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{{short description|New Zealand television channel}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name            = TVNZ 6
| logo            = TVNZ6.svg
| logo_size       = 130px
| logo_caption    = TVNZ 6 Logo
| image           =
| launch_date     = 30 September 2007
| closed_date     = 28 February 2011
| picture_format  = [[576i]] ([[16:9]] [[SDTV]])
| network         = [[TVNZ]]
| owner           = [[Television New Zealand]]
| country         = [[New Zealand]]
| area            = New Zealand
| headquarters    = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
| former_names    = TVNZ Home (working title)
| replaced_by     = [[TVNZ U]]
| sister_channels = [[TV One (New Zealand)|TV One]]<br /> [[TV2 (New Zealand)|TV2]]<br /> [[TVNZ 7]]<br /> [[TVNZ Heartland]]<br /> [[TVNZ Sport Extra]] <br />
| website         = {{url|http://tvnz6.co.nz}}
| terr_serv_1     = [[Freeview (New Zealand)|Freeview&#124;HD]]
| terr_chan_1     = Channel 6 
}}

'''TVNZ 6''' was a digital-only, commercial-free television channel operated by [[Television New Zealand]]. It launched in September 2007, and was available in 60.3% of New Zealand homes on the [[Freeview (New Zealand)|Freeview]] and [[SKY Network Television|SKY Television Digital]] platforms. TVNZ 6 was on air daily from 6am to midnight.

The name TVNZ 6 was chosen because it was numeric, was deemed to allow "a broader content structure than any descriptive title", and matched the number assigned to it on the Freeview [[electronic programme guide]].<ref name="onenewsarticle">{{cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/1178648 |title=Freeview channels given names |accessdate=20 July 2007 |date=12 June 2007   |publisher=[[Television New Zealand]] }}</ref>

==Schedule==
[[File:TVNZ_6_Kidzone.PNG|thumb|left|170px|TVNZ 6's ''Kidzone'' logo]]TVNZ 6 showed pre-school programmes during the '''Kidzone''' block from 6am to 6pm. Until its closure at the end of June 2012, [[TVNZ 7]] also aired Kidzone from 6am to 8am. Kidzone also received a 24-hour channel on Sky TV called Kidzone24.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 March 2011 |title=TVNZ to launch 24 hour kidzone channel on Sky |url=http://www.throng.co.nz/kidzone/tvnz-launch-24-hour-kidzone-channel-on-sky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225094609/http://www.throng.co.nz/kidzone/tvnz-launch-24-hour-kidzone-channel-on-sky |archive-date=25 February 2012 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=Throng}}</ref> The channel then played family programmes after Kidzone until closedown at midnight.

===At launch===
At the very start of TVNZ 6's launch, the channel was structured such that its daily schedule had three separate services titled: TVNZ Kidzone (6am to 4pm), TVNZ Family (4pm to 8:30pm), and TVNZ Showcase (arts & drama service; 8:30pm to midnight).

==Closure==
TVNZ 6 ceased broadcasting on 28 February 2011 and was replaced on 13 March 2011 by ''[[TVNZ U]]'', a "social" channel targeted at 15- to 24-year-olds.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 December 2010 |title=TVNZ 6 DISCONTINUED, TVNZ 7 EXPANDED AND NEW YOUTH CHANNEL TO LAUNCH |url=http://www.throng.co.nz/tvnz-7/tvnz-6-discontinued-tvnz-7-expanded-and-new-youth-channel-launch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426051933/http://www.throng.co.nz/2010/12/tvnz-6-discontinued-tvnz-7-expanded-and-new-youth-channel-to-launch/ |archive-date=26 April 2016 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=Throng}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://tvnz.co.nz/u/coming-3998162| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110122003658/http://tvnz.co.nz/u/coming-3998162| archive-date = 2011-01-22| title = U is coming {{!}} U {{!}} Television New Zealand {{!}} Television {{!}} TV One, TV2, TVNZ 6, TVNZ 7}}</ref> Kidzone, ''[[Shortland Street]]: From the Beginning'' and other TVNZ 6 content moved to sister channels [[TVNZ 7]], [[TVNZ Heartland]] and [[TVNZ Kidzone24]]. TVNZ U was advertiser-supported and ran from midday to midnight.

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