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| 2024 | HBO channel rebranded from SoHo |
| May 2024 | Stuff revealed the new news bulletin service would be called ThreeNews. |
| April 16 2024 | Warner Bros. Discovery and Stuff jointly confirmed that Stuff would produce 6pm news bulletins for Three, starting 6 July, with Stuff planning to hire less than 40-50 former Newshub staff. |
| April 10 2024 | Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed Newshub would air its final bulletin on 5 July 2024, rejecting a staff proposal for a reduced news bulletin service. |
| February 28 2024 | Warner Bros. Discovery proposed shutting down Newshub's news division permanently starting 1 July, with 300 staff expected to lose their jobs due to significant decline in TV ad revenues. |
| 2022 | Choice TV rebranded to Eden. |
| 2022 | The Edge TV and Breeze TV went off air, making way for new Rush, Eden, and Eden+1 (timeshift) channels. |
| 2022 | Under Warner Bros. Discovery ownership, Eden, ThreePlus1, and Rush channels were added or continued |
| April 20 2022 | World Rugby and Spark Sport announced that Three would be the free-to-air broadcaster for the Rugby World Cup 2021, held in New Zealand from 8 October to 12 November 2022. |
| April 8 2022 | Discovery, Inc. acquired WarnerMedia from AT&T, creating Warner Bros. Discovery and merging Discovery New Zealand with its assets Newshub and channel Three. |
| 2021 | ID channel launched in New Zealand |
| 2021 | Food Network was closed in New Zealand. |
| November 10 2021 | Announcement made about rebranding Choice TV to Gusto, which was later changed to 'eden' channel with new programming including Newshub Live at 8pm. |
| May 13 2021 | Newshub closed its Dunedin office as part of a restructuring of Discovery's business operations in Australia and New Zealand. |
| April 27 2021 | Discovery Inc. confirmed restructuring of business operations in Australia and New Zealand, aiming to incorporate Three, Bravo, and Newshub into a single trans-Tasman organisation. |
| December 1 2020 | The subsidiary was rebranded as Discovery New Zealand and renamed to Discovery NZ Limited. |
| December 1 2020 | Acquisition of MediaWorks TV by Discovery, Inc. was finalized. |
| September 7 2020 | MediaWorks confirmed the sale of its entire television arm including Three, Bravo, The Edge TV, The Breeze TV, ThreeNow streaming service, and Newshub to Discovery, Inc. |
| May 25 2020 | MediaWorks CEO Michael Anderson announced the elimination of 130 jobs in sales, out-of-home, and radio divisions due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| April 16 2020 | ThreeLife + 1 was replaced by a simulcast of The Breeze, then The Breeze TV. |
| March 26 2020 | ThreeLife and ThreeLife + 1 went off air, with ThreeLife being replaced by The Edge TV. |
| March 25 2020 | ThreeLife went off air and was replaced by The Edge TV, with its timeshift channel replaced by Breeze TV. |
| 2019 | Discovery, Inc. acquired Eden and HGTV television channels. |
| October 18 2019 | MediaWorks announced intentions to sell its television division including Three, ThreeLife, and Bravo, along with its Flower Street head office and studios. |
| July 1 2019 | The Edge TV moved exclusively online and was replaced on TV by ThreeLife + 1. |
| 2018 | The Edge TV was added to digital platforms, and ThreeLife channel was introduced. |
| April 15 2018 | MediaWorks launched ThreeLife, a lifestyle channel. |
| 2017 | Three and ThreePlus1 channels were launched |
| 2017 | TV3 was rebranded as Three. |
| 2016 | HGTV television channel launched after being acquired by Discovery, Inc. |
| August 2016 | Michael Anderson was appointed as CEO of MediaWorks. |
| May 2016 | MediaWorks and NBCUniversal Television Distribution entered a joint venture and revamped FOUR into the reality television channel Bravo. |
| 2015 | TLC and Discovery Turbo channels launched in New Zealand |
| 2014 | Living channel acquired by Discovery, Inc. |
| 2014 | Timeshift channel Four Plus 1 was launched, and The Edge TV replaced C4. |
| 2014 | Discovery, Inc. acquired the Food Network channel. |
| 2014 | The Edge TV was launched, broadcasting music videos and entertainment news. |
| 2012 | Eden television channel launched, initially known as Choice TV. |
| 2011 | C42 was replaced by Four and converted to a music show for C4. |
| 2011 | TV4 returned as FOUR, taking over C4's Channel 4 position, and C4 2 was converted to a music show on Freeview Channel 9. |
| 2011 | HBO channel launched in New Zealand, initially branded as SoHo |
| February 2011 | Four television brand relaunched. |
| 2010 | C4 2 channel was launched. |
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