TVNZ 2

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TVNZ 2
Te Reo Tātaki Rua

Current logo used since 2016
Country	New Zealand
Broadcast area	National
Programming
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Timeshift service	TVNZ 2+1
Ownership
Owner	TVNZ
Sister channels	TVNZ 1 TVNZ Duke
History
Launched	30 June 1975; 49 years ago (1975-06-30)
Former names	TV2 (1975–1976, 1995–2016) South Pacific Television (1976–1980) Television Two (1980–1982) Television 2 (1982–1987) Network Two (1987–1989) Channel 2 (1989–1995)
Links
Webcast	Watch live (NZ only)
Website	tvnz.co.nz/livetv/tvnz-2
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB 64-QAM on band IV

TVNZ 2 (Māori: Te Reo Tātaki Rua) is the second New Zealand television channel owned and operated by the state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ). It targets a younger audience than its sister channel, TVNZ 1. TVNZ 2's line up consists of dramas, comedies, and reality TV shows. A small number are produced in New Zealand which are either of a comedic, soap opera or reality nature, with rest of the line-up taken from international catalogues.

TVNZ 2 is New Zealand's second-oldest television channel, formed in 1975 following the break-up of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation into Radio New Zealand, Television One and Television Two. It began broadcasting on 30 June 1975, and for most of the 1970s was known as South Pacific Television. In 1980, it became a part of TVNZ when South Pacific Television and Television One merged, and reverted to the name TV2. The channel was renamed TVNZ 2 in October 2016.^[1]

The channel is broadcast on the government owned Kordia terrestrial network as well as on one of the two Kordia satellite transponders, which is included in channel packages on the Freeview and Sky platforms. Sky also make the channel available on one of their own satellite transponders.