An gabatar da rediyo na jama'a a cikin New Zealand a 1922. An fara sabis na talabijin mallakar gwamnati a 1960. Deregulation a cikin shekarun 1980 ya ga karuwar kwatsam a cikin adadin rediyo da tashoshin talabijin. Gidan talabijin na New Zealand ya watsa shirye-shiryen Amurka da Burtaniya, tare da adadi mai yawa na wasan kwaikwayo na Australiya da na gida. Yawan fina-finan New Zealand ya karu sosai a cikin shekarun 1970. A cikin 1978 Hukumar Fim ta New Zealand ta fara taimaka wa masu shirya fina-finai na gida kuma fina-finai da yawa sun sami masu sauraro na duniya, wasu suna karɓar yabo na duniya. Fim mafi yawan fina-finai na New Zealand sune Hunt for the Wilderpeople, The Hobby Boy, The World's Fastest Indian, Once Were Warriors da Whale Rider.
Shekara ta 1978