New Series

SUNDAY 7 MARCH, 8.30PM - TVNZ 1

National Treasures is a new local series that is calling for New Zealanders to hunt and rummage around their homes - searching for treasures, objects, and taonga that have special significance to New Zealand and our history. 

Hosted by Scotty and Stacey Morrison and with a panel of experts to weigh in on these treasured items that tell a story of New Zealand’s recent past, items that have shaped, shaken and moved us as a nation in the last 100 years. 

Made with the support of NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho.

Special

MONDAY 8 MARCH, 8.30PM - TVNZ 1

In 1984, Auckland university lecturer and playwright Mervyn Thompson was kidnapped, beaten and chained to a tree by six women who accused him of being a rapist. Thompson was never charged with rape, and to this day his kidnappers have never been identified.

The event triggered debates about gender politics and vigilante justice that divided New Zealand and led to social change. But the mysteries of who the six women were and why they attacked the man they did have remained unsolved.

Three decades later, Six Angry Women reopens a cold-case and tries to find out not only who the women were, but what drove them to such an unprecedented action.

Using unseen archive and interviews with key players, many of whom have not spoken before, this feature documentary reveals the story behind one of the most sensational headlines of the 80s.

Made with the support of NZ On Air.

America's Cup Coverage

COVERAGE STARTS FROM SUNDAY 6 MARCH, 3PM - TVNZ 1

This is it! We’ve come to the main event, the PRADA 36th America’s Cup, where Emirates Team New Zealand will take on a new Challenger to defend the world’s oldest sporting trophy.

In the America’s Cup there is no second, either you win or you lose and it has been like that for over 170 years. On the 6th of March the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand will face the winner of the PRADA Cup in a 13-race match. The first team to score seven points will become the Defender of the 37th America’s Cup.

Live and free with TVNZ, we’re bringing you all the action on the water. You won’t want to miss it!

Sport

SUNDAY 7 MARCH, 11.30AM - TVNZ 1

Tune into TVNZ 1 on Sunday for live coverage of the T20 battle between the White Ferns and England.

The last of a series of tests, make sure you get behind our Kiwi cricketers as they take to Hagley Oval in Christchurch during the England Women Tour of New Zealand.

Special

WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH, 8.30PM - TVNZ 1

Camilla Parker Bowles and Lady Diana Spencer both fell for a bumbling bachelor. Each strived to spend as much time as they could with their Prince Charming but with an aching chasm, of age, experience and personalities between them. Yet, their lives became interwoven throughout two tumultuous decades.

This special will reveal how both women would go on to blow the monarchy wide open as we uncover the truth behind one of history’s greatest ever love triangles.

New Series

TUESDAY 9 MARCH, 9.30PM - TVNZ 2

With extraordinary access to the police of Dublin’s K-District – a.k.a. the Wild West – this gritty and hard-hitting series reveals what it’s likes to do a job where your life is constantly under threat.

Filmed over two years, we follow some colourful and brutally honest police officers as they deal with gangland feuds and murder – even within their own families – and discover their strong bonds and dedication to the job.

Full of humour and passion, it’s a revelatory police docu-series where nothing is off-limits, but everything is at stake.

ZOOTOPIA: In this Oscar-winning animation, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy. With voice talent from Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman (2016). Saturday 6 March, 5.10pm.

OCEAN'S 8: In this fantastic female-led action film, Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) attempts to pull off one of the biggest heists of her life. Also starring Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway and Rihanna (2018). Sunday 7 March, 9pm.

HANCOCK: Will Smith stars as one of the craziest superheroes you've ever seen! Sarcastic and misunderstood, he needs to win back the public. Also starring Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman (2008). Friday 12 March, 8.30pm.

COACH CARTER: Samuel L. Jackson stars as coach Ken Carter, who succeeds in setting his players on a winning streak with tough rules and academic discipline. Also starring Channing Tatum and Octavia Spencer (2005). Sunday 7 March, 9.35pm.

COLLATERAL: A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles. Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx and Mark Ruffalo (2004). Tuesday 9 March, 8.30pm.

New Season

LAUNCHES SATURDAY 6 MARCH, NEW EPISODES WEEKLY - TVNZ ONDEMAND

My Māori Midwife returns for another intimate, uplifting series documenting the extraordinary working lives of Māori midwives. This year we meet new tapuhi and revisit some of our favourite characters from season one including Camille Harris and Waimarie Onekawa. We also chart the progress of new graduates Jasmine Gray, Jax Paki and Kahlia Mabey as they meet the challenges of their first year as registered midwives.

My Māori Midwife features wāhine working around Aotearoa including Taranaki, Tauranga, Ōpōtiki and Northland as they support, nurture and guide whānau on their birth journeys. This series will again highlight the special connection this rōpū has with their communities and the tireless mahi they do. There will be lots of highs and lows and plenty of laughter as whānau prepare for the birth of their pēpi.

Whether it’s a homebirth or a hospital birth, each and every one is different and keep the midwives on their toes.

New Series

FULL SERIES STREAMING FROM SUNDAY 7 MARCH - TVNZ ONDEMAND

A prequel to the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island, Black Sails is a pirate adventure that centres on the tales of Captain Flint (Toby Stephens), who has a reputation throughout the West Indies as being the most brilliant, most feared of all the Golden Age pirates.

It's 1715, and as Flint fights for the survival of New Providence Island – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers – in the wake of threats from British and Spanish forces, he aligns himself with Eleanor Guthrie (Hannah New), daughter of the local kingpin, to hunt the ultimate prize and ensure his people's survival. But standing in the way are rival captains, Eleanor's intrusive father, and perhaps the bigger obstacle of all: John Silver (Luke Arnold), a young, fast-talking, authority-flouting sailor recently added to Flint's crew.

New Series

FULL SEASON STREAMING FROM THURSDAY 11 MARCH - TVNZ ONDEMAND

British mini-series Cold Call streams on TVNZ OnDemand this week, starring Sally Lindsay (Coronation Street).

June (Lindsay) is a kind-hearted care worker with a pregnant daughter and an ageing mum. At a moment when she has plenty to distract her, June gets a call – seemingly from her bank – about a possible fraud on her account. And from there her life and finances tumble into chaos.

It’s a simple premise but one that delivers: who doesn’t know someone who could be taken in by a slick telephone fraudster? The plot unfolds intriguingly as June meets an old schoolfriend (Daniel Ryan) obsessed with his own private war against the con men. Together they set about trying to expose the businessman (Paul Higgins) at the centre of the fraud.