Coronation Street in New Zealand New Zealand is one of the countries where " Coronation Street " is regularly broadcast on TV ONE . It started in 1964 . There was a huge outcry in the 1990s when the State - owned channel proposed to stop broadcasting it . Episodes . From about 2006 , it was getting an hour ( including commercial breaks and a weather forecast ) every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 : 30 pm . There were catch - up periods when it screened on Fridays or Wednesdays too . Then TV ONE started broadcasting an omnibus edition at noon on Saturdays , but it stopped during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and was not brought back when the games were finished . New Zealand was then around 18 months behind Britain with " Coro " . The Olympics caused another two weeks ' delay . 2008 - 2009 catchup . In October 2008 another catchup began , with screenings also on Fridays at 7 : 30pm . " For episodes that have not yet screened in New Zealand , look out for . One contributor tried to show the date of first Canada and New Zealand broadcasts in each episode ' s infobox , but the wikipoliceman deleted it . The information can now be placed on each episode ' s talk page after that page has been saved with < nowiki > < / nowiki > " added ; see . TV deferred the occasional catchup , such as Friday 6 Feb 2009 when it was supplanted by the Wellington Rugby Sevens . The catchups finished on 17 April , with future weeks having only the old standard 4 episodes and therefore falling behind again , from the 14 months . 2009 - 2010 catchup . Same Wednesday extras in summer , but finishing on 27 January , replaced by a cooking contest . Late 2011 . On 29 September , TV ONE proposed a move for Coronation Street , with the show changing from the prime time slot of 7 : 30 pm on Tuesday and Thursday nights to 5 : 30 pm Monday to Friday along with a Saturday omnibus running from midday . This caused huge upset , with Coro fans sending their complaints to the broadcaster , launching a petition and setting up a Facebook page . This move went ahead , to the public ' s dismay , for three weeks to air the finals of MasterChef Australia , coverage of the Rugby World Cup and coverage of the general election . On 4 November , TVNZ announced Coronation Street would be moving back to 7 : 30 pm on Thursday and Friday nights . In May 2012 TV1 started broadcasting two further episodes on Saturday nights at 7 : 30 pm . Early 2014 . From 2014 ' Coro ' began to be shown in a 2 hour block on Friday nights , while the 2 episodes that occur on Thursdays were moved to Friday nights , having 4 episodes being played on Friday nights from 7 : 30 to 9 : 30 pm . The change in times is due to dropping viewers year on year . Coronation street will also be shown during daytime television at 1 : 30 pm from Tuesday - Friday , the episodes being played at 1 : 30 pm will be the same episodes as the Friday night before . The episodes are being repeated for people who do not have the ability to record the show at 7 : 30 pm and can not watch it past 8 : 30 pm . 2015 . TV1 has made a bit more of an effort to stop falling behind . The normal pattern has been 8 . 30 - 10 . 30 on Friday night and 8 . 30 - 9 . 30 on Saturday night . By December we were viewing Valentine ' s Day 2014 . On 26 December Roy was found at last ( watching steam engines , of course ) while Gloria was preparing to travel and Marcus was demonstrating ( much to Todd ' s relief ) that he was still gay .