RNZ Pacific

RNZ Pacific or Radio New Zealand Pacific, sometimes abbreviated to RNZP, is a division of Radio New Zealand and the official international broadcasting station of New Zealand. It broadcasts a variety of news, current affairs and sports programmes in English, and news in seven Pacific languages. The station's mission statement requires it to promote and reflect New Zealand in the Pacific, and better relations between New Zealand and Pacific countries. It was called Radio New Zealand International or RNZ International (RNZI) until May 2017.

RNZ Pacific
Ko Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa, Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Broadcast areaInternational (from New Zealand)
Programming
Language(s)
FormatNews/Talk/Music
Ownership
OwnerRadio New Zealand
RNZ National
RNZ Concert
History
First air date
1948 (as Radio New Zealand)
Links
WebcastLive stream (.asx stream)
Websitewww.radionz.co.nz/international

As the only shortwave radio station in New Zealand, RNZ Pacific broadcasts to several island nations. It has studios in Radio New Zealand House, Wellington and a transmitter at Rangitaiki in the middle of the North Island. Its broadcasts cover from East Timor in the west across to French Polynesia in the east, covering all South Pacific countries in between. The station targets Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, the Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Tonga during a 24-hour rotation. The signal can also be heard in East and Southeast Asia, Europe and North America.

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