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The Best TV Shows on TVNZ+

Every TVNZ+ Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 2017 to N/A, TVNZ+ offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. For top-tier entertainment, TVNZ+ delivered NZ Wars and House of Drag in 2017 and 2018. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from April 2025 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Dog Squad Puppy School
    Dog Squad Puppy School (2020)10.0

    Follow the footsteps of the adorable pups training for some of our country's most elite organisations. Leaving their rough and tumble siblings behind, the puppies begin their journeys to become working dogs.

  • House of Drag
    House of Drag (2018)8.0

    Hosted by iconic Kiwi drag queens Kita and Anita, this brand-new elimination style reality series follows nine dragstars competing in outrageous challenges each week to keep their place in the stunning House of Drag mansion!

  • Duckrockers
    Duckrockers (2022)8.0

    In the fresh, funny and heart-warming prequel to Sione's Wedding, Pacific Island teenagers and best friends Michael, Albert, Sefa and Stan come of age in inner-city Auckland in 1984.

  • Kid Sister
    Kid Sister (2022)7.5

    Lulu, a loveable train wreck, goes on a laugh-out-loud ride as she struggles to balance her love of family and culture with finding her own path… one mistake at a time.

  • Educators
    Educators (2019)6.0

    Set behind the scenes of an ordinary Kiwi secondary school, following the hopelessly and hilariously inept people in charge of educating the next generation.

  • Good Grief
    Good Grief (2021)5.5

    Two very different sisters inherit a funeral home - and its eccentric employees - from their koro. While Ellie is determined to uphold her grandfather's legacy, Gwen can't wait to get to Bali and become a DJ. Can they figure out their lives while staring death in the face?

  • RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
    RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (2021)5.3

    Drag queen contestants compete in an elimination-style contest and strut their stuff in a variety of challenges - all to prove that they’ve got what it takes to be Down Under's next Drag Queen Superstar!

  • Inside Taronga Zoo
    Inside Taronga Zoo (2020)5.0

    In this compelling, access-all-areas documentary series, viewers get an intimate look at just what it takes to run one of the world’s most famous and magnificent zoos.

  • FBOY Island NZ
    FBOY Island NZ (2022)2.0

    In Aotearoa's hot new dating series three stunning Kiwi women are searching for the guy of their dreams. But can they tell the difference between the genuine 'nice guys' and the 'Fboys' who are there to compete for cold, hard cash?

  • NZ Wars
    NZ Wars (2017)N/A

    Mihingarangi Forbes examines the armed conflicts of the late 1800s between Māori and the military might of the British Empire in this documentary series on the bloody birth of modern Aotearoa.

  • Kura
    Kura (2020)N/A

    Billy-John is sick of doing nothing, going nowhere, and nothing ever-changing so he decides to leave small-town Papakura and head for the bright lights of the Gold Coast. He just needs to break the news to his best mate, his girlfriend, and his ragtag but close-knit family.

  • Give Us a Clue NZ
    Give Us a Clue NZ (2021)N/A

    It's family games night for the whole country! Paula Bennett pits Hilary Barry and Tom Sainsbury against each other, in the chaotic revival of the popular charades show.

  • The Pact
    The Pact (2021)N/A

    When a family member is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides they want to end their life, fundamentally different beliefs threaten to blow the family apart. Will they be able to come together before it’s too late?

  • Toi Time
    Toi Time (2022)N/A

    Meet Tama, Māia, Jojo, Buzz and their whānau Aunty Anika, Wolfy, Oma and Mōhio as they dance, sing and have fun around their whare. Produced by Rogue Productions for TVNZ

  • Last at 11
    Last at 11 (2022)N/A

    Last at 11 is a mockumentary series that allows the audience access to TeamNZ and information about their America's Cup campaign, all-the-while wrapped up in an entertaining comedy.

  • Lu & the Bally Bunch
    Lu & the Bally Bunch (2023)N/A

    Navigating preschool life can be tricky! Lu the affectionate ladybird is used to getting her own way - but now, alongside her new classmates, she must learn what it means to be a good friend.

  • Mt Hutt Rescue
    Mt Hutt Rescue (2023)N/A

    On Mt Hutt, the stakes are as high as the altitude for the ski patrollers, medical teams and road response crew who brave high-pressure rescues amongst this picturesque holiday destination.

  • Cubicle Confessions
    Cubicle Confessions (2023)N/A

    Every girl knows that the best chats happen in the bathroom on a night out! Join chronic oversharer Liv McKenzie and celebrity guests in front of the mirror, as they dish the dirt on some outrageously shocking anonymous confessions.

  • The Boy, the Queen and Everything in Between
    The Boy, the Queen and Everything in Between (2024)N/A

    Fresh out of prison and desperately needing a job, Jacob reaches out to the only person who can help - his father Max, who just happens to be Aotearoa's most famous drag queen.

  • Bird's-Eye View
    Bird's-Eye View (N/A)N/A

    A flock of feathered friends sit together to ponder and debate the bizarre behaviour of humans in their natural habitat.