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Before 24-hr TV, there was Goodnight Kiwi, a short animation that bade viewers goodnight once the day's broadcasting ended. Each night the plucky Kiwi shut up shop at the TV station, put out the milk, and caught the lift up the tower to sleep in a satellite dish with The Cat. For a generation of kids Goodnight Kiwi became a much-loved symbol of staying up well past your bedtime. Viewers never questioned why our nocturnal national icon was going to bed at night, or sharing a bed with a cat. The tune is an arrangement of a Māori lullaby, 'Hine e Hine'.
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I left NZ in '79 and I watched this, or a version of it before '81 and for a while before that. Love it!
How can we bring this wonderful little clip back? Perhaps as suggested, at 7.30 or so when the wee ones go to bed. It's too good to be left in a file somewhere!
Please bring it back Nz it's a part of us! it could be played when the littlies should go to bed
When the tv broke down, the kiwi tripped over a cable and had stars swirly round his head.
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Television, 1990 (Full Length)
This David Bellamy-presented series features Kiwi
Television, 2007 (Full Length)
Features a Kiwi being born
Television, 1986 (Full Length)
Goodnight Kiwi and his mate The Cat make an appearance in this Top Town final
Television, 1983 (Full Length)
The iconic cartoon is used for political satire here
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Bernie
Posted at 06.44PM - 13.03.2013
Well if this doesn't take you home. back then what would ? :-)