASB

For when you want to support the cause...

Read more: Telethon 1978 badge

Telethon 1981 badge

  • Memorabilia
  • Television New Zealand
  • Badges
  • Telethon
  • ASB Trustbank

For when you want to support the cause

Read more: Telethon 1981 badge

Telethon 1983 sticker

  • Television New Zealand
  • Stickers
  • Telethon
  • Family Trust

For when you want to support the cause...

Read more: Telethon 1983 sticker

Watch

Telethon 1988 Watch

  • Telethon
  • Watches

\For when you support the cause 

Read more: Telethon 1988 Watch

Telethon 1993 badge

  • TV3
  • Badges
  • Telethon
  • Starship

For when you want to show your support for the cause...

Read more: Telethon 1993 badge

Telethon Badge - undated

  • Memorabilia
  • Television New Zealand
  • Badges
  • Telethon
  • United BS

For when you want to support the cause...

Read more: Telethon Badge - undated

first day cover signed by James R. Sikking of hill street blues fame.

Telethon Dunedin first day cover 1985

  • Memorabilia
  • Telethon
  • Child and Youth Development Trust
  • Stamps

For fundraising...

Read more: Telethon Dunedin first day cover 1985

Telethon first day cover 1985

  • Memorabilia
  • Telethon
  • Child and Youth Development Trust
  • Stamps

Send a message...

Read more: Telethon first day cover 1985

Telethon Mugs

  • Memorabilia
  • Television New Zealand
  • Telethon
  • Disabled Persons
  • Crockery

Guess they were sold to raise funds

Read more: Telethon Mugs

Scarf

Telethon Scarf

  • Memorabilia
  • TVNZ
  • Clothing
  • Telethon

For when you need to keep warm while fundraising... 

Read more: Telethon Scarf

Sign

Telethon Sign

  • Memorabilia
  • TV2
  • Telethon

For letting folks know your fundraising... 

Read more: Telethon Sign

Telethon Staff Sticker

  • Ephemera
  • Stickers
  • Telethon
  • Avery Labels

For when you need to know who you're dealing with...

Read more: Telethon Staff Sticker

Telethon sticker (2)

  • Memorabilia
  • Stickers
  • Telethon
  • Two
  • Hally Press LTD

For when you want to decorate your lunch box

Read more: Telethon sticker (2)

Television Label

  • Ephemera

So you know what it's allowed to do...

Read more: Television Label

Poster

Television New Zealand BJ and the Bear Poster

For that spot on the wall

Read more: Television New Zealand BJ and the Bear Poster

Television New Zealand Cufflinks

  • Memorabilia
  • Clothing
  • Television New Zealand
  • Cufflinks

For when you have cuffs

Read more: Television New Zealand Cufflinks

Case

Television New Zealand equipment case

  • Equipment
  • Television New Zealand

For when you need to transport some stuff...

T-shirt

Television New Zealand One World of Sports t-shirt

  • Memorabilia
  • TVNZ
  • Clothing
  • T-Shirts

For when sports staff go casual...

Read more: Television New Zealand One World of Sports t-shirt

Tension Meters

  • Equipment
  • NZBC

For when the tension builds...

Read more: Tension Meters

Test Pattens

  • Equipment

My collection of test patterns used on screens in Aotearoa.

Read more: Test Pattens

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Latest Updates

  • Von Tempsky (1975)
  • Media, the (1977
  • Two at Seven (1975-?)
  • Cul de Sac, the (2016-18)
  • Reid, John. "Whatever It Takes" (2018)
  • 1996 -  Aotearoa Television Network
  • Teoh, Elna "Television New Zealand's Charter: The struggle between social responsibilities and commercial imperatives." (2003)
  • 1988 - TVNZ becomes a state-owned enterprise
  • Norris, P & Pauling, B. "New Technologies and the Digital Future" 2001
  • Norris, P & Pauling, B. "Public Broadcasting in the Digital Age: Issues for New Zealand" July 2005.
  • Norris, P & Fransworth, J (eds) "Keeping It Ours: Issues of Television Broadcasting in New Zealand" (1997)
  • Rennie, H. B. "Rennie Report"  (1988)
  • Committee on Broadcasting "The Broadcasting Future of New Zealand" (The Adam Report) (1973)
  • 2002 - TVNZ becomes a crown owned company
  • Caims, Neil. "The Need for Drama." (200)
  • McGill, David. "Good Old Kiwi Identities : The Folk Who Put the Kiwi into Kiwiana". (2000)
  • Tonight (1985-86)
  • Saunders and Sinclair (1985)
  • Fearless (1999)
  • Talkback (1988)
  • Every Woman's Dream (1996)
  • Telethon Dunedin first day cover 1985
  • 25 years of television first day cover
  • Te Mika Show (2006)
  • Lynch, Suzanne "Yesterday When I Was Young" (2025)

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