New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation

New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Company typePublicly owned company
IndustryBroadcasting
Founded1 June 1960 (1960-06-01)
Defunct1 April 1975 (1975-04-01)
FateDissolved and reformed
SuccessorRadio New Zealand
Television One
TV2
HeadquartersAuckland, New Zealand
Area served
New Zealand
ProductsBlack and white television
OwnerNew Zealand Government

The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) was a state-owned company established by the New Zealand Government in 1962. Under the Broadcasting Act 1976, the NZBC was restructured as the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ). The NZBC was dissolved on 1 April 1975 and replaced by three separate entities: Radio New Zealand, Television One, and Television Two, which was later renamed South Pacific Television. In 1980, the two television channels merged to form Television New Zealand, while Radio New Zealand continued as a standalone organisation.