Radio New Zealand

Radio New Zealand (RNZ)
Native name
Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa (Māori)
Company typeCrown Entity
Predecessors
    • Radio New Zealand (SOE)
    • New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
    • National Broadcasting Service
    • New Zealand Broadcasting Board
    • Radio Broadcasting Company
Founded1995 (1995)
HeadquartersRadio New Zealand House, Wellington
Key people
OwnerMinister of Finance (50%)
Minister for Media and Communications (50%)[4]
Website

Radio New Zealand (Māori: Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as RNZ or Radio NZ, is a New Zealand public-service radio broadcaster and Crown entity that was established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995.[5] It operates news and current-affairs network, RNZ National, and a classical-music and jazz network, RNZ Concert, with full government funding from NZ On Air. Since 2014, the organisation's focus has been to transform RNZ from a radio broadcaster to a multimedia outlet, increasing its production of digital content in audio, video, and written forms.[6]

The organisation plays a central role in New Zealand public broadcasting. The New Zealand Parliament fully funds its AM network, used in part for the broadcast of parliamentary proceedings. RNZ has a statutory role under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002[7] to act as a "lifeline utility" in emergency situations. It is also responsible for an international service (known as RNZ Pacific); this is broadcast to the South Pacific in both English and Pacific languages through its Pacific shortwave service.[8]

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  4. ^ "Radio New Zealand Limited Shareholdings". companies.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Radio New Zealand Act 1995". Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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  7. ^ "Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002". Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. ^ Mediumwave Broadcasting Proposal PPT Archived 13 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine and PDF Archived 13 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine