The Goodnight Kiwi

Before 24 hour TV Goodnight Kiwi signalled the end of nightly broadcasts. The last airing of this animation was in 1994. Today the characters are regarded as icons of New Zealand culture.

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Entertainment

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• TVNZ
• Goodnight
• Kiwi

[DeaniusDaGenius]

Is the Goodnight Kiwi related to Piwi The Kiwi? Are they brothers? To find out, watch WORLD WONDER FROM DOWN UNDER – Video. Available on YouTube.

WARNING: Some of the language used is NOT politically correct. May offend Namby Pambies, Hoity Toities and other weak-minded bastards!

[lizdylanboykie]

This song used to make me want to cry when i was little, its such a SAD piece of music. I used to feel like the kiwi was going to lay down in bed to die or something, it used to make me feel so sad!

[TheMattyd23]

@lizdylanboykie i thought that tv ended forever

[Sailorsega]

@Cheyenne17124 We don't have it anymore either. It stopped being broadcast in the '90s

[4DAKAWZ]

0:08 nite nite my son, I Got U NZ xxx

[lastfortress]

Seeing things as this one makes me think that We all are, nowadays, using technology instead of creativity. How cute, how creative this is.

[Okhana01]

My bfs grandfather drew good night kiwi and the chesdale cheese characters. He's a lovely man, Sam Harvey is his name.

[andrewglover6]

Does any one remember that back in the day, when there was a fault in the broadcast television would show a picture of a kiwi pulling out the plug? I'm asking that because TV2 just cut out just now. I wish they still did that. I wish I could find a copy of that online too!

[zephyrv6]

The song is a lullaby called Hine e Hine

[20thCenturyPictures]

@cupid1984 - The Kiwi first broadcast on TV2 in April 1975. It showed the Kiwi getting out of his director's chair, then pulling a switch to cut the power, then wave bye bye to the audience.

[20thCenturyPictures]

@BloodyBarlow - The version of the Kiwi you are seeing began broadcasting in 1980. The Kiwi dates back to 1975 when it showed the Kiwi leaving a director's chair, turns down the lights and waved to the audience in pajamas before going to bed. From 1976 until 1980, the Kiwi went into a TV camera.