There are a range of reference books and articles available relating to New Zealand Television broadcasting and production which I've found useful and you might too:

.... 75 years broadcasting the Christchurch way : celebrating 3YA 71 years, 3ZB 60 years, TV 36 years Broadcasting Reunion Committee | 1997]

…"Local Programs Dominate All Over." Variety (Los Angeles), 26 April 1993.

... Shortland Street: the official magazine TVNZ Enterprises

... Maurice Gee Discusses writing episodes of 'Mortimer's Patch', New Zealand's first television police show." Listener (1980-08-16) p 15

Abel, Sue Shaping the news: Waitangi Day on television ISBN 186940176X

Allan, Harriet B. Garden show guide to gardening in New Zealand: compiled by Harriet B. Allan, TVNZ Enterprises, Palmers Gardenworld (Firm) ISBN 1869411927

Bailey, Judy, My own words 2006.

Bell, Avril. "An Endangered Species': Local Programming in the New Zealand Television Market." Media, Culture & Society (London), April 1995.

Bennett, James E and Beirrie Eds Making Film and Television Histories Australia and New Zealand Tauris, 2012

Bick, Gordon, Compass file Christchurch [N.Z.] : Caxton, 1968.

Blythe, Martin. Naming the Other Images of the Maori in New Zealand Film and Television. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1994.

Bollinger, Nick, Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand. Auckland University Press, 2023
- A lively social history outlining the transformation of New Zealand life wrought by the counterculture in the 1960s and ’70s, this includes various mentions of the NZBC and staff who worked within it. [Buy me at Mighty Ape]

Boyd-Bell, Robert New Zealand television, the first 25 years , BCNZ Enterprises ISBN 0474000109

Britten, Des Thyme for cookery Wellington [N.Z.] : Hicks Smith and Sons, 1973.

Burns, Derek Public money, private lives : Aotearoa Television, the inside story Reed, 1997.

Cairns, Barbara and Martin, Helen Shortland Street : production, text and audience 1996.

Comrie, Margie, Boxing on? deregulation and the retreat from public service television Dept. of Human Resource Management, Massey University 1992

Cross, Iain. The Unlikely Bureaucrat: My Years In Broadcasting. Wellington, New Zealand: Allen & Unwin, 1988.

Dallard, George The God slot : the Church and its broadcasting 1989.

Day, Patrick Voice and Vision: A History of Broadcasting in New Zealand , Broadcasting History Trust ISBN 1869402332

Dennis, Jonathan, and Jan Bieringa, editors. Film in Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1992.

Dunleavy, Trisha Marlin Bay and Shortland Street: aspects of localness' in popular television drama

Dunleavy, Trisha New Zealand television drama: the first thirty years, 1960-1990

Dunleavy, Trisha Ourselves in primetime: a history of New Zealand television drama ISBN 1869403398

Dunleavy T, Joyce H New Zealand Film and Television: Institution, Industry and Cultural Change 2011

Edwards, Brian The Public Eye (1970) Reed ISBN 0 589 00702 5

Farnsworth, John New Zealand television: a reader , Ian Hutchison ISBN 0864694016

Fifi Colston What Now Jokes and Puzzles, BCNZ Enterprises ISBN 0864640633

Garbutt, Russell It's O.K. leaving here : [a brief history of the first twenty-five years of television in Dunedin] (1988) Television New Zealand, Dunedin, N.Z, 1988. isbn 0473006073

Gregory, Robert John NZBC revisited , New Zealand Institute of Public Administration ISBN 0908626045

Groves, Don. "Kiwiland Production Horizon Looks Upbeat, Bright." Variety (Los Angeles), 10 October 1994.

Harris, Mike. "Kiwis Cotton to Comedies." Variety (Los Angeles), 15 June 1992.

Hawke, G.R., editor. Access to the Airwaves: Issues in Public Sector Broadcasting. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1990.

Horrocks, Roger & Perry, Nick Television in New Zealand: programming the nation

Jean Rachel City life: a case study in the production of a television drama series

Kerr, Graham. Graham Kerr's Galloping gourmet television cookbook. New York : Fremantle Corp ; Paperback Library, 1972-

Ley, John An awful silence Epg6

Logan, Neville W.W. & Logan, Barbara Excuse Me, I Have to Shoot the Guitarist: The amazing adventures of a Kiwi cartoonist 

MacGregor, Rob (Robin Geoffrey) A journey through N.Z. television : your introduction to television (1st ed). Penrose Printing and Publishing, [Auckland, N.Z, 1961.]

McMillan, Bill The Delta : reminiscences of a broadcasting technician 2008.

Nemer, Susan Fighting for diversity: New Zealand one-off television dramas

Norris, Paul and Pauling, Brian NZ On Air : an evaluative study, 1989-2011 CPIT | [2012

Quinn, Keith. A lucky man 2000.

Perry, Nick The Dominion of signs Auckland University Press, 1994

Smith, Joe Maori TV: The First Ten Years Auckland University Press, 2016 - buy at Mighty Ape

Smith, Paul, and Don Groves. "New Zeal for Kiwi Film, Tube." Variety (Los Angeles), 10 October 1994.

Smith, Paul. "TV3 Survives in Rough Seas." Variety (Los Angeles), 9 October 1995.

Spicer, Barry; Powell, Michael and Emanuel, David The remaking of Television New Zealand, 1984-1992 ISBN 1869401514

Spoonley, Paul, and Walter Hirsh, editors. Between the Lines: Racism and the New Zealand Media. Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann, 1990.

Thompson, Raymond Keeping the dream alive Cumulus Publishing 2011

Vaughan, Rod. Bloodied but not beaten : the stories behind 40 years of investigative journalism. David Ling, 2012.

Illusions - An NZ magazine of film, television and theatre criticism. 1986 to 2012

OnFilm - An NZ magazine focused on the local tv and film industry. Started in 1983 and seems to have ceased publication in 2013.

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