Mutambo wePublic Radio wakatangwa muNew Zealand muna 1922. Mutambo weterevhizheni wehurumende wakatanga muna 1960. Deregulation muma1980 yakaona kuwedzera kamwe kamwe kwenhamba dzenhepfenyuro neterevhizheni. Terevhizheni yeNew Zealand inonyanya kutepfenyura zvirongwa zveAmerica neBritish, pamwe nenhamba huru yezviratidziro zveAustralia uye zvemuno. Huwandu hwemafirimu eNew Zealand hwakawedzera zvakanyanya muma1970. Muna 1978 New Zealand Film Commission yakatanga kubatsira vagadziri vemafirimu vemuno uye mafirimu mazhinji akawana vateereri vepasirese, mamwe achigamuchira kuzivikanwa kwenyika. Mafirimu epamusoro-soro muNew Zealand ndeaya Hunt yeWilderpeople, The Hobby Boy, World's Fastest Indian, Once Were Warriors uye Whale Rider. Nzvimbo dzakasiyana dzenyika uye saizi yakasanganiswa, pamwe nehurumende, zvakakurudzira vagadziri kuti vatore zvimwe zvigadzirwa zvemahara-bhajeti muNew Zealand, kusanganisira The Lord of the Rings, The Avatar of Narnia, The Last of the Kings, The Chronic
Makore 1978