RNZ has been recognised at the New Zealand Radio Awards for its storytelling and journalism.
Anusha Bradley, top left, RNZ's countryLife, the six-part series Fragments, hosted by Katy Gosset, and Louise Ternouth, all took top spots at the New Zealand Radio Awards. Photo: RNZ
The multi-media state broadcaster had 19 finalists and four category winners at this evening's event.
Checkpoint's Louise Ternouth won Best New Broadcaster - Journalist, backing up her Best Student Journalist win at the Voyager Media Awards last year.
Anusha Bradley took out the Best News or Sports Journalist award. Bradley broke a number of important health stories over the past year for the RNZ In Depth team.
As Country Life gears up to celebrate 25 years later this year, the team won Best Daily or Weekly Feature in the Best Programmes category. Congratulations Carol Stiles, Sally Round, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes and Duncan Smith.
Fragments, a six-part series produced and hosted by Katy Gosset, won Best Documentary or Factual Talk Feature. Released to mark the 10th anniversary of the Christchurch Earthquake, it saw the RNZ podcast team collaborate with citizen journalists to tell stories about the day the earthquake hit and what's happened in the decade since.
RNZ finalists:
- Best Video - Short Form
- Best Entertainment Podcast
- Best Factual Podcast
- Best Podcast by a Radio Show
- Best Children's Programme
- Best Daily or Weekly Feature - Factual
- Best Documentary or Factual Talk Feature
- Best Talk Presenter - Breakfast or Drive
- Best Talk Presenter - Non-Breakfast or Drive
- Best New Broadcaster - Journalist
- The Johnny Douglas Award
- Best News or Sports Journalist
- Best News Story - Team Coverage
Cole Eastham-Farrelly, Farah Hancock - Who's Eating New Zealand
William Ray, Tim Watkin, William Saunders, Phil Benge, Marc Chesterman, Steve Burridge - Black Sheep
Claire Concannon, Katy Gossett, Phil Benge, Alison Balance - Our Changing World
Guyon Espiner, John Daniell, Justin Gregory, Blair Stagpole, Veronica Schmidt, Tim Burnell - Red Line
Susie Ferguson, Corin Dann, Martin Gibson, Denise Garland, Maree Corbett, Jane Dunbar, Katie Fitzgerald, Charlotte Cook, Daniel Gilhooly, Amber-Leigh Woolf, Samuel Wat, Mahvash Ikram, David Cohen, Karen Brown, Michael Cropp, Christine Cessford, Patrick Hunn, Esther Zweifel, Karoline Tuckey, Lily Dela Porta, Kim Griggs, Stacey Knott, Rosie Bradbury, Siobhan Wilson - Morning Report
Duncan Smith - Storytime
William Ray, Tim Watkin - Black Sheep
Claire Concannon, Katy Gosset, Phil Benge, Alex Harmer, Alison Balance - Our Changing World
Carol Stiles, Sally Round, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes, Duncan Smith - Country Life
Katy Gosset, Justin Gregory, Tim Watkin, Alex Harmer, Rangi Powick, Kadambari Raghukumar, Sandra Close, Julie Hutton - Fragments
Sonia Yee - Untold Pacific
Guyon Espiner, John Daniell, Justin Gregory, Blair Stagpole, Veronica Schmidt, Tim Burnell - Red Line
Susie Ferguson, Corin Dann - Morning Report
Kim Hill - Saturday Morning
Louise Ternouth
Jessica Dermody
Anusha Bradley
Samantha Olley
Pip Keane, Annabel Bania, Lisa Owen, Matthew Hutching, Calvin Samuel, Alex Aylett-McMillan, Nick Monro, Nick Truebridge, Louise Termouth, Marika Khazabi, Tim Brown - Checkpoint - 2021 Summer Olympics