25 Years (television Special)

25 Years (television Special)

25 Years was a three and a half hour television special that began at 7:30pm, June 1, 1985 on Television New Zealand's TV ONE channel.

The special was held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of television in New Zealand and was hosted by a variety of well known New Zealand celebrities, both past and present. The special was memorable for the return to TV of three New Zealand television icons - Ginette McDonald (as her alter ego Lynn Of Tawa) and the return of the cast of South Pacific Television's highly successful comedy series "A Week Of It" starring lead comedians David McPhail and Jon Gadsby.

At the time 25 Years was the first programme to be given a 3hr time slot, although eventually it ran overtime to three and a half hours.