RNZI broadcasts in digital and analogue short wave to radio stations and individual listeners across the region. Around twenty Pacific radio stations relay RNZI material daily, and individual short-wave listeners and internet users across the world tune in directly to RNZI content. more
RNZI broadcasts in digital and analogue short wave to radio stations and individual listeners across the region. Around twenty Pacific radio stations relay RNZI material daily, and individual short-wave listeners and internet users across the world tune in directly to RNZI content.
In 1948 New Zealand launched a short-wave service to the Pacific - Radio New Zealand - with programming about New Zealand and the Pacific. Until 1990 the station broadcast on two 7.5 kW transmitters from Titahi Bay which had been left behind by the US military after the Second World War.
In the late 1980s following growing political pressure to take a more active role in the Pacific area, the government upgraded the service. A new 100 kW transmitter was installed and on the same day the Commonwealth Games opened in Auckland the service was re-launched as Radio New Zealand International (RNZI).
Today RNZI is well respected and widely listened to across the Pacific with around twenty Pacific radio stations relaying RNZI daily. The web site features the latest Pacific news and an extensive online archive
