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Thursdays 8:30pm

Everyone’s new favourite comedy, Happiness is a joyous love song to the power of community. Stars Harry McNaughton and Rebecca Gibney. Premieres Thursday 3 April on Three.

Made with support of NZ On Air.

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TV Guide

Movies & Docos: 30 March - 5 April

After a lifetime of legendary heists, notorious criminals Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark and Ms. Tarantula are finally caught. To avoid a prison sentence, the animal outlaws must pull off their most challenging con yet -- becoming model citizens. Starring Sam Rockwell, Richard Ayoade.

Sarain Fox (pictured) examines queerness for indigenous members of today's LGBTQIA community with the help of elders, knowledge keepers, community leaders, and even Drag Race’s Illona Verley.

The Man in the Hat journeys through France in a Fiat 500 with a framed photograph of an unknown woman, pursued by five angry men. Always one step ahead of his pursuers, he encounters strangers, stories and songs, in this musically rooted classic comedy. Starring Ciaran Hinds.

Uncovers the dark history of the abuse of children in New Zealand’s state care system. Survivors speak about their lost childhood and the long fight for justice, as Aotearoa confronts the painful truth of its stolen children.

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman star in this action-packed all-time classic!

Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as an environmental activist waging a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. But, as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that changes everything. Starring Halldora Geirharosdottir.

Dragon Warrior Po takes it upon himself to foil the plans of murderous peacock Shen who intends to conquer China and destroy kung fu.

Queen Elsa inadvertently uses her power to make her kingdom experience constant wintriness. Her sister Anna teams up with mountaineer Kristoff and his reindeer to end the snowy spell. Starring Jaedyn Randell, Awhimai Fraser.

The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parent's conflicting teachings. Starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain.

Get your sports fix.

Support the Black Caps as they face off against Pakistan.
1st ODI - 10:30am Saturday 29 March
2nd ODI - 10:30am Wednesday 2 April
3rd ODI - 10:30am Saturday 5 April

Get ready for an all-new season of NZ Hunter Adventures, as hosts Willie and Greg return with another action-packed season of their cult kiwi classic. Join the guys for another super adventurous ride - tramping, mountaineering, and hunting their way through the most remote and incredible back country locations on offer. The new season starts Friday 23 February.

Fresh off the back of the weekend action, host Kirstie Stanway is joined by All Black legends Goldie and Mils to discuss and analyse all the hot topics.

James Parsons, Bryn Hall and Ross Karl give the player's view on the biggest talking points in rugby every week.

Top Picks This Week

Everyone’s new favourite comedy, Happiness is a joyous love song to the power of community. Stars Harry McNaughton and Rebecca Gibney. Premieres Thursdays 3 April. Made with support of NZ On Air.

Kevin McCloud is back to follow more of Britain's most ambitious self-building projects - and the brave souls behind them - as he meets intrepid individuals attempting to design and construct the home of their dreams.

Adapted from Dolly Alderton's memoir, Everything I Know About Love follows Maggie and Birdy as they move into their first grown-up house-share in London with two other friends from University. Season 1 starts Tuesday 1 April.

Join US Customs and Border Protection officers in Puerto Rico, Florida and New Jersey as they take the fight against drug cartels and human traffickers away from the southern land border to the territorial waters of the United States, in this gripping series.

Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel, The Last Anniversary is a wickedly funny, heartfelt dramedy wrapped in a gripping mystery about family, motherhood, and the women who define the generations that come after them. Premieres Wednesday 2 April.

Bloom, Iggy, and Reynolds rally around Max as he deals with the fallout from Helen’s decision. At the same time, Reynolds and Wilder help a terminal patient realise his dream. New Amsterdam returns for its 5th season on Saturday 22 March.

DC’s unlikeliest group of heroes, the Doom Patrol, are ready to save the world… kind of.

Stars Brendan Fraser, Matt Bomer, Rita Farr, Diane Guerrero, Jovian Wade, and Timothy Dalton, Doom Patrol premiers on Three Friday 21 March.

An intimate look into how the concepts of kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga inform our modern-day eco-warriors and farmers, and the innovative ways in which Māori are changing the game.

Home, Land & Sea season 3 premieres Monday 24 March at 7:30pm and in this 1st episode, Kaai Silbery, chef turned entrepreneur, builds a sustainable honey cooperative on Rēkohu.

Whakaata Māori’s new scripted drama End of the Valley is must-watch TV.

Focusing on two fictional iwi with conflicting development ideologies, the series reflects real-world struggles – land disputes, intergenerational trauma, and the clash between tradition and progress. Starring Temuera Morrison, Miriama Smith and Roimata Fox. New episodes every Thursday from 13 March, catchup or binge all episodes on MAORI+.

A nun is forced from her quiet life at the convent when an all-powerful artificial intelligence, known as Mrs. Davis, issues her with a quest to destroy the Holy Grail. Episodes every Tuesday from 18 March.

We're heading back to Mount Affinity, as local crime series The Gone returns for a nail-biting second season this week. Picking up after the shocking events of season one, Detectives Theo Richter and Diana Huia are set to go their separate ways, with Richter heading back to Ireland and Huia returning to the city. But when Irish journalist Aileen Ryan vanishes, the pair must reunite to investigate her disappearance - and unravel more of the dark secrets that lie just beneath the surface of the small rural community.

When hard-charging Chief of Internal & Family Medicine Dr. Amy Elias suffers a brain injury during a car accident and loses her memory of the last eight years, she is forced to reacclimate to the present - with no recollection of a her own personal life and bereft of her medical knowledge. Starting her career again as an intern, can she rebuild her life from the fractured pieces which remain?

This brand new show starts Monday 17 February on TVNZ 1.

Join host Greg Davies and team captains Daisy May Cooper and Noel Fielding, as classic British comedy series Never Mind The Buzzcocks premieres on TVNZ 2 on Tuesday 18 February.

The cultural phenomenon returns for its latest season! A decade since the reality juggernaut first began in 2015, the new season premieres Monday 3 February and will be the most explosive one yet, showcasing moments never seen before in the history of the show.

William Shatner returns for the fifth season of this gripping series exploring of the world's most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries, on to which scientists, historians, and witnesses seek to finally shed light.

Premiere Wed 12 Feb.

It's time to head back to the iconic white tent, as The Great British Bake Off returns for its fifteenth season. Join hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding and judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, as another batch of amateur home bakers put their skills to the test in the ultimate baking battle.

Season 15 starts Thursday 30 January on TVNZ 1.

Graham Norton welcomes the biggest stars of film, TV and music in the 2025 season of The Graham Norton Show.

The Gallaghers may not have much in the way of money or rules, but they know who they are - and they're absolutely, wildly, unapologetically Shameless.
This wildly engaging and fearlessly twisted drama stars the brilliant William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, and Jeremy Allen White.

Jeremy Wade explores a range of fascinating and compelling stories from the deep sea. From lost treasures and missing ships to strange ocean bed discoveries and odd scientific phenomena.

A cast of celebrity households comment on the week's television from the comfort of their own couch (UK). Season 2 comes to eden on Fri 21 Feb.

Olivia Attwood attempts to reform eight unsuspecting bad boyfriends.

Premieres on Thu 13 Feb on TVNZ 2.

New Zealand's longest running television series is back for 2025, as Country Calendar returns to take another look at rural life across Aotearoa.

The 2025 season premieres on Sunday 16 February.

Eleven celebrities take on the ultimate round the world adventure as The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition returns for its eighth season. From comedians, to chart topping musicians, reality stars and an Olympic legend each of these famous faces is joined by their favourite person to race across continents and win for their charity. Premieres Sun 26 Jan.

911 explores the high-pressure experiences of first responders - including police officers, firefighters, and dispatchers - who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking, and heart-stopping situations. Season 8 premiered 8:55pm on Mon 3 Feb.

Expect blood, tears and heart-in-mouth action as explorer Ed Stafford takes on the best explorers in the world in a battle across the screens to be the First Man Out - a show in which survival is only half the battle.