New Zealand has four free-to-air television channels:
TV1: A mix of British and local drama, documentaries and sporting events. Also features favourites such as Coronation Street.
TV2: Sporting events and popular New Zealand programmes, such as the soap opera Shortland Street, and well-known American shows such as ER.
TV3: Sports and high-rating American programmes, such as Oprah Winfrey and CSI.
PrimeTV: Documentaries, nature programmes and comedies, such as Seinfeld.
Māori Television: Something for all age groups from children's programming to news, sport and documentaries – mostly broadcast in te reo Māori (the Māori language).
There are also some national and regional cable channels:
Sky Television: A pay channel that shows movies, sports, documentaries, news, magazine programmes and teenage dramas.
TelstraClear: Runs a cable TV service, screening sports, music channels, news, cartoons and family programmes.
The two main state-owned radio stations are National Radio, which has many current affairs programmes, and Concert FM, which specialises in classical music. There are several Maori language radio stations, and more than 200 private radio stations that mostly specialise in various types of popular music.
New Zealand's larger cities and towns have daily newspapers, and there are two national Sunday papers - these are, however, modest in size when compared with American or British Sunday papers. There is no national daily, but there are many national magazines, both weekly and monthly.
New Zealand news can be found on the Internet at: Stuff NZ and NZ Herald.
