Channel North Television

www.channelnorth.co.nz

Channel North Television transmits on UHF 40/623.25 MHZ, and reaches over 45,000 households in the greater Whangarei area. Transmission is 24 hours a day, and local programmes screen between 1 pm – 11 pm . At other times the station rebroadcasts Stratos, a nation wide satellite service broadcasting current events, news and documentaries, and other international satellite programming.

Who are we?
Northland TV Charitable Trust is an organisation that runs a community television station based in Whangarei , New Zealand .  Our Board of Trustees has a broad representation of the community. Within the arts we have representation from the Visual Arts, Music, and Video sectors, and we have strong representation from the education and business sectors of community. 

Our transmission equipment is owned by Manaia View School , who we have a strong partnership with and who are a third shareholder of Channel North Television.

Channel North Television employs 6 full time paid staff; Station Manager, Project Manager, Producer, two Production staff, and an administrator. Manaia View School employs a full time Producer to produce Pukeko Echo, a children’s show made by children for children. They also employ a full time Media teacher, to ensure all the surrounding intermediate age children are trained in television, for input in Pukeko Echo.

Channel North Television also employs two part time voluntary staff; a business manager and a Broadcast Technician. We also rely heavily on the voluntary time and efforts of another 36 people. These people are from our board of trustees, the Diploma in Digital MultiMedia at NorthTec, and students from local schools taking part in work placement programmes.

Our strongest representation is from the educations sector with our three main partners with stakes in that sector, 155 Community House, Northtec, and Manaia View School .  155 Community House manages the 155 Kura, which has a strong focus on helping kids that do not fit into the current educational system.  Northtec, the local polytechnic in Whangarei, focuses on getting our young people ready for the wide world in their industry of choice, and lifelong learning.  Manaia View School, a local primary school, has a strong focus on education not being something that you just do at school, but something that you do as a family, as a community. 

Our History
Northland TV Charitable Trust started in late 2005 after a meeting of community organisations interested in investigating the possibility of providing a local television station.  There was representation from four main groups; Manaia View School who would host the Station and provide a link to all other local schools, One Double Five Community House and NorthTec who are currently offering film courses, and Directors and Producers interested in a regional station to showcase local material.

Our Vision
We have seen a severe lack in the multimedia industry in Northland.  Local producers struggle to get by and our local talent in this area subside on dead end jobs or on benefits until they get their chance to shine.  One of the major problems is that when our local talent get a chance to shine it is elsewhere.  Whangarei is slowly loosing its most precious resource, its people.  Our long term goal is to not only stop the slow migration away from Whangarei but reverse it, attracting talented people to our area.