New Zealand Podcast Directory
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10 Years of Flags
(Popsock Media) Brooke Fraser takes you behind the scenes of this seminal album to show you the good bits, the not so good bits & everything in between. Featuring interviews with the personnel and music industry team behind the album, this is your chance to hear never-before-told stories of a classic.
Afraid to Ask
(AUT) Let us answer all the questions you're afraid to ask. Each episode we ask experts the embarrassing questions you've been thinking about your whole life. What does the Queen even do? Why do triangle sandwiches taste better? Afraid to Ask is brought to you by the Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Antarctica Unfrozen
(Pride Conservation) The #1 Antarctic podcast series based on the passionate people that have dedicated their lives to understanding, working and living in Antarctica is back! Unfreezing some of the critical science, contemporary culture, and adventure the icy continent is notorious for.
Aotearoa Rugby Pod
(RugbyPass) Aotearoa Rugby Pod is New Zealand's premier rugby podcast, covering the global game with a fresh Kiwi spin.
Bad Gigs
(Alan McElroy) ‘As a comedian, I've had good gigs and bad gigs but the good gigs don't make a funny story. The diabolical ones do! In this podcast, I will chat with several performers and have a laugh about some of their worst gigs and discuss the performer's mental ability to recover and carry on.’
Bays of Our Lives
(Daniel Brennan) A podcast that unrolls and walks across the vibrant tapestry of Hawke's Bay through the people who call this region home. From artists and entrepreneurs to community leaders and just darn interesting people, each episode is a conversation celebrating the spirit of Hawke's Bay through the good folk who make this place shine.
Better Me
(Rova) The go-to podcast for those tired of the unrealistic portrayals of wellness and self-improvement on social media. Host Sharyn Casey brings a refreshing and candid perspective, offering real and relatable advice on living a healthier life without the pressure of fad diets and miracle workouts.
Between Two Beers
(The ACC) Steve and Seamus like asking good questions - and they love great answers. Following 20 years of friendship, they bought a microphone and started a podcast, allowing them to sit with, and learn from, the most interesting, successful people they can access. From All Blacks legend Sir John Kirwan, to media wildcard Paddy Gower.
Big Hairy News
(Blindfish Media) Dunedin based international award winning broadcaster and former #1 rating talkback host Pat Brittenden hosts various NZ commentators, comedians, academics and news makers in a casual daily news conversation in a social and relaxed nature.
Billy T’ Billy
(NZME) The Herald is spotlighting this year’s Billy T nominees – Brynley Stent, James Mustapic, Josh Davies and Lana Walters – as they talk about their shows, their craft, and their jokes in insightful and hilarious one-on-one interviews with former winners – Angella Dravid, Guy Montgomery, & David Correos.
Boners of the Heart
(Little Empire) Rose Matafeo and Alice Snedden are three things: Female, funny and friends. Rose's globe-trotting, TV-starring comedy chops come up against Alice's hilarious improv-honed brain and abandoned (though completed) law degree as they chat celeb crushes, philosophy and the upbringings that made them
Broad Reach Radio
(Yachting NZ) The podcast will feature a range of topics from interviews with top sailors of today and yesteryear to chats with people in the sailing and boating industries. It aims to be informative, entertaining, educational or just something for people to feel connected to the sport.
Carat Chats
(Carat NZ) Carat Chats is a podcast for those who are in the know, want to be in the know or don’t even know about the NZ Marketing industry. Hosted by Alex Lawson, General Manager of Carat NZ, we get stuck into all aspects of the industry, from agencies to clients, publishers to consumers, interview to debate.
Chapter One: Take Two
(The McZants) Join actress and writer Briana McZant and comedian Maddy McZant for their book to film adaptation review podcast, recorded all the way from middle-earth. Every two weeks Briana and Maddy discuss how well, or not so well, a movie was adapted from the book it was based off.
(Maia Wilson & broadcaster Johnson Raela) A cross-cultural, wahine Māori and Pacific Island male lens to each episode. Coco-Ngāti believes in amplifying 'our stories by our people'. Our guests are of Māori and/or Pacific Island heritage and openly discuss tapu/taboo issues close to their heart.
Cult Chat
(Dr Caroline Ansley, Lindy Jacomb & Liz Gregory) Journey with us as we unpack the cult playbook, talk to leavers of controversial groups in New Zealand and beyond, and share their stories. We talk with experts to gain greater understanding of cultishness and call for Kiwis to cult-proof their lives.
Curiously Creative
(Akriti Rana Li) Each month we share conversations with all kinds of creative people, who share their journeys and unique perspectives around their own creativity. We hope these conversations help us understand our own creative process and have the courage to live more creative lives.
Dan Bain's Sleepy Time Mumbles
(Dan Bain) Are podcasts TOO interesting? Need a podcast you CAN miss? Every episode comedian and playwright Dan Bain improvises a low-stakes podcast that's interesting enough to listen to, but not interesting enough to keep you awake, giving you the perfect podcast to fall asleep to.
Distil-Nation NZ
(Tom & Cameron) Join Tom from Herrick Creek and Cameron from Discovering Drams on the Distil-Nation NZ Podcast as they dive into the heart of New Zealand's distilling scene.We chat with makers, break down processes, and share the stories behind your favourite local spirits.Simple, raw, and real — this is New Zealand spirits, uncorked.
Dr Tennant’s Verbal Highs
(Lewis Tennant) Chats with innovators & creators in vocations, on locations, in back sheds, on stages, & in shower cubicles. Lewis explores the lives & thoughts of the likes of musicians, writers, film makers, actors, and comedians... as well as hosting those side of stage, below the line, & under the radar.
Every Stupid Question
NO LINK
(Little Empire) Maddy Budd and Simone Nathan bring you a podcast no one asked for, asking all the questions nobody should. They both know heaps about their own industries but not much else! So the pair have put their heads together to interview an incredible series of female guests and possibly spreads nits to one another.
Fighting for our Future
(NZME) In this three part series, host Emma Clarke is joined by some of New Zealand's leading experts as they discuss the basics of climate change, the rise of the climate-conscious youth, and the simple, practical changes that can be made in everyday life to help save the planet and our existence.
For Krauts & Kiwis Everywhere
(Access Radio Taranaki) Sugar Loafing Arts Cast showcases the arts in Taranaki and beyond. Host Suraya Sidhu SIngh interviews artists, makers and curators, and delves into arts ideas and mediums, such as decolonisation in NZ art, European early music and getting into watercolours
Get Growing
(NZ Gardener) Love your garden or want to grow your own this year for the first time? Listen and learn with Get Growing with NZ Gardener. Hosts NZ Gardener editor Jo McCarroll and Get Growing ezine editor Rachel Clare offer down-to-earth, seasonal, practical advice about what to sow and grow right now, as well as answer your questions, share stories and talk to great gardeners
Good Awaits
(Regenerative NZ) Join Debbie Clarke and Josie Majors as we set out on a journey to discover what reimagining tourism looks like in NZ, unpack the nuances of sustainable, responsible, eco, community-led and conscious tourism, and move instead towards the mindset shift that is regenerative tourism.
Great Together 2017
(NZME) Scotty J Stevenson, Auckland's Sexiest Man 2014 Jeremy Wells and retired stuntman Matt Heath are on a weekly mission to give you one. They are Great Together every Monday and Thursday until Election Day. 30 odd minutes of political insight and set piece powered by the NZ Herald and Radio Hauraki.
Green Party
NO LINK
(Green Party) Listen to Green MP Gareth Hughes interview our MPs as they share their own personal stories, challenges and passions.”
He’ll Be Right
(Stuff) Former professional rugby player John Daniell and journalist Glenn McConnell travel New Zealand trying to find the rulebook for how to be a man in 2021. Along the way they meet everyone from an All Black to a Tinder-profile guru, from a non-binary father to an historian of Kiwi bloke-ness.
Hope is Real
(ZM) Join Jazz Thornton every week as she speaks to empowering and inspiring people from around the world and shares their stories to normalise the way we talk about mental health in society.