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RNZ Hits Live Listener Target A Year Early
More people are listening to RNZ National, with the broadcaster saying it has hit a target for live listeners a year ahead of schedule.
GFK survey figures released on Tuesday show 500,300 in a typical week for RNZ National aged 10 or older, up from 475,800 in the last survey.
"We've achieved our November 2026 goal a year early with these latest results, and we now want to build on that success in 2026," RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson said.
RNZ's flagship programme Morning Report has 13,000 more listeners, a rise of 4 percent.
"Further changes to programming and the introduction of new presenters and correspondents in 2026 will help confirm RNZ National as the home of trusted news and content for New Zealanders," Thompson said.
Auckland has by far the biggest lift in live radio listeners, up 16,700 from 116,000 last survey to 132,700 in the latest figures.
There was growth in all major programmes.
Morning Report had 13,600 more listeners across the country, Nine to Noon 20,200 more, Checkpoint another 18,100 and Saturday Morning 4,400.
RNZ National and RNZ Concert have a combined weekly audience of 584,300 listeners.
The two have a 12.7 percent combined share, up from 11.3 percent.
However, RNZ Concert had 154,100 listeners which was down from 170,400 in the last survey.
RNZ said when all its platforms are combined, it is now reaching 83 percent of New Zealanders a month aged 18 or over.
Separately, it has also had back-to-back record digital growth in digital viewers.
A total of 1,698,000 New Zealanders aged 15+ visited rnz.co.nz in October, the highest ever monthly audience for RNZ's website following another record month in September.
The survey, known as Survey 3, was conducted between 10 August and 1 November.
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