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Māori warden Marino Paikea smiles at the camera. A group of people surround her, packing food into brown shopping bags. Marino Paikea is wearing a yellow hi-vis vest.

The heart, history and future of Māori Wardens

New series Hi Viz Manaaki: Māori Wardens out now

Latest releases

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

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12 podcasts

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

    Thrift

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

  • 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

    In a world obsessed with wellness, would you trust a cult to make you better?

  • 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.

  • 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

    Witi Ihimaera throws himself into a full-immersion Māori language course.

  • 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.

All things music

Tune in to RNZ's musical content.

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11 podcasts

Bright yellow background patterned with gold coins featuring dollar signs. On the right, a stylized money plant grows from a stack of coins, with a wooden sign reading 'Season 5' hanging among its green leaves.

Thrift returns with smart tips to get the best from your money

2025 NZ Radio & Podcast Award Winners

Listen to our award winning podcasts, made by the RNZ Podcasts Team - winners of the Best Producing Team category.

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7 podcasts

Protecting Aotearoa's environment

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

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7 podcasts

  • 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.

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

    Our Changing World

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

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

    Kākāpō Files

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

  • 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

True crime

It's time for crime - delve into some of our darker stories.

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7 podcasts

  • 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?

  • Promotional image for the 'Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big' podcast. A moody black and white landscape is mirrored vertically and horizontally, creating a rorschach like effect with the name of the podcast in a vibrant green overlaid.

    Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big

    David Lyttle told undercover police he was a murderer. But can he be believed?

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

    Conviction

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

  • 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.

    The Lost

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

  • 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 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'.

    The Service

    At the height of the Cold War laws are bent to breaking point.

  • 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.

In the know

Stay up to date with our news, politics and current affairs podcasts

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7 podcasts

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

    The Detail

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

  • A grey and blue hypnotising illustration on the background with a large title saying "Mediawatch" and words "weekly since 2001" above the title.

    Mediawatch

    A critical look at the New Zealand media.

  • 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.

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

    Pacific Waves

    Delving deeper into the major Pacific stories each week

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

    The House

    Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament.

Blue-tinted underwater photo showing a scuba diver in full gear holding onto a large rock or underwater structure. The diver appears to be inspecting or working on something submerged. The lighting gives the image a dramatic, archival feel.

An adventure to complete one of Kelly Tarlton's final expeditions

New series out now

Bonus: We Found It!

Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure HuntBonus episode

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    Māpuna

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    Focus on Politics

  • Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick on homelessness, energy poverty, Ga, and electoral law changes

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    It Takes A Village

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    Wild Sounds: Voice of the IcebergSeason 4 / Episode 1

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