Channel 2 is a television network in New Zealand. It was created in 1975 under the name TV2, and was renamed South Pacific Television in 1976, TV2 again in 1995, and finally TVNZ 2 in October 2016. The network is famous for a short cartoon presented before closing down at midnight called "Goodnight Kiwi", which featured a kiwi and his pet cat closing up the TVNZ station before heading up to the satellite dish for bed. This cartoon remained a late-night staple until 19 October 1994.
Shining Time Station aired on this channel from 1992 to 1994, with reruns occurring in 1995. This made New Zealand the third country in the world to receive the series following the United States and Canada.
Around that time, Channel 2 also aired the UK version of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends every weekday, first as a segment on Jase TV, then in an early morning slot alongside several other programs for young children.
Airings
1992
- (10th August 1992) - A Place Unlike Any Other
- (11th August 1992) - Does it Bite?
- (12th August 1992) - And The Band Played Off
- (13th August 1992) - Pitching In and Helping Out
- (14th August 1992) - Show and Yell
- (17th August 1992) - Faith, Hope and Anxiety
- (18th August 1992) - Agree to Disagree
- (19th August 1992) - Whistle While You Work
- (20th August 1992) - Two Old Hands
- (21st August 1992) - Happy Accidents
- (24th August 1992) - Ring in the Old
- (25th August 1992) - Impractical Jokes
- (26th August 1992) - Finders Keepers
- (27th August 1992) - Just Wild About Harry's Workshop
- (28th August 1992) - Promises, Promises
- (31st August 1992) - Word's Out
- (1st September 1992) - Too Many Cooks
- (2nd September 1992) - Mapping It Out
- (3rd September 1992) - Things that Go Ga-Hooga in the Night
- (4th September 1992) - Is This the End?
- (7th September 1992) - Scare Dares
- (8th September 1992) - Oh, What a Tangled Web
- (9th September 1992) - The Magic is Believing
- (10th September 1992) - Win, Lose or Draw
- (11th September 1992) - Sweet and Sour
- (14th September 1992) - Achoo
- (15th September 1992) - A Dog's Life
- (16th September 1992) - Field Day
- (17th September 1992) - Wrong Track
- (18th September 1992) - Washout
- (21st September 1992) - Crackpot
- (22nd September 1992) - Yabba, Yabba, Yabba
- (23rd September 1992) - Nickel in a Pickle
- (24th September 1992) - Stop the Press
- (25th September 1992) - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
- (28th September 1992) - Double Trouble
- (29th September 1992) - Is Anybody There?
- (30th September 1992) - Do I Hear
- (1st October 1992) - Jingle, Jingle, Jingle
- (2nd October 1992) - All's Fair
1994
- (12th April 1994) - Becky Makes a Wish
- (13th April 1994) - Schemer's Alone
- (14th April 1994) - Bully for Mr. Conductor
- (15th April 1994) - Stacy Cleans Up
- (18th April 1994) - Schemer's Robot
- (19th April 1994) - Billy Saves the Day
- (20th April 1994) - Billy's Party
- (21st April 1994) - Fortune Teller Schemer
- (22nd April 1994) - Billy's Runaway Train
- (25th April 1994) - Schemer Goes Camping
- (26th April 1994) - Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin
- (27th April 1994) - Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station
- (28th April 1994) - Mr. Conductor's Fourth of July
- (29th April 1994) - Stacy Forgets Her Name
- (2nd May 1994) - Schemer's Special Club
- (3rd May 1994) - Mr. Conductor's Movie
- (4th May 1994) - The Joke's on Schemer
- (5th May 1994) - Dance Crazy
- (6th May 1994) - Mysterious Stranger
- (9th May 1994) - Dan's Big Race
- (10th May 1994) - Mr. Conductor Gets Left Out
- (11th May 1994) - Mr. Conductor's Big Sleepwalk
- (12th May 1994) - The Mayor Runs for Re-Election
- (13th May 1994) - Stacy Says No
- (16th May 1994) - How the Station Got Its Name
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