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Black and white grainy image. Prison bars appear behind then, with the word 'Nark' in all caps in white with a black strip behind the words.

A prison murder, a jailbreak and a love story. But is it justice?

Award Winners & Chart Toppers

Check out the RNZ podcasts that won big at the 2025 NZ Podcast Awards, or featured on Apple Podcasts top charts of the year

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6 podcasts

  • Test reads "The detail" where the dot on the "I" is highlighted.

    The Detail

    New episode

    Winner of Best Current Affairs Podcast at the 2025 NZ Podcast Awards

  • A grayscale illustration with a central depiction of an iceberg and a ship's bow featuring a spiral eye design. The background is filled with radiating lines and question marks. The names 'TIM BATT' and 'CARLO RITCHIE' are written in large black letters curved around the top of the image. The text 'DID TITANIC SINK?' is prominently displayed in large, green, textured capital letters at the bottom of the image. The overall design has a vintage, mysterious feel.

    Did Titanic Sink?

    Award-winning

    Silver Winner of Best Comedy and Best Fiction at the 2025 NZ Podcast Awards

  • Witi Ihimaera looks up. Behind him and going over his shoulders is a graphic of water. Centered at the bottom is text that reads: "Witi Underwater."

    Witi Underwater

    Award-winning

    Bronze Winner of Best Radio Podcast at the 2025 NZ Podcast Awards

  • A woman with short grey hair stares directly forward with a half-smile, text reads "Kim Hill Wants to Know".

    Kim Hill Wants To Know

    Award-winning

    Featured in the Apple Podcasts Top New Shows, Most Followed Shows, Top Society & Culture charts for 2025

  • Image of a smiling woman with her hands raised in the air in a "praising" style. The words "The Lodge" appear above her hands. Her eyes are covered with a teared page rip across her face and across the image below. There are mountains in the distance behind her. The image is in a purple wash.

    The Lodge

    Award-winning

    Featured in the Apple Podcasts Top New Shows, Top Series and Top Episodes charts for 2025

Always on

Catch up with some of our popular weekly podcasts.

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16 podcasts

  • Sketch-style white line drawing of New Zealand’s Beehive parliamentary building on a dark background, with the words ‘Politics NZ’ in white text above.

    Politics NZ

    New episode

    Stay in the know. All of RNZ's politics podcasts in one place.

  • Podcast title 'Here Now' in front of a colourful background with overlaid shapes. A map of New Zealand is also overlaid over the coloured shapes.

    Here Now

    New episode

    What do 27% of NZers all have in common? They were born overseas.

  • An abstract heart constructed from shapes similar to rural fields seen in aerial photography sits behind the text 'Country Life'.

    Country Life

    New episode

    Head out to the farms & back roads to hear the stories of rural New Zealand.

  • A grey and blue hypnotising illustration on the background with a large title saying "Mediawatch" and words "weekly since 2001" above the title.

    Mediawatch

    New episode

    A critical look at the New Zealand media.

  • A stylised photograph of a paua shell mimicking the image of 'earth' with the podcast title 'our changing world' on top.

    Our Changing World

    New episode

    Stories of NZ science and nature from out in the field and inside the labs.

  • Test reads "The detail" where the dot on the "I" is highlighted.

    The Detail

    New episode

    The big news explained, by the country's best journalists and experts.

  • Cover image in deep blue and periwinkle tones featuring the text 'Short Story Stack' in bold white serif font, with 'Audiobook Collection' in smaller text above. Stylized vertical book spines line the right side of the image.

    Short Story Stack

    A stack of short stories by independent and published writers from all over NZ.

  • Cover image in teal and seafoam green tones featuring the text 'The Playhouse' in bold black serif font, with 'Audio Collection' in smaller uppercase text above. Stylized vertical book spines in varying green hues line the right edge of the image.

    The Play House

    Listen here for RNZ's collection of plays, dramas and comedies

  • A minimalist design with vertical bars in blue, yellow, gray, green, red, and orange arranged in varying heights to resemble a bar chart. The title is in bold, black text below the bars.

    Focus on Politics

    New episode

    The big political issues unpacked every week.

  • Hand-drawn doodles on a light background. The title is written in a blue, playful font in the center. Around the title are various doodles, including children, a house, a kiwi bird, and an elderly couple. There is also a red heart, a blue car, and stars scattered around the cover.

    It Takes A Village

    New episode

    Practical, expert advice on how to tackle the challenges of modern parenting.

  • A podcast cover for "Nine to noon politics" with the title on a yellow background. Inside of the letter "O" there is a small picture of the Parlament bulding.

    Nine To Noon Politics

    New episode

    Head-to-head, top commentators pick over the week in politics.

  • An illustrated motif representing people from the Pacific gathered around a sun.

    Tagata o te Moana

    Wrapping up the big Pacific news, issues, information & music each week.

  • An illustrated motif representing people from the Pacific gathered around a sun sits behind a photographic portrait of Susana Suisuiki.

    Pacific Waves

    New episode

    Delving deeper into the major Pacific stories each week

  • Podcast Title 'The House' set in a bold font on an outside wall, with a image of the parliament house seen through a window

    The House

    New episode

    Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament.

Blue-tinted underwater photo showing a scuba diver in full gear holding onto a large rock or underwater structure. The diver appears to be inspecting or working on something submerged. The lighting gives the image a dramatic, archival feel.

Winner of Podcast of the Year at the 2025 NZ Podcast Awards

Gold winner of Best Factual, Best Documentary and Best History podcast

Latest releases

Listen in to the latest releases from RNZ’s podcast team.

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19 podcasts

  • The name of the podcast - Thrift, decorated with stack of coins and a plant

    Thrift

    New episode

    Looking for wise ways & top tips to beat the cost of living crisis? This is it.

  • Guyon Espiner on a black background, looking at camera with logo behind him

    30 with Guyon Espiner

    New episode

    Go deep with one interview, no edits, just 30 minutes of compelling questions.

  • Black and white grainy image of Ross Appelgren (left hand side) and Darcy Te Hira (right handside) with their faces partially obscured by the end of the image. Prison bars appear behind then, with the word 'Nark' in all caps in white with a black strip behind the words.

    Nark

    New episode

    A prison murder, a jailbreak, and a love story. But is it justice?

  • Search and Rescue

    Search & Rescue NZ

    Gripping tales of search and rescue operations from around Aotearoa.

  • Sketch-style white line drawing of New Zealand’s Beehive parliamentary building on a dark background, with the words ‘Politics NZ’ in white text above.

    Politics NZ

    New episode

    Stay in the know. All of RNZ's politics podcasts in one place.

  • Image of Kura Turuwhenua, Brett Graham and Ngahuia Te Awekotuku smiling with te reo Maori word "Tukua" in neon blue behind them.

    TUKUA

    Exploring an intergenerational response to arts and cultural events.

  • A podcast cover with a bright blue background, featuring vintage vinyl records with a scratched-out song (physically scratched on the vinyl surface) and scratched-out labels, and the title Not for Broadcast.

    Not For Broadcast

    Exclusive

    Not For Broadcast tells the story of New Zealand’s banned songs.

  • Stylised shapes representing the flow of ideas frame the word "Paewhiri".

    Paewhiri

    New episode

    A bi-lingual chatcast steeped in te ao Māori.

  • Two men face the camera with serious but open expressions. Text reads "Context, Corin Dann and Guyon Espiner"

    Context

    It's the backstory to the front page with Guyon Espiner and Corin Dann.

  • A sharp yellow pencil is placed in the center of a tile with a light grey background. The title 'Recovering' is above the pencil, with an underscore after 'Re'. The Media Chaplaincy New Zealand logo is at the bottom of the tile.

    re_covering

    NZ journalists discuss the one story that impacted them most.

  • Image of a smiling woman with her hands raised in the air in a "praising" style. The words "The Lodge" appear above her hands. Her eyes are covered with a teared page rip across her face and across the image below. There are mountains in the distance behind her. The image is in a purple wash.

    The Lodge

    Award-winning

    In a world obsessed with wellness, would you trust a cult to make you better?

  • Witi Ihimaera looks up. Behind him and going over his shoulders is a graphic of water. Centered at the bottom is text that reads: "Witi Underwater."

    Witi Underwater

    Award-winning

    Witi Ihimaera throws himself into a full-immersion Māori language course.

  • A woman with short grey hair stares directly forward with a half-smile, text reads "Kim Hill Wants to Know".

    Kim Hill Wants To Know

    Award-winning

    Kim Hill is back with intelligent, incisive and engrossing conversations.

Protecting Aotearoa's environment

Podcasts on the environment and the people fighting to protect it.

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8 podcasts

  • A centred image of Hillary Hut in the New Zealand Antarctic station of Scott Base. The hut is named in honour of Sir Edmund Hillary and was a kitset erected in 1957. It was recently repainted in its original colours of yellow and orange. Mountains can be seen in the background and 'Voices from Antarctica' text sits above against blue sky.

    Voices from Antarctica

    Alison Ballance finds out what it takes to live in and do science in Antarctica.

  • A square image where the top half is the a deep blue ocean with wave lines, and the bottom half of the image is white ice with light wave lines and small penguins. The words 'Voice of the Sea Ice' appears in the middle.

    Voice of the Sea Ice

    Step out onto the ice and learn how Antarctica's future will impact us all.

  • Stylised kelp graphic ontop of dark ocean coloured background, with 'Voice of Tangaroa' on top

    Voice of Tangaroa

    Exploring the state of our oceans & the extraordinary life that calls it home.

  • A stylised photograph of a paua shell mimicking the image of 'earth' with the podcast title 'our changing world' on top.

    Our Changing World

    New episode

    Stories of NZ science and nature from out in the field and inside the labs.

  • A bright green podcast tile featuring Kākāpō and a large title saying "Kākāpō files 2".

    Kākāpō Files II

    New episode

    Following the next breeding season of the world’s favourite parrot.

  • Moody dark blue skies with text reading "Voice of the Iceberg" above several icebergs and choppy dark water.

    Voice of the Iceberg

    Sail to Antarctica to discover the sights - & unforgettable sounds - of icebergs

True crime

Delve into some of RNZ's darker stories.

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8 podcasts

  • A dark green background with stars, the title "Gone Fishing" in bold letters with a red target overlay, and the tagline 'Mayhem. Murder... Maybe.' Below, a winding road with a red car and silhouetted trees.

    Gone Fishing

    Mayhem. Murder. Maybe... Did Gail Maney do it or not?

  • Promotional image for the 'Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big' podcast. A moody black and white landscape is mirrored vertically and horizontally, creating a rorschach like effect with the name of the podcast in a vibrant green overlaid.

    Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big

    David Lyttle told undercover police he was a murderer. But can he be believed?

  • Black and white grainy image of Ross Appelgren (left hand side) and Darcy Te Hira (right handside) with their faces partially obscured by the end of the image. Prison bars appear behind then, with the word 'Nark' in all caps in white with a black strip behind the words.

    Nark

    New episode

    A prison murder, a jailbreak, and a love story. But is it justice?

  • An illustrated portrait of Peter Ellis that looks distorted by glass. A bold 'CONVICTION' sits on top.

    Conviction

    Who can you believe? Go deep into the Christchurch Civic Creche case.

  • A silhouetted figure stands in the "O" of the word "Lost". Clouds are in the top of the image and the ground is made up of a newspaper headline about a disappearance.

    The Lost

    The true stories of New Zealand's missing people... & those left behind.

  • A podcast cover for "Crimes NZ' with a podcast name on dark noisy background.

    Crimes NZ

    Jesse Mulligan talks with people about their relationship to major crimes in NZ.

  • A large open eye in black and white appears between a family photo with the eyes blacked out and an old audio recorder on the left, and the NZ parliament building on the right. Below are documents with stamps and images. Bold text in the centre reads 'The Service'.

    The Service

    At the height of the Cold War laws are bent to breaking point.

  • The words "Black Sheep" are displayed in a vintage font above a black sheep with a creepy red eye.

    Black Sheep

    The shady, controversial & sometimes downright villainous characters of NZ.

A woman with short grey hair half-smiles in front of a background of repeating text with "Kim Hill Wants to Know" highlighted

Celebrating the Apple Podcasts chart-toppers for 2025

Top New Shows, Most Followed Shows, Top Society & Culture

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