New Zealand Radio Awards

NZ Radio & Podcast Awards
NZ Radio & Podcast Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in radio broadcasting
Presented by	Radio Broadcasters Association
First award	1978
Website	radioawards.co.nz

Last updated November 25, 2025

The NZ Radio & Podcast Awards (Formerly the New Zealand Radio Awards) are the annual awards of the New Zealand radio industry. Organised by the Radio Broadcasters Association, the awards recognise excellence in commercial and non-commercial radio broadcasting, in the form of programming, personalities, news and sports reporting, creativity and production quality. New Zealand radio stations, radio staff, advertising agencies and production houses are eligible to enter the awards.^[1]

The awards began in 1978, with the beginning of deregulation of the radio industry and the emergence of new independent broadcasters under the third National government of Rob Muldoon. Non-commercial and commercial networks have competed for a range of awards recognising both public service and commercial success. Special categories have also been developed to recognise Māori broadcasting and programmes for ethnic minorities, particularly on Iwi Radio Network and Access Radio Network stations.^[1]^[2]

Awards

Below is a summation of some of the awards presented each year, from 2011 onwards.

Awards	Best Newsreader	Best Music Breakfast Show		Best Music Non-Breakfast Host or Team		Best Talk Presenter/s	Best Talkback Presenter/s	Ref.
Awards	Best Newsreader	Network	Regional	Network	Regional	Best Talk Presenter/s	Best Talkback Presenter/s	Ref.
2011 New Zealand Radio Awards
	Nicola Wright	Roger Farrelly, Bryce Casey, Leah Panapa & Paul Ego	Mike West, Gareth Pringle & Bel Crawford	Robert Taylor & Jono Pryor	Katrina Smith	Mike Hosking	Willie Jackson & John Tamihere	^[3]
	Nicola Wright	The Morning Rumble	Mike West in the Morning	Robert and Jono	Days with Katrina Smith	Mike Hosking Breakfast	Willie and JT
	Radio New Zealand National	The Rock	More FM Manawatu	The Rock	More FM Nelson	Newstalk ZB	Radio Live
2012 New Zealand Radio Awards
	Hilary Barry	Jay-Jay Feeney, Mike Puru & Dom Harvey	Mark Bunting & Justine Allen	Jono Pryor & Robert Taylor	Neil Collins	Mike Hosking	Mike Yardley	^[4]
	Hilary Barry	Jay-Jay, Mike & Dom	Bunty and Justine in the Morning	Robert and Jono	Neil Collins	The Mike Hosking Breakfast	Mike Yardley Canterbury Mornings
	Radio Live	The Edge	Classic Hits Waikato	The Rock	Radio Dunedin	Newstalk ZB	Newstalk ZB Christchurch
2013 New Zealand Radio Awards
	Hewitt Humphrey	Roger Farrelly, Leah Panapa, Bryce Casey, Andrew Mulligan, Jeremy Pickford	Patrina Roche, Callum Procter	Carl Fletcher, Vaughan Smith	Neil Collins	Kim Hill	Leighton Smith	^[5]
	Hewitt Humphrey	The Morning Rumble	Callum & P	Drive with Fletch & Vaughan	Neil Collins	Saturday Morning with Kim Hill	The Leighton Smith Show
	Radio New Zealand National	The Rock	Classic Hits Dunedin	The Edge	Radio Dunedin	Radio New Zealand National	Newstalk ZB
2014 New Zealand Radio Awards
	Hilary Barry	Jay-Jay Feeney, Mike Puru, Dom Harvey	Mike West, Gareth Pringle, Renee Pink	Robert Taylor, Jono Pryor	Blair Kiddey	Mike Hosking	Leighton Smith	^[6]
	Hilary Barry	The Edge Breakfast with Jay-Jay, Mike & Dom	Mike West in the Morning with Gareth & Renee	Robert and Jono	The Drive Home with Blair	The Mike Hosking Breakfast	The Leighton Smith Show
	Radio Live	The Edge	More FM Manawatu	The Rock	More FM Nelson	Newstalk ZB	Newstalk ZB
2015 New Zealand Radio Awards
	Hilary Barry	Simon Barnett, Gary McCormick	Callum Procter, Patrina Roche	Jono Pryor, Ben Boyce	Lana Searle, Jason Gunn	Mike Hosking	Leighton Smith	^[7]
	Hilary Barry	Si & Gary	Callum & P In The Morning	Jono & Ben - The Rock Drive	Lana & Jase	The Mike Hosking Breakfast	The Leighton Smith Show
	Radio Live	More FM	The Hits Dunedin	The Rock	More FM Christchurch	Newstalk ZB	Newstalk ZB
2016 New Zealand Radio Awards
	Bernadine Oliver-Kirby/Hilary Barry (tie)	Jay-Jay Feeney, Mike Puru, Dominic Harvey, Carl Thompson, Kerry Gregory, Sophie Hallwright	Callum Procter, Patrina Roche	Jono Pryor, Ben Boyce, Duncan Heyde, Daniel Webby, Bronwynn Bakker	Stu Smith	Paul Henry, Sarah Bristow	Leighton Smith, Carolyn Leaney	^[8]
	Bernadine Oliver-Kirby/Hilary Barry (tie)	Jay-Jay, Mike & Dom	The Hits Breakfast - Dunedin	Jono & Ben Drive	Stu Smith and the Easy Drive Home	Paul Henry	The Leighton Smith Show
	Newstalk ZB/Radio Live (tie)	The Edge	The Hits Dunedin	The Rock	The Breeze Wellington	Radio Live	Newstalk ZB
2017 New Zealand Radio Awards
	Niva Retimanu	Jay-Jay Feeney, Dominic Harvey, Clinton Randell, Kerry Gregory, Carl Thompson, Stephanie Munro, Stephanie Monks	Callum Procter, Patrina Roche	Jono Pryor, Ben Boyce, Dan Webby, Duncan Heyde, Bronwynn Bakker	Katrina Smith	Duncan Garner	Marcus Lush	^[9]
	Niva Retimanu	Jay-Jay, Dom and Randell	The Hits Dunedin Breakfast with Callum and P	Jono & Ben	The Easy Workday with Katrina Smith	RadioLIVE Drive with Duncan Garner	Marcus Lush Nights
	Newstalk ZB	The Edge	The Hits Dunedin	The Rock	The Breeze Wellington	Radio Live	Newstalk ZB
2018 New Zealand Radio Awards
	Niva Retimanu	Carl Fletcher, Vaughn Smith, Megan Papas, Caitlin Marett, James Johnston, Anna Henvest	John Markby, Angela 'Flash' Gordon, Tauha 'Toast' TeKani, Bryn Ingham	Thane Kirby, Duncan Heyde, Jeremy Pickford	Tauha 'Toast' TeKani	Mike Hosking	Marcus Lush	^[10]
	Niva Retimanu	ZM's Fletch, Vaughn & Megan	More FM Breakfast with John, Flash & Toast	The Rock Drive with Thane and Dunc	More FM Social Club with Toast	The Mike Hosking Breakfast	Marcus Lush Nights
	Newstalk ZB	ZM	More FM Northland	The Rock	More FM Northland	Newstalk ZB	Newstalk ZB
2019 New Zealand Radio Awards	Raylene Ramsay	Carl Fletcher, Vaughan Smith, Megan Papas, Caitlin Marett, James Johnston, Anna Henvest	Callum Procter, Patrina Roche	Jono Pryor, Ben Boyce, Sharyn Casey, Dan Webby, Ryan Rathbone, Carl Thompson, Hamish Phipps	Dave Nicolas/Will Johnston (tie)	Mike Hosking	Marcus Lush	^[11]
	Raylene Ramsay	ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan	Callum & P	Jono, Ben & Sharyn	Days with Dave Nicolas/Days with Will Johnston (tie)	The Mike Hosking Breakfast	Marcus Lush Nights
	Newstalk ZB	ZM	The Hits Dunedin	The Edge	The Hits Auckland/Tauranga (tie)	Newstalk ZB	Newstalk ZB
2020 New Zealand Radio Awards	Niva Retimanu	Carl Fletcher, Vaughan Smith, Megan Papas, Caitlin Marett, James Johnston, Anna Henvest	Callum Procter, Patrina Roche	Jay Reeve, Duncan Heyde, Jeremy Pickford, Jack Honeybone	Brent Burridge & Jacque Tucker	Mike Hosking	Marcus Lush	^[12]
	Niva Retimanu	ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan	Callum & P	The Rock Drive Home with Jay and Dunc	Breakfast with Brent and Jacque	The Mike Hosking Breakfast	Marcus Lush Nights
	Newstalk ZB	ZM	The Hits Dunedin/Southland	The Rock	More FM Rodney	Newstalk ZB	Newstalk ZB
2021 New Zealand Radio Awards	Nicola Wright	Carl Fletcher, Vaughan Smith, Megan Papas, Anna Henvest, Sarah Mount, Jared Pickstock	Callum Procter, Patrina Roche	Jay Reeve, Duncan Heyde, Jeremy Pickford, Jack Honeybone	Will Johnston	Lisa Owen	Marcus Lush	^[13]
	Nicola Wright	ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan	Callum & P	The Rock Drive with Jay and Dunc	Will Johnston	Checkpoint	Marcus Lush Nights
	RNZ National	ZM	The Hits Dunedin/Southland	The Rock	The Hits Bay Of Plenty	RNZ National	Newstalk ZB
2022 New Zealand Radio Awards	Niva Retimanu	Carl Fletcher, Vaughan Smith, Megan Papas, Anna Henvest, Sarah Mount, Jared Pickstock, Carwen Jones, Hayley Sproull	John Markby, Angela Gordon, Tauha Te Kani, Tania Burgess, Christian Boston	Steph Monks	Dave Nicholas	Heather du Plessis-Allan	Marcus Lush	^[14]
	Niva Retimanu	ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan	John, Flash & Toast	The Edge Workday	Dave Nicholas	Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive	Marcus Lush Nights
	Newstalk ZB	ZM	More FM Northland	The Edge Network	The Hits Auckland	Newstalk ZB	Newstalk ZB
2023 New Zealand Radio Awards	Niva Retimanu	Carl Fletcher, Vaughan Smith, Hayley Sproull, Anna Henvest, Carwen Jones, Jared Pickstock	John Markby, Angela 'Flash' Gordon, Tauha 'Toast' Te Kani, Tania Burgess	Jay-Jay Feeney, Paul Flynn, David Rybinski, George Smith, Matthew Pledger, Amy Collett	Amber Russell, Hiliary Schroeder	Mike Hosking, Michael Allan, Sam Carran, Glenn Hart	Marcus Lush, Dan Goodwin	^[15]
	Niva Retimanu	ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley	Northland's Breakfast Club with John, Flash and Toast	Jay-Jay & Flynny	Amber Russell	The Mike Hosking Breakfast	Marcus Lush Nights
	Newstalk ZB	ZM	More FM Northland	More FM	More FM Canterbury	Newstalk ZB	Newstalk ZB

References

1 2 "About the NZ Radio Awards". NZ Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasting Association. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
↑ "The spread of private broadcasters, 1970s to 1980s". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Government of New Zealand . Retrieved 26 April 2015.
↑ "Radio Awards 2011". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association.
↑ "Radio Awards 2012". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
↑ "Radio Awards 2013". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
↑ "Radio Awards 2014". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
↑ "Radio Awards 2015". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
↑ "Radio Awards 2016". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
↑ "Radio Awards 2017". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
↑ "Winners - 2018". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
↑ "Winners - 2019". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
↑ "2020 NZ Radio Awards - Winners & Finalists" (PDF). New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
↑ "2021 NZ Radio Awards - Winners & Finalists" (PDF). New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
↑ "2022 NZ Radio Awards - Winners & Finalists" (PDF). New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
↑ "2023 NZ Radio Awards - Winners & Finalists" (PDF). New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

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[aboutra-1] 1 2 "About the NZ Radio Awards". NZ Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasting Association. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[teara5-2] "The spread of private broadcasters, 1970s to 1980s". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Government of New Zealand . Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[ra2011-3] "Radio Awards 2011". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association.

[ra2012-4] "Radio Awards 2012". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[ra2013-5] "Radio Awards 2013". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[ra2014-6] "Radio Awards 2014". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[ra2015-7] "Radio Awards 2015". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[ra2016-8] "Radio Awards 2016". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[ra2017-9] "Radio Awards 2017". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[ra2018-10] "Winners - 2018". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[ra2019-11] "Winners - 2019". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[ra2020-12] "2020 NZ Radio Awards - Winners & Finalists" (PDF). New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

[ra2021-13] "2021 NZ Radio Awards - Winners & Finalists" (PDF). New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[ra2022-14] "2022 NZ Radio Awards - Winners & Finalists" (PDF). New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

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