RNZ
Radio New Zealand
Free
3.4.2for iPhone, iPod touch
Age Rating
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About RNZ
RNZ (Radio New Zealand) is New Zealand’s 100% ad-free, multimedia public broadcaster. Follow the latest breaking news, listen live to your favourite RNZ radio stations, programmes and podcasts and enjoy video or audio on demand - anytime, anywhere with the new RNZ app for iPhone.
The all-new app is clear and simple to use, with bookmarking, favourites, sharing and options to personalise your experience – including a great new play queue and player.
New features and highlights:
• Get breaking news alerts, video and live coverage on a homepage news feed
• Listen live to all RNZ’s radio stations – National, Pacific and Concert - plus the latest RNZ news bulletins, live blogs and live-streamed video
• All-new build eliminates crashes and bugs and ensures audio play reliability
• Live streaming sounds better than ever
• New design is clear and simple to use
• Easily discover all RNZ’s great programmes, podcasts and series, in their entirety
• Add whole programmes, podcasts or individual audio items to your play queue for listening later or downloading for offline use
• Favourite or bookmark to ‘My RNZ’ and easily find and listen to the latest content from all your favourite radio programmes
• Listen offline without internet access
The app was designed and developed in partnership with Alphero.
If you have any feedback, a feature request, or wish to report an issue, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us at appproject@radionz.co.nz.
The all-new app is clear and simple to use, with bookmarking, favourites, sharing and options to personalise your experience – including a great new play queue and player.
New features and highlights:
• Get breaking news alerts, video and live coverage on a homepage news feed
• Listen live to all RNZ’s radio stations – National, Pacific and Concert - plus the latest RNZ news bulletins, live blogs and live-streamed video
• All-new build eliminates crashes and bugs and ensures audio play reliability
• Live streaming sounds better than ever
• New design is clear and simple to use
• Easily discover all RNZ’s great programmes, podcasts and series, in their entirety
• Add whole programmes, podcasts or individual audio items to your play queue for listening later or downloading for offline use
• Favourite or bookmark to ‘My RNZ’ and easily find and listen to the latest content from all your favourite radio programmes
• Listen offline without internet access
The app was designed and developed in partnership with Alphero.
If you have any feedback, a feature request, or wish to report an issue, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us at appproject@radionz.co.nz.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.4.2
Last updated on Mar 24, 2024
Old Versions
A maintenance release to make sure the app is running smoothly for you.
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Version History
3.4.2
Mar 24, 2024
A maintenance release to make sure the app is running smoothly for you.
3.4.1
Sep 19, 2023
A maintenance release to make sure the app is running smoothly for you.
Updates several libraries and resolves some bugs.
Updates several libraries and resolves some bugs.
3.4
Jun 2, 2021
A maintenance release to make sure the app is running smoothly for you.
Updates several libraries and resolves some bugs.
Updates several libraries and resolves some bugs.
3.3.1
Jun 30, 2020
- Listen in your car - Your playlist is now available on Apple CarPlay, along with digital streaming of our live stations and a selection of featured podcasts.
- Behind the scenes changes to deliver improved video support.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
- Behind the scenes changes to deliver improved video support.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
3.2.1
May 21, 2019
- Usability improvements mean it’s now easier than ever to use the RNZ app
- We’ve tweaked font sizes to make the app more accessible.
- Catch up on the latest news faster by swiping through stories
- Bug fix: we’ve tweaked the app so that you don’t accidentally swipe to the next article when reading.
- We’ve tweaked font sizes to make the app more accessible.
- Catch up on the latest news faster by swiping through stories
- Bug fix: we’ve tweaked the app so that you don’t accidentally swipe to the next article when reading.
3.2.0
Apr 29, 2019
Usability improvements mean it’s now easier than ever to use the RNZ app.
Catch up on the latest news faster by swiping through stories.
If you like the font bigger or smaller the RNZ app will now respect your phone settings, another way we make our information as accessible as possible.
Catch up on the latest news faster by swiping through stories.
If you like the font bigger or smaller the RNZ app will now respect your phone settings, another way we make our information as accessible as possible.
3.1.0
Mar 4, 2019
WHATS NEW
- App push alerts will lead to a story (instead of the homepage)
- Users can select which kinds of alerts they want from eight categories: Breaking news, New Zealand, Pacific, World, Sport, Politics, Business, Arts & Culture
- App push alerts will lead to a story (instead of the homepage)
- Users can select which kinds of alerts they want from eight categories: Breaking news, New Zealand, Pacific, World, Sport, Politics, Business, Arts & Culture
3.0.5
Aug 1, 2018
What’s New
- We fixed a bug that broke downloading audio for offline listening
- Avid users of MyRNZ on iOS 9 now get much better performance when they have large playlists.
- We fixed a bug that broke downloading audio for offline listening
- Avid users of MyRNZ on iOS 9 now get much better performance when they have large playlists.
3.0.4
Jul 10, 2018
WHAT’S NEW
Thanks to your feedback we’ve improved the “Live on RNZ” screen. You can now
- Get the latest news bulletin
- Listen live to Parliament question time
via the “Listen to RNZ” menu at the bottom of your screen.
This release also contains several minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
Thanks to your feedback we’ve improved the “Live on RNZ” screen. You can now
- Get the latest news bulletin
- Listen live to Parliament question time
via the “Listen to RNZ” menu at the bottom of your screen.
This release also contains several minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
3.0.3
Oct 30, 2017
WHAT’S NEW
- Improvements to live articles
- Improvements to live articles
3.0.2
Oct 20, 2017
WHAT'S NEW
- Audio now keeps playing via Bluetooth when headphones are plugged in
- Improvements have been made to audio streaming
- Automatic skip back time reduced when restarting audio after pausing or stopping
- Miscellaneous other bug fixes and improvements
- Audio now keeps playing via Bluetooth when headphones are plugged in
- Improvements have been made to audio streaming
- Automatic skip back time reduced when restarting audio after pausing or stopping
- Miscellaneous other bug fixes and improvements
3.0.1
Aug 2, 2017
The RNZ (Radio New Zealand) app has been completely rebuilt and updated for a brand new look and experience that's easy to use.
With this new app, you can follow breaking local and international news, listen live to your favourite RNZ radio stations and programmes, and enjoy video or audio on demand - anytime, anywhere, online or offline.
The app includes bookmarking, favourites, sharing and options to personalise your experience – including a great new play queue and player.
The all-new build eliminates crashes and bugs and ensures audio play reliability, and live streaming sounds better than ever.
With this new app, you can follow breaking local and international news, listen live to your favourite RNZ radio stations and programmes, and enjoy video or audio on demand - anytime, anywhere, online or offline.
The app includes bookmarking, favourites, sharing and options to personalise your experience – including a great new play queue and player.
The all-new build eliminates crashes and bugs and ensures audio play reliability, and live streaming sounds better than ever.
3.0
Jul 26, 2017
The RNZ (Radio New Zealand) app has been completely rebuilt and updated for a brand new look and experience that's easy to use.
With this new app, you can follow breaking local and international news, listen live to your favourite RNZ radio stations and programmes, and enjoy video or audio on demand - anytime, anywhere, online or offline.
The app includes bookmarking, favourites, sharing and options to personalise your experience – including a great new play queue and player.
The all-new build eliminates crashes and bugs and ensures audio play reliability, and live streaming sounds better than ever.
With this new app, you can follow breaking local and international news, listen live to your favourite RNZ radio stations and programmes, and enjoy video or audio on demand - anytime, anywhere, online or offline.
The app includes bookmarking, favourites, sharing and options to personalise your experience – including a great new play queue and player.
The all-new build eliminates crashes and bugs and ensures audio play reliability, and live streaming sounds better than ever.
2.2.2
Nov 5, 2014
• Improves streaming reliability
• Fixes issues related to devices with international locales
• Fixes issues related to devices with international locales
2.2.1
Oct 6, 2014
• Updated for iOS 8, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
2.2
Aug 7, 2014
• Offline playlist: download your playlist automatically for offline listening
• Updated look for iOS 7
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
• Updated look for iOS 7
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
2.1
Oct 2, 2012
- Added support for iOS 6 and the 4-inch Retina display
- Bug fixes, performance and stability improvements
- Bug fixes, performance and stability improvements
2.0
Jan 3, 2012
• Listen live to Radio New Zealand stations - National, Concert, International
• Listen to the latest news bulletin
• Live audio from the New Zealand Parliament House of Representatives
• View track information in the lock screen and multi-tasking tray (iOS 5 only)
• Additional fixes and performance improvements
• Listen to the latest news bulletin
• Live audio from the New Zealand Parliament House of Representatives
• View track information in the lock screen and multi-tasking tray (iOS 5 only)
• Additional fixes and performance improvements
1.1
Jun 16, 2011
• Fast forward and rewind using the playback slider.
• AirPlay support.
• More responsive search.
• Additional performance improvements.
• AirPlay support.
• More responsive search.
• Additional performance improvements.
1.0
Dec 14, 2010
RNZ FAQ
Click here to learn how to download RNZ in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of RNZ.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
RNZ supports English
