Other Radio

New Zealand is one of the most "radio-ed" countries in the world. In 1988 - before deregulation - there were about 40 radio stations in the country. Today, there are more than 200.

NZ On Air funds some radio services - mostly, non-commercial public radio services like National Radio and Concert FM; access radio; Pacific Island radio stations.

And some other radio services are publicly-funded - like Māori radio stations that are funded by our sister agency Te Māngai Pāho .

But most of the radio stations in the country are independent and are privately-funded (like the Christian radio network, Radio Rhema) or commercially-funded.

One of the best radio web site portals is maintained by the radio industry trade journal Median Strip .

The Median Strip site will take you to the sites of most of the major commercial players:

CanWest RadioWorks (for example, More FM, Channel Z, The Edge network, The Rock network, the Radio Pacific network, the Solid Gold network, Localworks stations etc); and
The Radio Network (for example, the ZMs, the Classic Hits network, etc)
plus link you to the Radio Rhema site and the b.net (student radio) site and a host of independent radio web sites. Go to www.medianstrip.com.

The Median Strip site Links page is very helpful as well. Here you will find links to the licensing and broadcasting standards authorities.