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Auckland is New Zealand’s media capital. This is the inner-city headquarters of the state broadcaster, Television New Zealand. It operates two main free-to-air commercial channels, TV1 and TV2, and an increasing number of other channels through its digital service.

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Margaret McClure, Auckland region – Popular culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15922/tvnz (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.