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An image featuring a kākāpō is sitting on a branch.

Following the next breeding season of the world's favourite parrot

Kākāpō Files is back with season 2

Kākāpō Files II 01 | The Birds are Back

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files IISeason 7 / Episode 1

Summer roadie listens

Load up these top RNZ podcasts for your summer road trip listening pleasure.

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17 podcasts

  • The title of the programme "Nau Mai Town" in the style of iconic New Zealand road signs

    Nau Mai Town

    Travelling Aotearoa to learn about place names and their origins.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Search and Rescue

    Search & Rescue NZ

    Gripping tales of search and rescue operations from around Aotearoa.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • Mist shrouded bush covered hills fill the background, in front the text reads "Deer Wars" is a font reminiscent of Westerns along with a pair of crossed antlers

    Deer Wars

    The life & death struggle to control deer in New Zealand's back country.

  • 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

    The controversial question no-one needed to ask - did the ship RMS Titanic sink?

  • Title "Nellie's Baby" overtop old photographs and a dark hallway

    Nellie's Baby

    An asylum, an adoption, and a search for truth.

  • Illustration of the country New Zealand with a dotted walking line from the top of the North Island to Stewart Island. The text in front of this reads "Bruce Hopkins, The Long Way Home". The 'O' in 'Long' is an illustrated compass, and an illustration of a tramping pack sits under the word "Way".

    The Long Way Home

    Bruce Hopkins walks his father's & brother's ashes back home to Stewart Island.

  • 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 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?

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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8 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

  • 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

    Featured in Spotify Charts for Best True Crime of 2025

On a pink-and-white checkered background, sitting atop a blue bar, is text reading: "OA."

Join Coco Solid and her crew as they chat pop culture, indigenous knowledge and more

From the Creative NZ, NZ On Air and RNZ arts and culture co-fund

Cool kids content for the holidays

Keeping the kids entertained and informed with stories, science and news.

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8 podcasts

  • A cheerful woman (Suzy Cato) smiles at the viewer wearing glasses and an orange top. Text reads "Suzy and friends" and has a smile shape underneath.

    Suzy & Friends

    New episode

    Join Suzy & Friends for a weekly slice of a kiwi kid’s life!

  • A bright blue background with stars and a few graphic elements drawn in perspective. A shiny title 'Sci Fi' in the top right corner and 'Sci Fact' in the bottom left corner.

    Sci Fi / Sci Fact

    Experts take an idea from fiction and see how it stands up IRL.

  • A podcast cover for "The Best of Story Time" with an abstract illustration featuring the name of the podcast.

    Best of Storytime

    The latest and greatest children's stories and songs from NZ.

  • A vibrant collage-style image with a backdrop of text from a newspaper. In the center, there is a silhouette of a broadcast tower with orange lightning bolts around it. In large, bold letters, 'ICYMI' is displayed with 'IN CASE YOU MISSED IT' below it. On the left, a boy dressed as an old-fashioned newsboy holds up a newspaper. On the right, a girl with a red bandana and a plaid shirt shouts into a megaphone.

    ICYMI

    News & explainers for NZ's 8-12 year-old tamariki.

  • A pink background featuring the word 'ELEMENTAL' spelled out using periodic table-style blocks. Each block contains a black letter and a number, resembling chemical element symbols. In the lower-left corner, there is a logo with a spiral design in white on a red background.

    Elemental

    A journey through the periodic table of elements.

Protecting Aotearoa's environment

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

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9 podcasts

  • 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 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.

  • 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 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.

  • 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

All things music

Tune in to RNZ's musical content.

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12 podcasts

  • 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.

  • Birds-eye-view of an illustrated black vinyl record with a yellow centre and red tonearm, on a blue insert and a red background. The text 'Sampler' reads in white on the right hand side from bottom to top.

    The Sampler

    New episode

    Deep dives and interviews on new albums and beyond.

  • A podcast cover for "The Blerta Years" with a black and white photo of a group of musisians, standing in front of a wall. It has blue top and bottom margins.

    The Blerta Years

    A documentary charting the history of the band Blerta.

  • Charlotte Ryan smiles wearing bright red lipstick and a Kate Sylvester T-shirt, text reads "Music 101 Interviews". Bright blue background.

    Music 101 Interviews

    The biggest stars & best musicians answer questions you've always wanted to ask.

  • A podcast cover for "Crowded House" with an old round photo of the band on a blue background.

    Crowded House

    Stories of one of Australasia's best loved bands.

  • Round image of the "Split Enz" band on a blue background. Text reads Enzology.

    Enzology

    The story of New Zealand's most iconic band - Split Enz.

  • Text reads "The Secret Life Of..." on a blue background, with an image of a person's back and the word "Crew" in bold on their black t-shirt as they watch an out of focus band performance on stage.

    The Secret Life Of...

    Celebrating the music industry people who work backstage or behind the glass.

Latest releases

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

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21 podcasts

  • On a pink-and-white checkered background is a circular blue logo with text reading: "Orators Anonymous."

    Orators Anonymous

    New episode

    A Māori Pasifika queer-coded podcast covering pop culture and more.

  • 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

    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

    Te reo Māori

    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.

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?

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