RNZ

4.2.2

Radio New Zealand

4.17

1,162 reviews

100,000+
Downloads

Free

RNZ's 100% ad-free app, now with news, radio, podcasts and more.

About RNZ

RNZ is a news & magazines app developed by Radio New Zealand.

How many times has RNZ been downloaded?

RNZ has been downloaded 310 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.8 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 news & magazines apps.

What is the rating of RNZ?

RNZ is rated 4.17 out of 5 stars, based on 1.2 thousand ratings.

Is RNZ free?

RNZ is free to download. The APK download size is 10.87 MB. The latest version available is 4.2.2. The last update was on November 9, 2025.

What are the requirements for RNZ?

RNZ requires Android 8.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2012.

Description

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

More data about RNZ

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	310 thousand
Recent downloads	1.8 thousand
Rating	4.17 based on 1.2 thousand ratings
Ranking	Highly ranked
Version	4.2.2
APK size	10.9 MB
Number of libraries	38
Designed for Android	8.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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RNZ compared with similar apps

Common keywords of similar apps

Rnz Programmes Video Play Ad Breaking Clear Great Queue Latest Easily Offline Issue Live News Radio App Podcasts Listen Favourite Audio Free Stations Simple

Keywords missing from this app

Fm Music Zealand Favorite Listening World Online Streaming Sports Smooth Easy Station Shows Enjoy Experience Find Access Support Sleep Discover Features Nz Radios Talk Internet Entertainment Podcast Kgnu Recent Fast Application Content Stream Auto Local Country Player Quality Polish

Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Downloads over time

RNZ has been downloaded 310 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 59 downloads per day.

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Developer information for Radio New Zealand

Radio New Zealand

appproject@rnz.co.nz

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Comments on RNZ for Android

★★★★★ Bridget Forsyth · Aug 11, 2025

Yay! It now has dark mode now! Thank you! So good! 10/10 I use this as an alternative to an actual radio around my house it gets much better reception & can be moved anywhere in the house. It would be even better if it had a dark mode.

★★★★★ James Viggiano · Apr 28, 2026

Look, you're not going to find an unbiased source of news here, but at least this app has a dark mode. As far as I can tell, it's the only major NZ news app I can actually read without blinding myself. 5 stars.

★★★★★ Keith Beesley · Jun 21, 2025

I have a bunch of apps for international radio and TV, but RNZ is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I'm in the US, and it works fine here. Lots of useful features, and interesting content.

★★☆☆☆ A Google user · Oct 28, 2025

No problem when playing RNZ radio first time in the day. But stopping and resuming, best the app could do is 15 seconds of playback. Workaround is to force close, launching again to play the radio.

★☆☆☆☆ Alastair Tye Samson · Mar 13, 2025

RNZ is my favorite news source, but I'm at my wits end with this app. In the app's settings I have turned off notifications for everything except 'breaking news' yet I still get bombarded with unwanted notifications about sport and frivolous puff pieces. I _want_ notifications about breaking news from RNZ! But it looks like I'm going to have to turn off notifications entirely because RNZ considers sports results and an article about someone making pies in the US to be "breaking news." Ridiculous.

★☆☆☆☆ Rod Hall · Dec 7, 2025

Still not working, often fails to load a news item once clicked to open to read, just gets stuck in a loop. Recently the app is not working properly. It displays the wrong details of what is playing and also will not load news item pages. It used to be fine but last week or so no good. The website works fine.

Google Play Rankings for RNZ

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
58	Australia	News & Magazines	Top Free
162	United Kingdom	News & Magazines	Top Free

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Technologies used by RNZ

RNZ is requesting 14 permissions and is using 38 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Network communication

view network connections, full network access, receive data from Internet

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

System tools

prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID, android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE, com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID, nz.co.radionz.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

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Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable Android Jetpack Annotations Android Library Icon

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Firebase

Android Jetpack Widgets Android Jetpack AppCompat Android Library Icon

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AndroidX Activity Android Activity Saved State Android Library Icon

Android Activity Saved State AndroidX Loader Android Library Icon

AndroidX Loader Android Jetpack Media Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Media Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) Android Library Icon

Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)

Android Transition Support Library Kotlin Android Library Icon

Kotlin

Android Support VectorDrawable AndroidX App Startup Android Library Icon

AndroidX App Startup Google gson Android Library Icon

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Okio

AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 AndroidX Concurrent Futures Android Library Icon

AndroidX Concurrent Futures Glide Android Library Icon

Glide

AndroidX Multi-Dex Library AndroidX ExifInterface Android Library Icon

AndroidX ExifInterface AndroidX ProfileInstaller Android Library Icon

AndroidX ProfileInstaller Chromium Android Library Icon

Chromium

Google Guava Picasso Android Library Icon

Picasso

ReactiveX

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Google Protocol Buffers Jetpack DataStore Android Library Icon

Jetpack DataStore Android Data Binding Android Library Icon

Android Data Binding AndroidX Privacy Sandbox Android Library Icon

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