Warner Bros Discovery‘s direct-to-consumer streaming service HBO Max will officially launch in Aotearoa on June 16.
The service will also become available in the Cook Islands and Tokelau.
HBO library
HBO Max will be home to original shows like the third season of House of the Dragon, landing on the service in June at the same time as its US premiere.
Additional new HBO and Max Originals launching in the second half of 2026 includes Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness (from Larry David, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground), Lanterns (from DC Studios), Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (from The Big Bang Theory universe) and the fourth season of The Gilded Age.
It also includes the eight-episode first season of the upcoming HBO Original Harry Potter series, titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Subscribers will be able access other originals such as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Euphoria, The Last of Us, The Wire, The White Lotus and Succession and films like Sinners, Weapons and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Much more to come
Michael Brooks, Warner Bros. Discovery managing director, Australia and New Zealand, says: “New Zealanders have a well-earned reputation for creativity and originality, which we believe is one of the reasons our premium content slate has always resonated so strongly with audiences here.
“When we launch HBO Max on June 16, it will be coming off the back of an incredible awards season, and there is still so much more to come in 2026, starting with House of the Dragon in June, right through to the biggest TV event of the year with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone at Christmas.”
