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The 25 best TV shows of 2025
Here are the shows that kept us on the couch, kept us interested and excited, that made us laugh, cry, cheer, jeer and every emotion in between.
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Tova O'Brien announced as new Breakfast presenter
9:50 am todayThe political journalist will replace Jenny-May Clarkson on TVNZ's morning TV show.
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What to Watch: 'The Manipulated' built for binge-watching
14 Dec 2025The show is a high-voltage thriller that's more than a Prison Break déjà vu.
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What's feeding our fascination with murder mysteries?
30 Nov 2025After a long, hard day - despite all the grim headlines - many crave the "psychological relief" of crime drama.
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Robert Irwin wins Dancing with the Stars - a decade after sister Bindi
Robert Irwin, son of the late wildlife conservationist Steve Irwin, has won Dancing with the Stars US.
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The scene is set for the last ever season of Stranger Things
A final battle between Good and Evil - can Eleven and her Hawkins friends save the town, or will they become its undoing?
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What the stars wore to celebrate NZ screen's biggest night out
21 Nov 2025Celebrities put their best foot forward at Auckland's Viaduct Events Centre as the NZ Screen Awards rolled out a night of glamour.
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How does Jenny-May Clarkson feel about leaving TVNZ?
21 Nov 2025As Clarkson signs off from TVNZ, she looks back at the cost of those predawn years and the strength she felt from her late father as she prepared to step away.
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Caroline Flack doco raises questions about British tabloid ethics
In a two-part series, the mother of television presenter Caroline Flack examines the final months of her daughter's life.
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Kurt Cobain’s most unnerving performance - and why he hated it
It was nearly a disaster, but Nirvana going acoustic for MTV ended upbeing one of the most iconic live performances ever and cemented Kurt Cobain as a tortured genius.
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Review: I Fought the Law - A gripping tale of one woman's dogged battle for justice
16 Nov 2025Sheridan Smith shines in this gripping true tale of a mother's 15-year campaign to get justice for her murdered daughter.
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Long-time host Jenny-May Clarkson leaving TVNZ's Breakfast
13 Nov 2025After nearly 20 years on working with TVNZ, the co-host will be leaving her role later this month.
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Temuera Morrison digs deep in his latest TV project
11 Nov 2025"What it really brought it home to me was - man, these people just like us at home."
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What to watch: Task - a dark tale of middle America
9 Nov 2025Task is the latest descent into the grim underworld of middle America from the creator of Mare of Easttown.
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Jack Tame the new host of 6pm weekend news
6 Nov 2025The broadcaster will replace Melissa Stokes who will host 1News at Six during the week when Simon Dallow steps down at the end of the month.
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Why are New Zealand kids glued to YouTube?
5 Nov 2025YouTube is increasingly becoming the media of choice - while local content becomes buried under international output, according to new research.
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Review: Billy Joel doco reveals struggles of pop's piano man
26 Oct 2025The two-part documentary And So It Goes paints a compelling picture of a pop genius and complex man still battling his demons.
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Was British nurse Lucy Letby wrongly convicted of mass murder?
Flaws in the UK justice system led to the imprisonment of an innocent woman, says Kiwi film maker Charlotte Purdy.
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Review: Famous Last Words reveals Jane Goodall's final message
Dr Jane Goodall's final words are shared in this interview on Netflix, filmed a few months before her death.
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Police Ten 7 host Graham Bell 'formidable'
Detective Sergeant Rob Lemoto who replaced the straight-shooting host, says he 'set the bar very high'
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Guy Williams reckons this is his worst comedy pitch ever
Despite that, the comedian has managed to ink two international deals and his unique brand of satire is set to go global.
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A-list cast, star director make twisty thriller Disclaimer a worthy watch
3 Oct 2025When a dark secret from the past is revealed in a tell-all book, and a grief-wracked widower is set upon revenge, a London family's comfy, middle class world is shattered.
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Nigel Latta's TV legacy: What the clinical psychologist taught us
2 Oct 2025In a wildly diverse media career that saw him tackling everything from murderers to money matters, it's Nigel Latta's work on parenting that is his greatest legacy.
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TikTok comedian Matt Rife coming to New Zealand
30 Sep 2025The TikTok famous American will serve two sets to New Zealand audiences aged 18+ in the new year.
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Review: New doco into what it's like when Charlie Sheen self-destructs
26 Sep 2025Charlie Sheen doesn't seem like a great guy, but maybe this show is a belated thank you to those whose lives he mired during his destructive years of addiction.
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'We were hit with a lot': Ardern talks Christchurch attack, Trump and public backlash with Jon Stewart
The former PM spoke to the Daily Show about her documentary and whether a return to politics is in her future.
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Hollywood is acutely aware the death of late-night TV is near
Emmys fans could assume there's never been a better time to hold the most powerful to account, but Jimmy Kimmel proves otherwise.
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I tried to unpack the world's obsession with 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'
Blind, naked and afraid, Thomas Page dives into a pop culture phenomenon.
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