RNZ

RNZ Free App

Rated 3.66/5 (589) —  Free Android application by Radio New Zealand

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About RNZ

RNZ (Radio New Zealand) is New Zealand’s 100% ad-free, multimedia public broadcaster.

Follow 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 Android.

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.

How to Download / Install

Download and install RNZ version Varies with device on your Android device!
Downloaded 50,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: nz.co.radionz.android, download RNZ.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
- A bug causing audio to take a long time to start playing on some devices has been resolved.
Name changed  Name changed! Radio New Zealand now is known as RNZ.
More downloads  RNZ reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
Version update RNZ was updated to version 1.2.2
More downloads  RNZ reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads

What are users saying about RNZ

N70%
by N####:

Love it so far. Still working out different features but having fun searching ???? First time listening to the outrageously UN- PC & funny "Go Ahead Caller". Great to be able to access Concert as well. 29/11/17 Have rebooted to fix random stream stopping. I see from other reviews & RNZ reply this is being worked on.

J70%
by J####:

Works as intended for me, but looking at reviews, that's sadly not the case across the board. Sound quality is great, and it takes only a moment to connect and start streaming (handy when you notice the time and leap to catch a news bulletin before it's over). Easy to use and listen to saved podcasts - recommended!

X70%
by X####:

Update: buffering issues appear to have been largely resolved. Only one restart required today in two hours of quality listening. Nice work! Would be 5 stars if it didn't stop streaming after 10 mins. Very frustrating. Does it whether on wifi or cellular. Otherwise great to listen to the excellent radio we're lucky to have in NZ.

X70%
by X####:

I like this app but the news flashes are frustrating. Often they are truncated so you click on it to find out more. But there is no article behind the news flash yet so it just goes nowhere. And then you have lost the original notification so now you don't even have that to go on. Need to fix that bug.

X70%
by X####:

Extremely well done when compared to similar offerings from other NZ news organisations. Performance is great and content too (well from RNZ that's always a given). Only reason I didn't give it 5-stars was due to the inability to hide the "Listen to RNZ" bar at the bottom.

X70%
by X####:

This app works really well, is easy to navigate and looks good. My only issue is that when I get a story notification, it doesn't link to the story and I get sent to the first page of the app instead. It's pretty frustrating.

X70%
by X####:

I used to like it, but now it stalls every 5 minutes and refuses to automatically reconnect. So sad that there is no fb from the developers about this considering how hard it is being pushed on the radio. Fix it guys, please.

P70%
by P####:

The best radio station in NZ by a long way. Access to good content (I do note a certain amount of sensationalism creeping in!). The new version app looks good but still drops its connection once every 15-30 mins. It bugs me that alert content indicated has not been visible anytime I've clicked on one. I assume because it's been sitting there a while before I've accessed it and other stories have replaced it? I'll see if I can disable this function. The radio nz app with flag icon and 3 knobs along the bottom still has a better connection (not perfect) and you can get to the live radio with less taps, so that's what I use for live programmes and a huge choice of stations, (even with their ad on start up).

O70%
by O####:

Frequent buffering is driving me away from this app. Content is great, I want to hear it! Please sort it out as I'm running out of patience

X70%
by X####:

Buffering Buffering Buffering. Surely this can be fixed ? Has been a problem for months ...go on RNZ dare you to fix it. Best radio station in NZ. Pity.

Y70%
by Y####:

Fantastic app, well designed and easily the best NZ news app. Had buffering issues on a previous version but the latest update has fixed it. Love it

I70%
by I####:

Rubbish app. Forced upgrade. App now stops after about 10 minutes. There are better options.

Z70%
by Z####:

Having the same issues as Nigel D with my Huawei P8 Lite which is crashing as soon as I want to play something. Regardless whether I am streaming live or have downloaded it. A fix coming soon I hope.

X70%
by X####:

On Samsung android keeps stopping after 5-10 minutes. Occasionally restarts by itself but usually have to "pause" and "play" or sometimes close and restart app. Annoying particularly when happens in middle of news or forecast. Old version >3 months didn't do this on same phone with same settings.

X70%
by X####:

Latest update has resolved the buffering problem. Very good now.

K70%
by K####:

I used the App on my Android 4.4.0 Box and it was great! Could you please make an Android TV app for the Nvidia Shield, Sony TVs etc. that run PROPER Android TV. That would be so awesome! Thanks

X70%
by X####:

Sound quality now atrocious. Has something gone wrong with upgrade? ??

H70%
by H####:

Since at least the last update it buffers about every 10 mins...taking several minutes to do so. Highly disappointing for such a great news and media outlet. Please fix.

C70%
by C####:

Keeps buffering Drives me nuts Just get stuck into a story or news and stops

X70%
by X####:

Won't even open on android 6 galaxy tab s. Just spinning wheel........ No apparent issue downloading it

X70%
by X####:

I dislike that you MAKE me update it by not allowing me to proceed unless I do.

Y70%
by Y####:

The new version of app keeps stopping the live stream every time after about 10 minutes and doesn't resume. Happens on any connection type, WiFi and mobile

X70%
by X####:

Downloaded podcast files randomly go missing.

O70%
by O####:

Back in the 5 stars section! It's working smoothly again and I love the radio and it's programs!

X70%
by X####:

Wonderful content but the last big update resulted in the new app crashing regularly. Not resolved as yet.

X70%
by X####:

Great! But I wish the notifications linked through to the relevant articles, they just seem to open the app for me.

X70%
by X####:

Great app, does what I need - hear the latest news, listen to specific shows and read the web news within the app. Great stuff!

I70%
by I####:

Live streaming no longer working only podcasts downloads do.

X70%
by X####:

Buffers after 5-10 minutes. Restart, then ok for another 5-10 minutes. Would be a 5 otherwise

X70%
by X####:

Everytime a new version is released the previous version forces you to update the app to use it. Hopeless if on a mobile connection. Far easier to just use their website

X70%
by X####:

Lots of great content but sometimes it won't play and just says 'Buffering'. Tunein app always works so I keep going back to it.

X70%
by X####:

The writing is much too small. Downloads un-download themselves. I love RNBZ but their old app was much better

G70%
by G####:

This app truly shows that RNZ has come of age and will be with us for decades to come.

X70%
by X####:

Long time listener to RNZ. Very happy that they've updated the app. Streaming and downloading content works well for me.

W70%
by W####:

Nice update. Quite a lot slower to load, tho, for whatever reason.

X70%
by X####:

streaming regularly crashes.

X70%
by X####:

What's happened to the buffering? Taking ages now when was pretty much instantaneous.

X70%
by X####:

Fantastic free and ad-free! A+

S70%
by S####:

good app

X70%
by X####:

Just installed on my Huawei P8 lite and tried to listen live and the app crashed. Rebooted and tried a few more times and the app immediately crashes every time. Love RNZ National, but this app obviously needs a bit more testing. Uninstalling. Edit Aug6... Reinstalled but app still crashes upon trying to play anything :( Edit Oct13...Great update and thanks for taking the time to reply :) Works perfectly now. Love everything about your app! RNZ is all class!!!


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