Government-owned stations on the Radio New Zealand network can now be accessed through internet radio platform iHeartRadio.

Radio New Zealand's boss says he's disappointed and surprised at a poor ratings result which shows a 13 per cent fall in listeners to the state owned broadcaster.

Radio New Zealand are cutting their payments to fiction writers.

I wish I could capture the eye-poking nature of the extreme torpor that permeates this show, but even the act of writing about it threatens to infuse it with some pizzazz, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Radio New Zealand has conceded there could be redundancies as a result of restructuring plans canvassed with staff today.

Radio New Zealand is expected to restructure management at the end off the month.

Radio New Zealand stalwart Geoff Robinson has signed off Morning Report for the final time after a last show filled with tributes.

Radio New Zealand's Morning Report stalwart Geoff Robinson has had his last day on air filled with tributes following more than 30 years in journalism.

Morning Report co-host Simon Mercep will follow his co-host and step down from the show when Geoff Robinson leaves in April.

New Morning Report host Guyon Espiner says he walked away from an opportunity to present The Nation in favour of the radio role.

Veteran radio presenter Wallace Chapman will be taking over as the new host for Radio New Zealand's Sunday Morning show, replacing Chris Laidlaw.

Robinson's calm voice in the mornings has practically defined the character of National Radio for as long as I can remember writes John Roughan.

Robinson and Laidlaw will leave respectable legacies at public radio, but their departures are overdue and bookend a period when RNZ resisted change.

Radio New Zealand's Morning Report stalwart Geoff Robinson has announced his retirement after more than 30 years in journalism.

Radio New Zealand staff marked the end of an era on Wednesday night with a waiata for the recently departed chief executive of the state radio company, Peter Cavanagh.

Radio New Zealand is looking at going to video again, writes John Drinnan. The public broadcaster is working on a proposal to turn Parliament Television - broadcast on Sky and Freeview - into a Kiwi state-owned version of America's C-span.

Abruptly the peace is shattered by a screaming hysterical male voice, gabbling at 200 words a minute about current bargains, writes Bob Jones.