Radio New Zealand International

The Voice of New Zealand, Broadcasting to the Pacific

Te Reo Irirangi O Aotearoa, O Te Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa

Accessibility Information

My RNZI

About Us

We are New Zealand's only shortwave station, broadcasting to the Island nations of the Pacific. Our broadcasts cover from Papua New Guinea in the west across to French Polynesia in the east, covering all South Pacific countries in between.

Pictures

Elma MaUa holding the Rolls-Royce Award we won

(The 1998 CBA Award is displayed here by Elma MaUa).

On Assignment…

Sara Vui-Talitu at the Arts Festival
in Palau

Adrian Sainsbury in Kiribati

Karen Brown in Solomon Islands

Philippa Tolley in Papua New Guinea

In the Office…

Linden Clark

We broadcast news, current affairs, business, and sports programmes. Feature programmes include a Pacific business programme - TradeWinds, a regional current affairs show - Dateline Pacific, and a weekly programme for sports lovers.

We also relay Radio New Zealand’s domestic service National Radio, which includes the programmes Checkpoint, Late Edition and Morning Report. Sports commentaries of major events are also broadcast.

While broadcasting mainly in English, we also carry news in seven Pacific languages, making us one of the most listened to stations throughout the South Pacific.

As well as direct broadcasts on the shortwave band, some local Pacific Island radio stations rebroadcast selected items such as news and weather.

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 Mascot (the Kiwi) and our Emblem both have a pacific feel and more information can be found here.

Our tuning identification is the sound of the New Zealand Bellbird. For more information go to http://www.nzbirds.com/Korimako.html

In 1998 and again in 2000 we won a Commonwealth Broadcasting Association's Rolls-Royce Award for Excellence.

Our Mission

Radio New Zealand International will be a friendly, trusted voice, talking with listeners in neighbouring South Pacific countries and elsewhere about life in our country and region, the things we can offer, and the parts we can play in Pacific and world affairs.

To earn and keep the interest and respect of listeners, RNZI will:

Our Staff

We have eleven fulltime positions filled by a number of fulltime and part-time staff, along with a group of casual staff.

The RNZI people are:

 

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 and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.

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