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119 podcasts from Aotearoa’s leading podcast producer just for you.

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5 podcasts

  • After the Virus

    Mid-pandemic, Guyon Espiner explored how Covid could change the world.

    The words After the Virus appear over white arrows on a yellow background.

  • Are We There Yet?

    The pleasures, pratfalls & practical lessons of parenting in the modern world.

    A podcast cover for "Are we there yet?" With a colourful illustration featuring a family in one corner, a boy in the opposite corner and a girl below.
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    At The Movies

    Always onRNZ recommends

    Wondering what movies are worth it? We review the latest releases for you.

    A podcast cover for "At the Movies" with an abstract cinema screen with a big title.

B

6 podcasts

  • BANG!

    A frank, fun & fearless exploration of sex, sexuality & relationships.

    A white background with the word 'BANG!' in large, pink, jagged capital letters, outlined in red, and a purple shadow effect behind the text. Surrounding the word are small, scattered purple shapes. In the bottom left corner, there is a red banner with white text that reads 'Let’s talk about sex, baby.'

  • Best of Storytime

    Always onCool kids content

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

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

  • Beyond Kate

    125 years after women won the vote, what's changed? And what hasn't?

    A podcast cover for "Beyond Kate" with an illustration featuring Kate Sheppard at the suffragette protest.
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    Black Sheep

    True crimeLatest releases

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

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

C

8 podcasts

  • Caucus

    A guide through the maze of politics to the election, with frank discussion.

    A logo reads Caucus, with the see composed of a diagram of the seats in parliament. In one corner is a logo which reads "Election 2023".

  • Conviction

    True crime

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

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

    Spring bingeablesAlways on

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

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

    Crimes NZ

    True crime

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

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

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3 podcasts

  • Deer Wars

    Spring bingeables

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

    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
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    The Detail

    Always on

    Get the skinny on the big news with the country’s best journalists & experts.

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

  • Did Titanic Sink?

    Latest releases

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

    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.

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6 podcasts

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7 podcasts

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6 podcasts

  • Generation Covid

    Asking what it’s like to start your adult life during a pandemic.

    A bright green background with small dark dots. A large title says "Generation COVID" and a censored expletive is placed below it.

  • Go Ahead Caller

    It's Ken Oath, the voice of reason - cutting the crap with a heart of gold.

    A close-up of a man's surprised face against a blue background, with the title "Go Ahead Caller" in bold yellow letters across the top.

  • Gone Fishing

    True crime

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

    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.

  • Great Ideas

    Debating the big, revolutionary ideas that shape the world we live in.

    A dark blue background with a golden ratio and many different shapes with a large white title in capital letters saying "Great Ideas".

  • The Guest House

    How do Muslim New Zealanders make sense of the Christchurch mosque attacks?

    A white Muslim mosque with a golden roof surrounded by the abstract shapes of the trees on a dark green background. The text above it says "The guest house".

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6 podcasts

  • Healthy or Hoax

    We test the latest food & fitness trends. Are they good or gobbledygook?

    A woman with long dark hair and a neutral expression stands in front of a circular RNZ logo divided into green and red sections with 'HEALTHY' on the green side, 'HOAX' on the red side, and 'OR' in the middle. The woman is wearing a peach-colored blouse and a beige jacket.

  • He Kākano Ahau

    Stories that are rooted in our past to dream about the futures we want to create

    An illustration of two hands holding a round, yellow object with intricate green and red patterns. The background is a light blue color. The title "HE KĀKANO AHAU: WAWATATIA" is written in bold red and green letters at the bottom.
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    Here Now

    Always on

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

    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.
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    The House

    Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament.

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

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4 podcasts

  • ICYMI

    Cool kids content

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

    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.

  • Introducing

    New musicians have two minutes to describe themselves and one of their songs.

    The background is yellow, and the central image is a pair of headphones in red, blue, and light blue colors. The word "INTRODUCING" is displayed in blue text, with "INTRO" oriented vertically on the left side and "DUCING" horizontally at the bottom.
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    It Takes A Village

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

    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.

K

5 podcasts

  • Kākāpō Files

    Protecting Aotearoa's environment

    A romp through the landmark, boom or bust 2019 kākāpō breeding season.

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

  • KILLJOY

    Does true crime have to be true? Come to Sharon's Valley and find out.

    A eeire grey pine tree divides the word Killjoy.

  • Kim Hill Collection

    Good chat

    Delving into the archives to bring you some of Kim Hill's best interviews.

    A thoughtful woman with short grey hair wearing headphones listens intently. The words "The Kim Hill Collection" appear on the left of frame.

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3 podcasts

  • The Long Way Home

    Spring bingeables

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

    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 Lost

    True crime

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

    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.

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10 podcasts

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10 podcasts

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3 podcasts

  • Only Human

    Real life experiences can come in the most raw and unexpected forms.

    A large white title saying 'Only Human' on a black background. A line outlining male and female faces runs through the title from top to bottom.
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    Our Changing World

    Always onProtecting Aotearoa's environment

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

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

P

5 podcasts

  • New episodes

    Pacific Waves

    Delving deeper into the major Pacific stories each week

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

  • Pants on Fire

    Lies pervade our lives. So why do we do it and why does it hurt so much?

    A dark blue background with thin vertical stripes. A primitive illustration of a human with a fire attached to their lower back. The text says 'Pants on Fire' in large red and yellow capital letters. Below the main title, 'A fibber's guide to lies' is written in a smaller white font.

  • Paris Essentials

    Ben Strang brings you the best of RNZ's coverage of the 2024 Olympic Games.

    Reads "Paris Essentials" in gold text, next to a gold illustration of the Eiffel Tower

  • Party People

    Placing a Māori lens on politics, politicians and their parties.

    The Māori flag flies over a black and white parliament grounds. Text reads "Party People"

  • Public Enemy

    How xenophobia has changed lives in Muslim communities since 9/11.

    A black and white side profile of a person wearing a hijab, looking out of a window. The background shows a blurred cityscape. The title 'Public ENEMY' is in bold white text at the bottom right corner.

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3 podcasts

  • re_covering

    NZ journalists discuss the one story that impacted them most.

    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.

  • Red Line

    Is New Zealand's relationship with China more risk or reward? We investigate.

    A large, thin red title saying 'Red line' on a pale background, where the letter 'I' extends into a line that goes through the title from top to bottom. Below the title, there are two Chinese hieroglyphs.

  • The River

    A spine-tingling scripted series with a Māori twist, and immersive audio.

    A female form drifts submerged in murky water, reflected above her is an ephemeral image of herself. The words "The River" are imposed over the image.

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13 podcasts

  • New episodes

    The Sampler

    Always onRNZ recommends

    Smart, sassy reviews of the latest album releases.

    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.
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    The Science Of…

    The science of everyday things that you’ve always wondered about.

    A petri dish on a blue background with orange and yellow bacteria growing inside. The text 'The Science Of...' appears both in front and covered by the clear petri dish.

  • The Service

    Spring bingeablesTrue crime

    Spies. Surveillance. And the unveiling of NZ's biggest Cold War secret.

    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'.

  • Short Story Stack

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

    A selection of square distorted graphics on top of each other made to look like a stack of books on a light blue background. The text 'Short Story Stack' is overlayed on the squares.

  • Slice of Heaven

    With record migration and a fast growing population, NZ is changing fast.

    A large red circle with the text 'Slice of Heaven' in the middle to look like a stamp, with further text reading 'New Zealand' 'Admit One' 'Entry Visa' 'Admit One' written around it with stars in between each phrase. Passport stamps for countries appear in text that say 'India', 'Egypt', 'Hawaii', 'China', 'Argentina' are stamped in different colours on a background that looks like a ticket or page in a passport.

  • Smart Talk

    Top interviewers. Clever guests. Live audiences. Wanna listen?

    A podcast cover for "Smart Talk" with a black and white picture in the background featuring a lot of people sitting in a room and listening to someone.

  • Spectrum

    An iconic documentary series which captured the essence of NZ from 1972 to 2016.

    Red, blue, orange, green and yellow fractions of light are framed on the upper left and bottom right corners with a dark section on the other diagonal across the middle. The text 'Spectrum' is in bold and white, with the year numbers '1972' and '2016' underneath with a radio waveform in between the two numbers.

  • Sports History NZ

    Spring bingeables

    Jesse Mulligan discusses major moments in New Zealand sport.

    An image of Peter Snell, arms raised crossing the finish line at the Olympic Games. The words 'Sports History NZ' are superimposed in a striped font.
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    Suzy & Friends

    Cool kids content

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

    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.

T

3 podcasts

  • New episodes

    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.
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    The TAHI

    Always on

    Music, culture and laughs coming to you every Tuesday & Thursday.

    Green podcast logo with grey text: The TAHI
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    Thrift

    Latest releases

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

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

U

3 podcasts

  • Undercurrent

    An interactive documentary series on mis- and disinformation in New Zealand.

    A promotional image for "UNDERCURRENT: Misinformation in Aotearoa" shows a collage of ocean waves with fragmented text overlays. The main title is in bold, pixelated white font. Quotes about the impacts of misinformation are scattered throughout in cyan text boxes.

  • The Unthinkable

    It's a pain few of us can comprehend. So how do you make sense of it all?

    The words "The Unthinkable float above a field of blue-grey water colour noise with a diagonal white line dissecting the word.

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2 podcasts

  • Voice of Tangaroa

    Protecting Aotearoa's environment

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

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

  • Voice of the Iceberg

    Protecting Aotearoa's environment

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

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

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5 podcasts

  • Whakamāori

    Join the Whakamāori crew to learn, wānanga and have fun in te reo Māori.

    A brightly colours grid of squares where some of the squares include the faces of the five hosts of Whakamāori

  • White Silence

    Spring bingeables

    Erebus: NZ's deadliest disaster, how it happened and what came next.

    A snowy volcano with the words "White Silence" appear in front of it, with the wreckage of an Air NZ plane wing strewn at the bottom third below the text.

  • Widows of Shuhada

    Four Muslim women widowed by the Christchurch mosque attacks share their journey

    An illustration of a muslim woman with her hands together with a heart above them. In front of her is text reading "Widows of Shuhada".

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2 podcasts

  • 30 with Guyon Espiner

    Good chat

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

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

  • The 9th Floor

    What does leadership look like from the 9th Floor of the Beehive?

    A black background featuring black-and-white portraits of five people in a row. Below the portraits, the text reads 'The 9th Floor' in white, with '9th' underlined.

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