Selected Games LIVE + FREE

FIFA World Cup 2026

22 matches free-to-view

Tune in for live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ as the action heats up throughout the knockout rounds. Select matches are free-to-view across TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+, including Semi Final 2 and The Final.

Semi Final 2 at Kansas City Stadium - Thursday 16 July 7am
The Final at New York New Jersey Stadium - Monday 20 July 7am

The full schedule for all 104 matches, including how to watch, is available on TVNZ+.

New radio stations added! Find RHEMA on channel 54, LIFE FM on 55, SANCTUARY on 56.

Learn more

Matariki Special Broadcasts

Live from Takaparawhau, Bastion Point, Matariki Herenga Waka celebrates unity and is an opportunity to gather in celebration to herald in the Māori New Year. Hosted by Stacey Morrison and Matai Smith.
NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho.

What Now will present a special Matariki episode. The crew play the kēmu TIPU, learn some epic waiata, go stargazing, have a hearty hāngī and give away heaps of epic prizes! Made with the support of NZ On Air.

A cinematic documentary revealing a side of Antarctica few ever experience. Māori astronomer Rangi Matamua and language expert Mataia Keepa enter this frozen world, where science and Indigenous knowledge meet in real time.
Made with the support of Te Māngai Pāho.

A trio of accidental fugitives embark on a road trip around New Zealand in this remake of the Kiwi classic full of misfits, mayhem, and a mini. Stars: James Rolleston, Dean O'Gorman

Moving between earth and stars, past and present, this hybrid feature documentary follows the extraordinary life of Wilfred Buck, a charismatic and irreverent Indigenous elder who overcame a harrowing history.

Don't miss this celebration of New Zealand's favourite songs and waiata Māori, chosen through over 65,000 votes from listeners around the motu.

The countdown begins on Sunday 4 July, followed by the top 50 songs and top 10 waiata Māori being played in full during the Waiata 100 Countdown from 10am on Matariki, Friday 10 July.

Get Your Game On!

Dragons v Wests Tigers Sat 4 Jul 7pm LIVE START
Tigers v Warriors Fri 10 Jul 11:30pm
Bulldogs v Raiders Saturday 11 July 7pm LIVE START
Raiders v Rabbitohs Saturday 18 July 7pm
Warriors v Dragons Saturday 18 July 9pm
Rabbitohs v Storm Friday 24 July 11pm

Match 89 W74 v W77 at Philadelphia Stadium Sun 5 Jul 9am
Match 94 W81 v W82 at Seatle Stadium Tue 7 Jul 12pm
Match 100 W95 v W91 at Kansas City Stadium Sun 12 Jul 1pm
Semi Final 2 at Kansas City Stadium Thu 16 Jul 7am
Final at New York New Jersey Stadium Mon 20 Jul 7am

The full schedule for all 104 matches, including how to watch, is available HERE.

Hurricanes Poua v Blues Sat 4 July, 2.30pm
Matatu v Hurricanes Poua Sat 11 July, 2pm
Matatu v Blues Sat 18 July, 2.30pm

All LIVE START on Sky Open.

Nelson Giants v Franklin Bulls Sun 5 Jul 2pm
Wellington Saints v Canterbury Rams Sun 12 Jul 3pm
Canterbury Rams v Auckland Tuatara Sun 19 Jul3pm

National Provincial Championship (NPC) kicks off with Waikato v Bay of Plenty on July 30th, and Tasman v North Harbour on July 31st.

Selected matches on TVNZ 1 - see Freeview TV Guide for match coverage in the coming week.

F1 British Grand Prix Highlights Mon 6 Jul 4:30pm
F1 Belgium Grand Prix Highlights Mon 20 Jul 4:30pm

Round 1 Highlights Fri 17 Jul 4:30pm
Round 2 Highlights Sat 18 Jul 1:30pm
Round 3 Highlights Sun 19 Jul 2pm
Round 4 Highlights Mon 20 Jul 3:30pm

PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship Highlights Friday 24 July 4.30pm

Detroit Grand Prix Highlights Wed 8 Jul 4:30pm
Music City Grand Prix Highlights Wed 22 Jul 4:30pm

New Series

The Porter

Wednesdays 8:30pm from 1 July

Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Set after the event of the first world war, a group of African-Canadian and African-American rail workers band together to establish the first Black union organisation.

Our pick of the best new shows coming in July, and a few honourable mentions.

Ben Fogle heads to China to see its staggering sights, meet its biggest characters, and go beyond the stereotypes to discover its true story. Over this three-part series, Ben delves into an epic 3,000-year tale of how China became what it is today.

Based on the multi-million bestselling novel and global phenomenon written by Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE.

Emma Harte, an impoverished ambitious maid in Yorkshire, England goes on a dizzying journey to become the world’s richest woman, gazing down from a sprawling luxury New York penthouse. A rags-to-riches tale of women through the 20th century, Emma defies the expectations of her society, fearlessly challenging the roles she's given, smashing glass ceilings, and never, ever deviating from her masterplan: Get to the top. Whatever it takes.

Retired Detective Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protegee, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case. Stars: Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty, Silent Witness), Bronagh Waugh (Hollyoaks, Unforgotten).

Hundreds of people in London are dropping dead from a batch of cocaine spiked with fentanyl. This is a problem for ex-undercover cop Eliot Carter, because he supplied the drugs.

Dexter Morgan recovers from a near-fatal gunshot wound and sets out for New York City, determined to find Harrison and make things right. However, with Captain Angel Batista hot on his trail, Dexter realises his past is rapidly closing in on him.

Flo, Sadie, and Dee are 20-something year old Wellington flatmates – BFFs, apparently. But something big is about to go down as each of the girls start spinning out of control.
Made with the support of NZ on Air.

Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Set after the event of the first world war, a group of African-Canadian and African-American rail workers band together to establish the first Black union organisation.

Join former Top Gear host-turned-Britain's best-known but least-qualified amateur farmer Jeremy Clarkson for another year in the life of his Diddly Squat Farm. In an effort to increase his annual profit (£144 last year) he's diversifying, in the shape of cows, more chickens and his own restaurant.

A TikTok lip-sync to Barry Manilow's 'Mandy' unexpectedly launches William White into viral stardom, and into the hearts of a generation of women.

This two-part documentary unpacks the rise, the fandom and the chaos that follows when fantasy crashes into reality.

Pip is back. Following the resolution of the Andie Bell case, the story continues with the fallout of Pip's podcast, bringing new mysteries, threats, and trials to the town of Little Kilton.

Struggling to come to terms with the death of her fiancé, Lillian (Satchwell) finds comfort in seeking out the recipients of his organs, triggering a tangled chain of connection. A story about hope, relationships and the preciousness of life, Brooke Satchwell (Black Snow) stars in this unfiltered exploration into losing the love of your life.

What do an internationally renowned Hollywood superstar and a little ol’ country at the bottom of the world have in common? Absolutely nothing. So thank goodness comedian Rhys Darby is here to show international icon David Hasselhoff around his stomping ground of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Babies is a gripping, tender and urgent love story that explores the resilience of a couple navigating the heartbreak of pregnancy loss.

The series follows Lisa (Siobhán Cullen) and Stephen (Paapa Essiedu), a couple in their 30s whose hope is tested as they endure multiple miscarriages. While confronting unimaginable grief, their bond shines through with humour, warmth, and unwavering love.

Free your mind.

The Matrix

Mondays 8:30pm

The Matrix - Mon 6 Jul 8:30pm
The Matrix Reloaded - Mon 13 Jul 8:30pm
The Matrix Revolution - Mon 20 Jul 8:30pm

July film picks

Browse TV Guide for more movies & docs

The Disney favourite! Starring Temuera Morrison & Jemaine Clement.

The heart-warming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separted from her beloved human.

Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson star in this heartwarming true story of an elderly British veteran who secretly leaves his care home to attend the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France.

Mark 'Sharko' Graham is one of the greatest rugby league players New Zealand ever produced. Sharko's filmmaker son explores this legend's life, both on and off the field.

A love triangle forms between three tennis players: former prodigy Tashi, her champion husband Art and his former best friend Patrick, who is also Tashi's ex. Starring Zendaya and Josh O'Connor (2024)

The Matrix - Mon 6 July 8:30pm
The Matrix Reloaded - Mon 13 Jul 8:30pm
The Matrix Revolution - Mon 20 Jul 8:30pm

An endearing and uplifting documentary that explores the bond between piano teachers and their pupils as they struggle through these grades.

On June 10th 1886 Mt Tarawera erupted without warning, raining ash down on Te Wairoa and its surrounds. The eruption claimed the lives of 153 people but a fortunate few found refuge in the whare Hinemihi o te Ao Tawhito (Hinemihi of the old world) and survived through the night. Cloaked in protective ash, the house literally as well as symbolically became the bosom of the ancestress sheltering her descendants, Hinemihi being a revered ancestress of Ngāti Hinemihi.

The Haka Party Incident revisits the 1979 confrontation between Māori and Pasifika activists and University of Auckland engineering students who had long performed a mock haka as part of their graduation tradition. Repeated, polite requests to ‘cease and desist’ the practice were ignored.