1975 in New Zealand television

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List of years in New Zealand television: 1972 1973 1974 – 1975 – 1976 1977 1978

This is a list of New Zealand television-related events in 1975.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Television shows 4 Ending this year

[edit] Events

• The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) is divided into Radio New Zealand, Television One, based in Wellington and Dunedin, and TV2, based in Auckland and Christchurch.
• April 1 — Television One commences broadcasting from the new Avalon studio complex.
• June 30— TV2 is launched.
• July 5 — only a week after launching, TV2 stages the country's first Telethon, raising $400,000 for the St John Ambulance service

[edit] Debuts

• Jenny Goodwin becomes the first female prime time news anchor in the British Commonwealth.

[edit] Television shows

• May 12 - Close to Home, New Zealand's second soap opera begins on TV1.

[edit] Ending this year

• No information on shows ending this year.

Years in television: 1975
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