This story was originally published on The Spinoff.
2025 is a brand new year, and with it comes a brand new year of television and films. While the local screen industry endured a brutal year in 2024 – and there are more challenges to come – TVNZ, Three, Whakaata Māori and Sky/Neon have all recently revealed their upcoming year of local programming, with plenty to look forward to. It includes a lot of factual and documentary shows, a mix of scripted drama and comedy, and a Lower Hutt man who discovers an alternative reality inside his garden shed. (Then again, who hasn’t?)
