Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Time:4 February, 2012

About Us

RNZI broadcasts in digital and analogue short wave to radio stations and individual listeners across the region. Around twenty Pacific radio stations relay RNZI material daily, and individual short-wave listeners and internet users across the world tune in directly to RNZI content. The RNZI signal can ometimes be heard as far away as Japan, North America, the Middle East and Europe.

www.rnzi.com provides a comprehensive Pacific news service with the very latest Pacific stories and an extensive online news archive. Also available are podcasts, a live audio feed and on-demand news and programmes.

Flagship daily current affairs programme Dateline Pacific is widely listened to across the region and is also broadcast by the BBC Pacific Service. The World Radio Network (WRN) - an international broadcaster operating out of London - also broadcasts RNZI material throughout the US, Europe, Africa and Asia.

RNZI broadcasts primarily in English but bulletins in selected Pacific languages can be heard in breakfast sessions.

RNZI broadcasts primarily in English but bulletins in selected Pacific languages can be heard in breakfast sessions.

RNZI news and programmes can also be heard in New Zealand on Radio New Zealand National.

The service was named 2007 International Radio Station of the Year by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB). RNZI also won the Most Innovative Partnership category recognising the way it works with local Pacific media.

Former awards have included Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Rolls-Royce Awards for Excellence.

Our studios are located in Radio New Zealand House, Wellington, New Zealand. The transmitter can be found at Rangitaiki in the middle of the North Island.

Our contact information is:

Radio New Zealand International
Box 123 Wellington
New Zealand
Phone 64 4 474-1437
Fax 64 4 474-1433
Email: info@rnzi.com

History

In 1948 New Zealand launched a short-wave service to the Pacific - Radio New Zealand - with programming about New Zealand and the Pacific. Until 1990 the station broadcast on two 7.5 kW transmitters from Titahi Bay which had been left behind by the US military after the Second World War.

In the late 1980s following growing political pressure to take a more active role in the Pacific area, the government upgraded the service. A new 100 kW transmitter was installed and on the same day the Commonwealth Games opened in Auckland the service was re-launched as Radio New Zealand International (RNZI).

Today RNZI is well respected and widely listened to across the Pacific with around twenty Pacific radio stations relaying RNZI daily. The web site features the latest Pacific news and an extensive online archive.

You can listen to a documentary celebrating 20 years of shortwave broadcasting as Radio New Zealand International here.

Our Staff

We have thirteen fulltime positions filled by a number of fulltime and part-time staff, along with a group of casual staff.
The RNZI people are:

RNZI Manager: Linden Clark.
Technical Manager: Adrian Sainsbury.
News Editor: Walter Zweifel.
Deputy News Editor: Don Wiseman
News: Philippa Tolley, Sara Vui-Talitu, Johnny Blades,
Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, Megan Whelan, Leilani Momoisea,
Joanne O'Brien, Beverley Tse, Annell Husband, Sally Round,
Jenny Meyer, Denise Garland.
Sports Editor: Vinnie Wylie.
Presentation: Myra Oh, Colette Jansen, Damon Taylor, Dominic Godfrey
News Reader: Nicola Wright.
Web design and development: Richard Hulse

Staff photo

Staff photo 2

If you would like frequency or programme information these can be obtained on this site under the how to listen and schedules headings.

Links

We are associated with a number of organisations.

We are part of Radio New Zealand Limited, but we are funded by The Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

We are proud to be a member of Digital Radio Mondiale.

We are a member of:

The Association for International Broadcasting

The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.

The World Radio Network broadcasts a specially prepared programme about New Zealand.

Pictures

Aib Awards presentation

(New Zealand High Commissioner to London, the Rt Hon Jonathan Hunt accepting the International Radio Station of the Year Award 2007 in London in November 2007 on behalf of Radio New Zealand International (RNZI). RNZI also won the Most Innovative Partnership Award 2007. The host for the evening was Mishal Husain of BBC World.)