TVNZ 2 is a channel in New Zealand. It was made in 1975 under the name TV 2, and was renamed South Pacific Television in 1976, TV 2 again in 1995, and TVNZ 2 in October 2016.
Thomas & Friends premiered on New Zealand television via this channel on 20th April 1987 with the first two episodes. Later episodes followed within a couple of months, whereas they would air once a week. The first seven episodes of the second series aired between July and August 1988 on After School.
In 1990, the series officially moved to TV3 where all 52 episodes would air regularly for two years.
Thomas returned to TV2 on 23rd March 1992 as a segment on Jase TV (which was hosted by Jason Gunn and Thingee the Alien) and later as an early morning programme for young children until 8th September 1994. As well as the standalone Thomas episodes, the American spinoff Shining Time Station also aired on the channel from 10th August 1992 to 4th August 1995.
At some point in 2003, the DVD Thomas and the Jet Engine was advertised on TVNZ 2.
On 9th August 2016, episodes of Thomas & Friends started airing on TVNZ 2 once again. Initially, it aired during the weekdays from 9th August 2016 - 9th September 2016, 24th January 2019 - 8th July 2019 (excluding 25th April 2019) and 27th July 2021 - 15th November 2021 (excluding 13th - 17th September 2021 and 2nd - 4th November 2021), 13th January 2022 - 17th February 2022 and then during Saturdays and Sundays from 1st October 2016 - 28th July 2019 (Excluding 24th - 25th December 2016 and 22nd January 2017 and 21st October 2018). For a time, it only aired on Sundays, but in 2020, it aired on Saturdays from 15th February 2020 - 18th July 2020 for the twenty-third series episodes (including the special episodes). Then, it aired on Saturdays again, from 12th September 2020 - 13th February 2021, for the twenty-fourth series episodes (including the special episodes).
Journey Beyond Sodor listed as (Thomas' Journey Beyond Sodor) aired on Sunday 4th October 2020, at 6:10 A.M.
All Engines Go aired during the weekdays from Friday 15th April 2022 - Monday 27th June 2022 for the first series episodes and again on Tuesday 25th July - Tuesday 29th August 2023 for the second series episodes and then Friday January 12th 2024 - Friday February 16th - for the repeats of the first series episodes and then during Saturdays from 16th March 2024 onwards.
Race for the Sodor Cup aired on Tuesday 28th June 2022, at 8:15 A.M.
The Mystery of Lookout Mountain will air on Tuesday 26th December, at 8:15 A.M.
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1987
1988
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2016
2017
2018
2019
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