It was also available on Freeview and was launched on 1 February 1984 with funding raised in the 1981 New Zealand Telethon, to provide news and information for the deaf.
TVNZ announced in December 2012 that the information service would close on 2 April 2013 due to the decreasing number of regular users, but television captions will continue.
TVNZ had announced that the plans to discontinue the service as early as 2009.
[2] TVNZ cited the reasons for closure due to the ageing equipment used and the reduce need for such a service as most information can now be found online.
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