# TVNZ Teletext > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/TVNZ_Teletext > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/TVNZ_Teletext.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVNZ_Teletext > Source revision: 1275084582 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2007}} '''TVNZ teletext''' was the only analogue [teletext](/source/teletext) in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). It was also available on [Freeview](/source/Freeview_(New_Zealand)) and was launched on 1 February 1984 with funding raised in the 1981 New Zealand [Telethon](/source/Telethon), to provide news and information for the deaf.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081021100046/http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_site_images/tvnz_teletext_brochure.pdf TVNZ Teletext brochure] The service was improved in 2006, incorporating more information. Teletext was available to viewers of TVNZ channels such as TV One, TV2 and [TVNZ U](/source/TVNZ_U). The service was also available on privately owned station [TV3](/source/Three_(TV_channel)); unlike TVNZ, it was available only on its terrestrial service. A separate Teletext service is available to Trackside viewers on page 600; this service has continued to operate following the closure of the TVNZ service. TAB horse was also available on the TVNZ service. ==Closure== TVNZ announced in December 2012 that the information service would close on 2 April 2013 due to the decreasing number of regular users, but television captions will continue. TVNZ had announced that the plans to discontinue the service as early as 2009.{{cite news |title=TVNZ is axing Teletext |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv/8075955/TVNZ-is-axing-Teletext |agency=Fairfax NZ News |newspaper=Stuff |date=13 December 2012 |accessdate=13 December 2012}} TVNZ cited the reasons for closure due to the ageing equipment used and the reduce need for such a service as most information can now be found online. ==Pages and content== It carried: *World and New Zealand news *Extensive weather information, including marine and coastal forecasts *Sports news, results and statistics *Business news *Financial market information *International and domestic flight arrivals and departures *TV schedules *Lottery results *TAB horse racing and sports betting odds and results (still available on [Trackside Channel](/source/TAB_Trackside), page 600) *Lifestyle information such as horoscopes It also had captions to most recorded programmes. From 2006 to its closure: *100: Index *101: News index *102: Sport index *103: Weather index *104: TV index *105: Business index *106: Travel index *109: A-Z index *110-139: News *140-149: Weather *200-299: Sport *301-304: Listings for the four main terrestrial channels for today *310: Now/Next *311-314: Listings for tomorrow *331-337: Daily highlights *400-499: Business and Travel *500: Lifestyle index *510: Horoscopes *550-552: Newsreels (international, national, sport) *555: Lotto results *600: Tabtext (Trackside) *801: Captions ==References== {{Reflist}} {{TVNZ}} {{Teletext}} {{Television in New Zealand}} Category:TVNZ Category:Teletext Category:1984 establishments in New Zealand Category:1984 in New Zealand television Category:2013 disestablishments in New Zealand Category:Defunct mass media in New Zealand {{NewZealand-tv-station-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [TVNZ Teletext](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVNZ_Teletext) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVNZ_Teletext?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.