Media Releases

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  • New Podcast: Witi Underwater

    Whale Rider creator Witi Ihimaera throws himself in the deep end in new podcast Witi Underwater

    Released 10:15 am on 12 June 2025
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  • RNZ100: New podcast reflects on RNZ’s role connecting Kiwis with events of national significance

    As the public media broadcaster celebrates its 100th birthday, RNZ is looking back at how it has been a source of connection for New Zealanders through different moments in the country’s history. 

    This reflection comes in the form of a new podcast, called RNZ100: A century of stories. The six episodes, released weekly from today, revisit significant events in history, some of which had worldwide impacts and others were unique to New Zealand.

    Released 2:17 pm on 5 June 2025
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  • The story of the small kura that took on giants returns with a powerful sequel

    Released in early 2024, Ruamata: It’s More Than Hockey is the story of a team from a small kura kaupapa Māori that went to the highest level of school hockey, competing at the Rankin Cup. The behind-the-scenes story of the documentary is equally compelling – an emerging production team, a local story told in te reo Māori and the project being awarded Best Sports Programme at the 2024 NZ TV Awards.

    Released 1:58 pm on 29 May 2025
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  • RNZ continues to build trust in its 100th year

    RNZ has improved its trust result by 7 points in only six months.

    The growth in trust was captured in RNZ’s latest audience survey by Verian Research, which featured a larger sample of 2000 New Zealanders. In the survey 56% agree RNZ is an organisation you can trust – up from 49% on the previous result.

    Released 10:59 am on 27 May 2025
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  • Monthly highlights: June

    Radio news and new content coming to RNZ in June.

     

    Released 11:46 am on 26 May 2025
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  • Family and friends seek to solve a mystery four decades on in new podcast Kelly Tarlton’s Final Treasure Hunt

    Kelly Tarlton is widely known as the visionary behind Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World. What's less known is that Tarlton was also a highly successful treasure hunter of shipwrecks across the globe. 40 years after his death a team made up of friends, family and marine enthusiasts embark upon an adventure to complete one of his final expeditions, setting off to find the location of one of the oldest European artifacts in New Zealand - the third anchor of the St Jean Baptiste.

    Released 11:02 am on 16 May 2025
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  • Monthly highlights: May

    Radio news and new content coming to RNZ in May

    Released 10:31 am on 23 April 2025
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  • RNZ turns 100 - a proud century of keeping Kiwis connected, informed and entertained

    RNZ is marking the milestone of its 100th birthday with the launch today of its Centenary Scholarships – five scholarships worth up to $8000 each to support the journalists of tomorrow.

    RNZ is also planning to celebrate its birthday with its audience through a podcast that will examine how the public broadcaster has been a place of connection for Kiwis through significant New Zealand events.

    Released 9:58 am on 13 April 2025
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  • Monthly Highlights: April

    Radio news and new content on rnz.co.nz.

    Released 10:20 am on 25 March 2025
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  • RNZ to run political poll

    Public media organisation RNZ is launching a new political poll. The poll builds on the former Newshub-Reid Research Poll, which ran successfully from 2009 to 2023.  

    Released 10:59 am on 21 March 2025
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  • RNZ releases first independent content assessment

    RNZ has released an external assessment of its coverage and handling of complaints relating to Israel/Palestine issues since the start of the most recent conflict until July 2024. It is the first of what will be annual assessments of aspects of RNZ’s coverage.

    Released 12:17 pm on 14 March 2025
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  • Shine On Katherine Mansfield: Today's creatives inspired by her legacy

    Katherine Mansfield’s not dead. She lives vibrantly in hearts and minds of scores of people here and everywhere, 100 years since she died.

    Released 10:52 am on 13 March 2025
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  • Explore the future of Antarctica in new podcast

    Step into a frozen world with New Zealand researchers investigating the future of Antarctica with a new podcast Voice of the Sea Ice launching today.

    Released 10:31 am on 6 March 2025
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  • Monthly highlights: March

    Radio news, events, and new content coming to RNZ in March

    Released 10:20 am on 25 February 2025
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  • New visual podcast Treaty Talks a resource for learning

    Treaty Talks, hosted by Kara Rickard (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Koata, Tainui), is an eight-part visual podcast series that seeks to educate Māori and non-Māori audiences alike about the Treaty of Waitangi and its historical and contemporary significance.

    Released 9:59 am on 4 February 2025
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  • RNZ appoints Andrew Holden as Complaints Custodian

    RNZ has appointed distinguished journalist and editor Andrew Holden to the role of Complaints Custodian where he will oversee RNZ’s vitally important system for formal complaints, ensuring the maintenance of public trust and confidence in RNZ’s work.

    Released 11:08 am on 30 January 2025
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  • Seven stories of love, humility, and sacrifice in new documentary series Farewell Guangdong

    Launching tomorrow to coincide with Chinese New Year, Farewell Guangdong is a celebration of women from the Chinese New Zealand community and their harrowing journey to New Zealand. 

    Released 10:59 am on 28 January 2025
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  • RNZ's 2025 programming highlights

    RNZ National and RNZ Concert summer schedules wrap up on Sunday 26 January, with the regular programmes and presenters back on air from Monday 27 January.

    RNZ Pacific’s key news programme and podcast Pacific Waves is also back on air from next week.
     

    Released 11:59 am on 23 January 2025
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  • RNZ to retire Waingawa AM transmission mast

    RNZ is retiring its AM transmission mast at Waingawa, Masterton. The mast has reached the end of its service life and overlapping signals from other AM/FM sites already cover the transmission region.

    Released 11:13 am on 16 January 2025
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  • RNZ Monthly highlights: December & January

    Radio news, events, and new content coming to RNZ over the summer period

    Released 11:28 am on 27 November 2024
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