What audio is available?

All Radio New Zealand audio is free to access, however you may incur data costs by downloading or streaming files.

On our smartphone apps around 10.5 megabytes is used per hour of listening. Desktop listening uses 28.1 megabytes per hour.

Listen live

We offer live streams for National, Concert, and International. These are available at the top of every page. The live streams play in a browser window and should work on all modern PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets.

As well as streaming via the RNZ website (or the app, see below), you can live stream audio in most third-party players (eg iTunes, VLC) by using the following urls:

(Please note: RNZ is unable to provide advice or support on how to use third-party players.)

Audio on demand

Most of our programmes are available as audio on demand. This means you can listen to the audio by clicking on links in our website.

Not all audio is available for copyright reasons. Sometimes music or other material may not appear in the web version of something that you heard on air.

Most of our audio is available on the website permanently, but occasionally an item will only be available for 14 days after broadcast.

Our latest audio page contains everything published in the last few days, but each programme has an audio archive available as well. Most programmes have audio from 2008 onwards.

Audio can also be found by using the website search.

Downloadable audio

Many of our audio on demand items are also available to download, as MP3 or Ogg Vorbis files. Most audio players can use MP3 files.

To download a file, right click on the MP3 or OGG link. You should be able to save the file to your computer by selecting 'Save Link As' or 'Save Target As'.

Once the file is on your computer you can play it there, or transfer it to another device such as a portable MP3 player.

Podcasts

We have podcast feeds available for most of our downloadable audio.

A podcast feed allows you to subscribe to a particular programme and automatically receive updates when new content is published. To listen to podcasts, you will need podcast subscription software. 

To subscribe to a podcast, copy the URL of the feed (for example "http://www.radionz.co.nz/podcasts/allrnz.rss") and paste it into your software.

Our podcasts are also available free in Apple Podcasts.

RNZ for iPhone and Android

To follow breaking local and international news, listen live to your favourite RNZ radio stations and programmes, and enjoy video or audio on demand, download the free RNZ app. It is available for both Android and iPhone (the iPhone app requires an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad running iOS 8 or above).

For help with the app, visit this page.

Embedded Audio Player

If you wish to share our audio, you can add it to your own website by using our Embedded Audio Player. On the audio item's page, click the Embed button. This will give you a small piece of code which you can add to your website.

Check the terms and conditions for use of the Embedded Audio Player.

Audio Formats

MP3 is provided for on-demand listening for those who prefer that format, although it does not have the capability to adjust to the speed of your connection. OGG is provided for most programmes for those who prefer a non-patent encumbered format.

Data rates

The standard service has a data rate of 64 kbs. This is roughly equivalent to AM radio quality.

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Complete the feedback form here

How to save and rebuild your playlist

RNZ will be introducing a new improved audio player from early August 2024. Because we don’t store account information on our website this change will mean the audio you have added to your playlist will not appear in the equivalent place in the new player.


To save Playlist items please follow these steps:

1. Open your Playlist 
You can do this by selecting, clicking or tapping the Playlist button on the right-hand end of the main navigation at the top of any page on rnz.co.nz.
If you are on a desktop device the Playlist button will look something like this:


If you are on a mobile device the icon will look like this: 



When you have selected the Playlist button your Playlist will appear on the right-hand side of the window you are in and have a ‘Your Playlist’ label at the top.


2. Bookmark your Playlist

a. Select, click or tap on the heading on the top item in your Playlist. This will take you to the webpage that includes the audio you added to your Playlist.

b. Add the webpage to your browser’s bookmarks.

The process to bookmark a webpage will differ depending on the browser and device you’re using. For some information on how to bookmark a webpage, you can perform a web search for “how to bookmark a webpage” and look for information on the browser and device you are using. For example “how to bookmark a webpage Chrome browser on Mac”.

c. Once you understand how to bookmark webpages follow the same process for all the items in your full Playlist. 
You will need to go back to your Playlist to work through it after you bookmark each item. Each item should open in a new browser window so you may need to find the browser window you started from to confirm you’ve bookmarked every item.

3. After the new player is available

a. Select each of the web pages you bookmarked to open them again. 

b. On each webpage find the audio item.

c. Select, click or tap on the ‘Queue’ button. This will add the audio items to the new player’s queue for you to listen to when you’re ready.

d. Find the new audio player at the bottom of your browser window or by clicking/tapping the “Player” button in the top right-hand corner.

If you have any questions or feedback about support information for the how to save Playlist please submit it to the feedback form link at the top of this section

Ways to Listen

On the radio

Internet