Radio New Zealand
Public-service radio broadcast network
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| August 2024 | The New Zealand Herald reported a significant decline in RNZ National's audience, with overall listenership dropping to 529,800 and Morning Report show audience reduced to 376,500. |
| August 2023 | An independent review was conducted which found that Michael Hall had breached Radio New Zealand's editorial standards and its contract with Reuters. The review criticized RNZ's management and recommended merging the digital news team with the main news team and appointing someone to focus on improving editorial standards. |
| July 2023 | Two new news portals launched for Chinese and Indian New Zealander community audiences, with the Chinese section featuring stories in Simplified Chinese. |
| June 9 2023 | Radio New Zealand launched an internal investigation after discovering 49 instances of inappropriate editing of wire agency articles, particularly related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with edits appearing to align with a pro-Russian perspective. The investigation was linked to journalist Michael Hall, who subsequently resigned. |
| February 8 2023 | Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced the cancellation of the TVNZ and RNZ merger into ANZPM, citing the need for lower-cost public media support. Prior to cancellation, the broadcasters had spent NZ$1,023,701 on the merger process, with RNZ specifically spending NZ$431,277 by mid-November 2022. |
| June 23 2022 | Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson introduced draft legislation to merge Radio New Zealand and TVNZ into Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media (ANZPM), a new non-profit autonomous Crown entity set to commence on 1 March 2023. |
| December 2021 | Radio New Zealand launched Tahi, a new youth-oriented digital platform designed to engage younger audiences with their content. |
| 2020 | RNZ National had a cumulative audience of over 700,000, with its Morning Report show reaching 500,000 listeners. |
| 2020 | Radio Sport, formerly known as Sports Roundup after being sold to The Radio Network, goes off the air permanently. |
| February 2020 | RNZ Concert announced major changes, including moving from FM to AM band, replacing live presenters with an automated format, and cutting 17 jobs from RNZ Music. The proposed changes were met with significant public backlash. |
| February 2020 | Approximately two thousand protesters signed a petition against the proposed changes to RNZ Concert. |
| February 2020 | Former Prime Minister Helen Clark publicly criticized the proposed changes on Twitter, describing them as a 'dumbing down of cultural life in NZ'. |
| May 2019 | RNZ website domain moved to rnz.co.nz. |
| 2018 | The Wireless ceased operating as an independent publication and was reintegrated back into Radio New Zealand. |
| February 2018 | RNZ Concert underwent a refresh with new programmes, presenters, and a renewed focus on live music and storytelling about New Zealand's music and arts communities. |
| July 2016 | RNZ website was redesigned and relaunched. |
| April 1 2016 | The Radio New Zealand Amendment Act received Royal assent, formally updating the organization's legislative framework. |
| 2014 | RNZ began transforming from a traditional radio broadcaster to a multimedia outlet, expanding its content production to include digital audio, video, and written formats. |
| April 2014 | RNZ's CEO described The Wireless as 'the most exciting innovation from RNZ in recent years'. |
| October 2013 | Radio New Zealand launched 'The Wireless', a youth-focused and non-commercial website targeting 18- to 30-year-olds as an alternative to creating a separate youth radio station. |
| May 26 2013 | RNZ website re-launched with a new design and a custom CMS built using the open source Ruby on Rails framework. |
| 2010 | RNZ website received ONYA awards for Best use of HTML and CSS and Best Accessibility. |
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