Network Two (TVNZ) - Closedown & Goodnight Kiwi (17 / 18 Oct 1987)
Channel: Patrick Te Pou
Date: 11/11/2022

Network Two (now TVNZ 2) closed down at 1.20am on the morning of Sunday 18 October 1987 - straight after the screening of the 1983 film "Blue Thunder" (i.e. the Saturday late movie at 11.10pm on the evening of Saturday 17 October 1987).

A highlight for the next day's viewing on Two - as mentioned in the closedown announcement over the Goodnight Kiwi cartoon - included the 1983 TV film "I Married Wyatt Earp", starring Marie Osmond and Bruce Boxleitner (Scarecrow and Mrs King), which screened as 'the Network Two Sunday Movie' at 8pm. That announcement was voiced by John Hayden.

Network Two opened transmission at 9.45am the next day with 15 minutes of in-vision pages from TVNZ's now-defunct Teletext service, followed at 10am by Waka Huia, an archival documentary series presented in Māori by Hemana Waaka.

Special thanks to YouTube channel @sleek822 for the use of this clip.