Good chat podcasts

Interesting people, great tales - what’s not to love?

7 podcasts focusing on Good chat

Good chat podcasts

  • Host Julian Wilcox on a soft teal background with the title of the programme "Māpuna"

    Māpuna

    Māori throughout Aotearoa tell their stories to Julian Wilcox.

  • 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

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

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

    30 with Guyon Espiner

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

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

    Kim Hill Collection

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

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    A black-and-white collage of headshots of Māori people. The text reads "The Stolen Children of Aotearoa"
    Guyon Espiner on a black background, looking at camera with logo behind him
    The name of the podcast - Thrift, decorated with stack of coins and a plant
    A woman with short grey hair stares directly forward with a half-smile, text reads "Kim Hill Wants to Know".

  • Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori

    It's Māori language week so why not get inspired and give these gems from the archive a listen?

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    6 podcasts /  102 episodes
    Text in speech bubbles reads "Kīwaha Key Phrases in Māori".
    A brightly colours grid of squares where some of the squares include the faces of the five hosts of Whakamāori
    A soft, greenish background with a subtle, abstract design in the middle. The word 'Matangireia' is written in an elegant, cursive font across the center of the image. The overall design has a calm and sophisticated feel.
    Host Julian Wilcox on a soft teal background with the title of the programme "Māpuna"

  • Listen while you walk

    Daylight saving is here - time to top up the vitamin D and enjoy some summer-strolling listening.

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    7 podcasts /  198 episodes
    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
    A podcast cover for "Flying Nun Records" featuring the years 1981 and 2021. The title is in bold, stylized orange text at the top. The central image shows several illustrated nuns in brown robes, depicted as if they are flying, against a peach background. The words "Flying Nun" are flanked by the years 1981 on the left and 2021 on the right, both in vertical orientation.
    Abstract illustration featuring an eye on a pink background. Text reads "Eye Witness" below it.
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  • All things music

    Tune in to RNZ's musical content.

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    11 podcasts /  639 episodes
    Charlotte Ryan smiles wearing bright red lipstick and a Kate Sylvester T-shirt, text reads "Music 101 Interviews". Bright blue background.
    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.
    An illustration of a bright and colourful microphone with a light blue circle behind it placed on a blue background. The words "Musical Chairs" placed at a 90-degree angle relative to each other.
    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.

  • In the know

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    7 podcasts /  4490 episodes
    Test reads "The detail" where the dot on the "I" is highlighted.
    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.
    A grey and blue hypnotising illustration on the background with a large title saying "Mediawatch" and words "weekly since 2001" above the title.
    An illustrated motif representing people from the Pacific gathered around a sun sits behind a photographic portrait of Susana Suisuiki.

  • New in 2024

    Settle back and delve into some of the podcasts we released last year.

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    14 podcasts /  229 episodes
    An abstract triangular pattern in forest greens. Text reads: "Te Oho Ake"
    The name of the podcast - Thrift, decorated with stack of coins and a plant
    Title "Nellie's Baby" overtop old photographs and a dark hallway
    A side on head-and-shoulders photo of Anika Moa on a dark grey background. The podcast title ‘Its Personal’ Is written over top in bright yellow and ‘with Anika Moa’ in white underneath.

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