TVNZ 7

TVNZ 7

Country	New Zealand
Broadcast area	New Zealand Pacific Islands[1]
Headquarters	Auckland, New Zealand
Programming
Picture format	576i 16:9 (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Television New Zealand
Sister channels	TV One TV2 TVNZ 6 (later TVNZ U) TVNZ Heartland
History
Launched	30 March 2008
Closed	30 June 2012
Replaced by	TVNZ 1+1
Former names	TVNZ News 24 (working title)
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview|HD	Channel 7

TVNZ 7 was a commercial-free New Zealand 24-hour news and information channel on Freeview digital television platform and on Sky Television from 1 July 2009. It was produced by Television New Zealand, which received Government funding to launch two additional channels.^[2] The channel went to air just after 10 am on 25 March 2008 with a looped preview reel. The channel was officially launched at noon on 30 March 2008 with a special "kingmaker" political debate held within the Parliament building and featuring most of the elected minor party leaders. The channel went off air at midnight on 30 June 2012 to the Goodnight Kiwi.

It featured TVNZ News Now updates every hour from 6 am to 11 pm, with a specialised 'zone' between 6 am and 9 am on weekdays, throughout which ten-minute bulletins were aired back-to-back. TVNZ 7 also featured an hour-long bulletin, TVNZ News at 8, at 8 pm each night. It was hosted on weeknights by Greg Boyed and on weekends by Miriama Kamo.

While it was originally reported to be a 'rolling news channel', similar to Sky News and CNN Headline News, Eric Kearley, head of TVNZ's Digital Launch team, stated about 70% of the schedule would be "factual variety" programming – a mix of local and overseas documentaries, and programmes that discuss current events and sport, with the remaining 30% being the news updates. A full schedule was released on 28 February 2008.