Foreign Minister Winston Peters, middle, launched the new RNZ's Pacific Shortwave Transmitter on 1 August 2024 in Wellington. In attendance were the High Commissioners or Consular representatives from Kiribati, Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji, PNG and Solomon Islands. The service provides news and critical safety information across the Pacific service reaching 19 countries and nearly 2 million listeners. Photo: X / @NewZealandMFA
New Zealand's deputy Prime Minister says shortwave radio in the Pacific is "more important now" than it was in 1990 when RNZ Pacific first broadcasted into the region.
Radio New Zealand went live today with its new shortwave transmitter replacing its old one that dates back to 1989.
Pacific high commissioners in New Zealand and foreign affairs minister Winston Peters met in RNZ House in Wellington to celebrate the launch while another delegation from RNZ was at the transmitter site in Rangitaiki near Taupō.
RNZ Pacific's Caleb Fotheringham has more.
