DNTV-2
(NZBC Dunedin)

From 1960 to 1973, television transmissions in New Zealand were regional, with all stations being run public-funded New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (which until 1962 had been known as the New Zealand Broadcasting Service). The suffix '2' denoted CHTV's channel position on the dial (channel 2 — 54—61 MHz, transmitted from Mount Cargill), not that they were the second NZBC channel. DNTV was established in July 1962, and was the fourth New Zealand television service in operation (after AKTV Auckland, CHTV Christchurch and WNTV Wellington).

As New Zealand TV was regional in the 1960s, the Avengers film prints were sent around the four regions. This meant that even if regions aired The Avengers on the same night, they would generally be screening different episodes. The videotape era, Series 1 to 3 of The Avengers, has never aired in New Zealand, even in the multi-channel age.

 The Avengers — Series 4

(1) The Dunedin region was the last to start showing The Avengers, following Auckland and Wellington (1st December 1965) and Christchurch (8th December 1965).
(2) Considering that Dunedin had not commenced their Avengers screenings, they did not participate in the joint-transmission by the Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington NZBC regions of Too Many Christmas Trees on Wednesday 22nd December 1965. Dunedin ultimately scheduled it as the 26th and final episode of their Series 4 run on Monday 20th December 1966.

 The Avengers — Series 5

No.	Title	DNTV-2 Transmissions (New Zealand)	DUNEDIN
27	The Fear Merchants	Tuesday 28th March 1967, 8.32pm (3)
28	From Venus With Love	Tuesday 4th April 1967, 8.31pm
29	Escape in Time	Tuesday 11th April 1967, 8.31pm
30	The See-Through Man	Tuesday 18th April 1967, 8.30pm
31	The Bird Who Knew Too Much	Tuesday 25th April 1967, 8.30pm
32	The Winged Avenger	Tuesday 2nd May 1967, 8.44pm
33	The Living Dead	Tuesday 9th May 1967, 8.32pm
34	The Hidden Tiger	Tuesday 16th May 1967, 8.32pm
35	The Correct Way to Kill	Tuesday 23rd May 1967, 8.32pm
36	Never, Never Say Die	Tuesday 30th May 1967, 8.32pm
37	Epic	Tuesday 6th June 1967, 8.32pm
38	The Superlative Seven	Tuesday 13th June 1967, 8.33pm
39	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station	Tuesday 20th June 1967, 8.33pm
Break in Transmission No further episodes shown until Wednesday 6th December 1967
40	Something Nasty in the Nursery	Wednesday 6th December 1967, 8.12pm
41	Who's Who ???	Wednesday 13th December 1967, 8.12pm
42	Death's Door	Wednesday 20th December 1967, 8.30pm
43	The £50,000 Breakfast	Wednesday 27th December 1967, 7.53pm
44	The Positive Negative Man	Wednesday 3rd January 1968, 7.53pm
45	Murdersville	Wednesday 10th January 1968, 7.55pm
46	Mission... Highly Improbable	Wednesday 17th January 1968, 7.51pm
47	Dead Man's Treasure	Wednesday 24th January 1968, 7.51pm
48	The Joker	Wednesday 31st January 1968, 9.07pm
49	Return of the Cybernauts	Wednesday 7th February 1968, 8.44pm
50	You Have Just Been Murdered	Wednesday 14th February 1968, 8.43pm

(3) Colour broadcasts commenced in New Zealand in late 1973, so Series 5 episodes originally aired in black and white. A repeat season of Series 5 — now in colour — ran from 21st February to 23 May 1978, on Tuesdays after 10pm on TV One (as the NZBC television service had been renamed after a reorganisation in 1975 which saw the splitting of the NZBC into TV One, TV Two and Radio New Zealand, all of which remained public-owned stations).

 The Avengers — Series 6

(4) Colour broadcasts commenced in New Zealand in late 1973, so Series 6 episodes originally aired in black and white. A repeat season of Series 6 — now in colour — was broadcast in the mid-1980s on TV One (as the NZBC television service had been renamed after a reorganisation in 1975 which saw the splitting of the NZBC into TV One, TV Two and Radio New Zealand, all of which remained public-owned stations). This repeat season omitted the episode Fog for an unknown reason.

Researched and compiled by Jon Preddle

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