John Campbell starts work on Monday and Radio New Zealand appears confident that staff tensions over his takeover of Checkpoint have been resolved.

Radio New Zealand has taken Mary Wilson off air to make room for a new show "with a visual element" featuring John Campbell, writes John Drinnan.

"I am hoping that when we launch our new 7pm current affairs show, Story, it will give us a boost," Mark Jennings says.

The columnist and comedian will join Radio New Zealand. He's also worked as a food critic and Seven Sharp presenter.

Major changes are expected for flagship shows on Radio NZ National after the latest survey showed no improvement, writes John Drinnan.

Speaking from Lombok Hospital, Ms Love told NewstalkZB Paul was tired and sore but could move all his limbs.

John Drinnan says Radio New Zealand would not have the money to lure John Campbell even if it wanted to.

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

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.

The 2014 NZ Radio Awards in Auckland.

For lapsed regular listeners like me the main interest was in the new presenter Guyon Espiner, writes John Drinnan. Espiner provided some long lost assertiveness

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

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.

Some believe that older listeners grow into their media - tuning in to Radio NZ when they hit their 40s, writes John Drinnan. But others see that view as too optimistic amid the current media revolution.

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.