item details
NameColour television set, 'K9' model, Philips brand
ProductionPhilips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd.; manufacturer(s); 1973; New Zealand
Classificationtelevision receivers, furniture, television
Materialsplastic, glass, wood, metal, paper, adhesive, wire, cloth
Materials SummaryWooden frame/surround, plastic buttons, glass screen, metal, paper and adhesive stickers, plastic coated wire and cloth under the screen at the front (over the speaker?)
DimensionsOverall: 460mm (width), 792mm (height), 755mm (length)
Registration NumberGH012072
Credit lineGift of the Paterson Family, 2009
Overview
This K9 colour television set was one of the first colour televisions to be released in New Zealand, and was purchased by the Paterson family in Wellington in August 1973.
Television was first broadcast in New Zealand in 1960. Through the 1960s, New Zealanders quickly adopted it: the number of licensed sets rose from 4600 in 1961 to over 500,000 in 1966 (New Zealand Official Year Book, 1990. p. 340). Colour television broadcasts began in 1973.