Pokémon in New Zealand: Difference between revisions

All Pokémon games that have been released in the United States have also been released in New Zealand, with the exception of the [[Pokémon mini]]. The country of origin for each game tends to differ depending on retailer availability; some games are imported from the United States, but others are from the Australian release. The New Zealand release dates tend to be on or around the Australian release dates. An English language release of [[Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure]] was released in New Zealand, despite the title never being released in North America.

''Pokémon'' videos and DVDs have been available for several years. In New Zealand, the anime is available on [[Netflix]].

[[File:TV2.png‎|thumb|right|130px|TV2's current logo]]

In 2003, ''Pokémon'' returned to TV2. The remainder of the Johto-based episodes were aired in the same after-school timeslot, with episodes five times a week. In 2005, ''[[Pokémon Chronicles]]'' was aired in an early morning timeslot on Sundays. This was followed by ''[[S07|Pokémon: Advanced Challenge]]'' in the same weekly timeslot. ''[[S08|Pokémon: Advanced Battle]]'' was then skipped with ''[[S09|Pokémon: Battle Frontier]]'' aired in its place. After a brief period off the air, ''[[S10|Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl]]'' was aired in the Sunday morning timeslot. In 2010, ''[[S09|Pokémon: Battle Frontier]]'' was repeated on TV2 on weekday mornings with ''Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl'' repeats following it. ''[[S13|Sinnoh League Victors]]'' began airing on weekday mornings in September 2011, while ''[[S14|Pokémon: Black & White]]'' aired on Sunday mornings.

''[[S17|Pokémon the Series: XY]]'' began airing on Saturday mornings in September 2015, concluding in August 2016. Pokémon then switched to a weekday morning timeslot to air ''[[S18|Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest]]''. Following this, ''[[S19|Pokémon the Series: XYZ]]'' aired in the same timeslot, effectively making the {{series|XY}} the first [[series]] to air in its entirety on free-to-air television in New Zealand since the {{series|original}}.

''[[S20|Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'' began airing on December 4, 2017 at 7:45 AM on TVNZ 2. The first eight episodes of ''[[S21|Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon—Ultra Adventures]]'' were made available for viewing through TVNZ's OnDemand service on March 1, 2018, with more episodes gradually being added one-by-one starting in April of that year.

In 2000, it moved to an afternoon timeslot on rival station {{wp|Three (TV channel)|TV3}}, which aired reruns of {{Ash}}'s [[S01|first journey]] through the [[Kanto]] region and showed the first screenings of ''[[S02|Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands]]''. Broadcasting on TV3 ended with the final episode of ''[[S04|Pokémon: Johto League Champions]]''.

''[[S11|Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension]]'' and ''[[S12|Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles]]'' have yet to show on free-to-air television in New Zealand, but is shown on a daily basis on {{wp|Cartoon Network (Australia)|Cartoon Network}}, which is broadcast on {{wp|Sky Network Television}}, a pay-per-view network. Cartoon Network has shown episodes from every series of the anime.  

{{wp|Disney XD (Australia and New Zealand)|Disney XD}} began airing the series with ''[[S20|Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'' on July 2, 2018.

''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'', and ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]'' were screened in theaters; while ''[[M04|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest]]'' and ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'' were released straight to video. ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'' and ''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]'' were not initially released in New Zealand, but they both aired on TV2 multiple times before finally being released on DVD on November 9, 2016, although the ''Destiny Deoxys'' DVD had previously been imported from the [[Pokémon in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] by The Warehouse in 2014. ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'', ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'', ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]'', ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'', ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'', and ''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'' have all been released on DVD.

''[[M14|White—Victini and Zekrom/Black—Victini and Reshiram]]'' was released on DVD March 21, 2012, following a two-day limited release of ''White—Victini and Zekrom'' in theaters in February. With thanks to Hoyts, Bulbagarden was able to provide 10 free double passes to this screening. ''[[M15|Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice]]'', ''[[M16|Genesect and the Legend Awakened]]'', ''[[M17|Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction]]'', ''[[M18|Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'', ''[[M19|Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel]]'', and ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'' have also been released on DVD in New Zealand. Additionally, the English dub of ''[[M18|Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'' made its world premiere at selected Hoyts cinemas in New Zealand on November 5, 2015, with the [[Pokémon in Australia|Australian]] premiere following two hours later.

''[[Pokémon Origins]]'' was released on DVD in New Zealand by Beyond Entertainment on May 21, 2014.

[[Pokémon manga]] titles translated by [[Chuang Yi]] were previously available in New Zealand, distributed by {{wp|Madman Entertainment}}. Pokémon manga is somewhat hard to find in New Zealand, but can be obtained in specialist shops.