Media Releases

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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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  • RNZ achieves record connection with audiences 

    RNZ is engaging with a record 80% of New Zealanders aged 18-plus with its content a month.* 

    Released 11:04 am on 26 November 2024
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  • New podcast: Kim Hill wants to Know

    Kim Hill is back asking questions in her inimitable style for her new podcast Kim Hill Wants to Know launching today.

    Released 10:03 am on 19 November 2024
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  • New podcast: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior

    The story behind the Rainbow Warrior's final mission

    Released 10:07 am on 13 November 2024
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  • Bringing arts and culture stories to New Zealanders – three new podcasts coming in 2025

    A podcast taking listeners on a gallery visit with an art critic, an artist and rangatahi Māori; an exploration through New Zealand’s bold Māori art history and its intersection with societal change; and a podcast of collective voices, bringing Māori and Pasifika queer artists, academics and thinkers together to exchange ideas, are the three podcasts that have been backed to bring more arts and culture coverage to New Zealanders’ ears.

    Released 2:36 pm on 1 November 2024
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  • Monthly highlights: November

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

    Released 10:00 am on 22 October 2024
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