Apple Podcasts chart-toppers podcasts

The RNZ podcasts that made the Apple Podcast Top Charts of 2024

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Apple Podcasts chart-toppers podcasts

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  • New in 2024

    Settle back and delve into some of the podcasts we released last year.

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    14 podcasts /  212 episodes
    An abstract triangular pattern in forest greens. Text reads: "Te Oho Ake"
    The name of the podcast - Thrift, decorated with stack of coins and a plant
    Title "Nellie's Baby" overtop old photographs and a dark hallway
    A side on head-and-shoulders photo of Anika Moa on a dark grey background. The podcast title ‘Its Personal’ Is written over top in bright yellow and ‘with Anika Moa’ in white underneath.

  • Summer roadie listens

    Load up these top RNZ podcasts for your summer road trip listening pleasure.

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    6 podcasts /  332 episodes
    A family gathered on a tropical island, looking towards an orange mushroom cloud at sea.
    An illustration of a cassette tape in yellow with two blue spools on a cyan background. The words "The Mixtape" appear in the corner and top.
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    Mist shrouded bush covered hills fill the background, in front the text reads "Deer Wars" is a font reminiscent of Westerns along with a pair of crossed antlers

  • Latest releases

    Listen in to the latest releases from RNZ’s podcast team.

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    11 podcasts /  206 episodes
    A woman with short grey hair stares directly forward with a half-smile, text reads "Kim Hill Wants to Know".
    The title of the programme "Nau Mai Town" in the style of iconic New Zealand road signs
    A family gathered on a tropical island, looking towards an orange mushroom cloud at sea.
    A vintage CD featuring Nick Bollinger's album on a blue background. The text says "Esseential New Zealand Albums"

  • Good chat

    Interesting people, great tales - what’s not to love?

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    7 podcasts /  203 episodes
    A woman with short grey hair stares directly forward with a half-smile, text reads "Kim Hill Wants to Know".
    Guyon Espiner on a black background, looking at camera with logo behind him
    A side on head-and-shoulders photo of Anika Moa on a dark grey background. The podcast title ‘Its Personal’ Is written over top in bright yellow and ‘with Anika Moa’ in white underneath.
    Charlotte Ryan smiles wearing bright red lipstick and a Kate Sylvester T-shirt, text reads "Music 101 Interviews". Bright blue background.

  • In the know

    Stay up to date with our news, politics and current affairs podcasts

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    7 podcasts /  4312 episodes
    Test reads "The detail" where the dot on the "I" is highlighted.
    A minimalist design with vertical bars in blue, yellow, gray, green, red, and orange arranged in varying heights to resemble a bar chart. The title is in bold, black text below the bars.
    A grey and blue hypnotising illustration on the background with a large title saying "Mediawatch" and words "weekly since 2001" above the title.
    An illustrated motif representing people from the Pacific gathered around a sun sits behind a photographic portrait of Susana Suisuiki.

  • Always on

    Catch up with some of our popular regular podcasts.

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    16 podcasts /  8009 episodes
    Charlotte Ryan smiles wearing bright red lipstick and a Kate Sylvester T-shirt, text reads "Music 101 Interviews". Bright blue background.
    A grey and blue hypnotising illustration on the background with a large title saying "Mediawatch" and words "weekly since 2001" above the title.
    Test reads "The detail" where the dot on the "I" is highlighted.
    An illustrated motif representing people from the Pacific gathered around a sun sits behind a photographic portrait of Susana Suisuiki.

  • Listen while you walk

    Daylight saving is here - time to top up the vitamin D and enjoy some summer-strolling listening.

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    7 podcasts /  198 episodes
    Mist shrouded bush covered hills fill the background, in front the text reads "Deer Wars" is a font reminiscent of Westerns along with a pair of crossed antlers
    A podcast cover for "Flying Nun Records" featuring the years 1981 and 2021. The title is in bold, stylized orange text at the top. The central image shows several illustrated nuns in brown robes, depicted as if they are flying, against a peach background. The words "Flying Nun" are flanked by the years 1981 on the left and 2021 on the right, both in vertical orientation.
    Abstract illustration featuring an eye on a pink background. Text reads "Eye Witness" below it.
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  • Spring bingeables

    Dive into some of our most popular and award-winning podcasts.

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    9 podcasts /  1362 episodes
    Title "Nellie's Baby" overtop old photographs and a dark hallway
    Mist shrouded bush covered hills fill the background, in front the text reads "Deer Wars" is a font reminiscent of Westerns along with a pair of crossed antlers
    A large open eye in black and white appears between a family photo with the eyes blacked out and an old audio recorder on the left, and the NZ parliament building on the right. Below are documents with stamps and images. Bold text in the centre reads 'The Service'.
    A podcast cover for "The Elephant in the Bedroom" with the tagline "sex. love. race." features a teal background with a repeating pattern of semi-circles. The title is in white and orange text at the top. Below the title are two hosts: a man in a colorful floral shirt and a woman in a beige top.

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