pukunui
Legend
Sometimes but not always! When I first moved here 20+ years ago, we'd generally get shows and movies late if at all. These days, though, it's a real mixed bag. I can remember when it was a big deal for local streaming services to be able to put out certain shows at the same time as they went live in the US! While there are still movies and shows we'll get later, it's definitely become more expected that we'll get stuff at the same time ... and occasionally we'll even get something first!
Like Netflix gave us both parts of Wednesday Season 2 on our Wednesday, rather than making us wait till our Thursday (which would be Wednesday in the US).
It can even be different on the same platform! For instance, our public broadcaster, TVNZ, has a free, ad-based streaming platform, and they are able to make deals with the big international studios to host big name shows here without us having to pay for the original streaming service subscription. Currently I'm watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds that way, and we've been getting new episodes at the same time as everyone else. Meanwhile, TVNZ has also recently added the US Office spinoff The Paper, but whereas Peacock dumped the whole season onto its platform at once, TVNZ is drip-feeding it to us weekly.
