Our Vision

He iwi e kotahi ana i roto i ona reo, ona tikanga me ona matauranga

Through the promotion and retention of its language, knowledge and practices Ngati Porou will remain strong.

Our Memorable history

Radio Ngati Porou(RNP) was established on August 31st, 1987 after a succesful short term broadcast, under the name of Radio Ruatoria, with the assistance of staff from Radio Waikato and a radiothon. The radiothon saw a world record of $10 per head of population raised ($44,000) in total, by East Coast communities from Uawa to Potaka. With the assurance of NZ on Air, the people of Niue, money raised from the cuclone Bola concert in 1988 and a loan from Te Runanga o Ngati Porou, RNP was able to purchase a new station building in 1991 moving staff and operations from the skylne garage that had served as headquarters from its inception in 1987. Since then, RNP has improved its broadcast coverage by implementing FM transmitters on 98.1FM on the East Coast, 93.3FM in Gisborne and since September 2004 90.1FM in Tolaga. With the start of the irirangi.net website in November 2003, RNP began webcasting to the world!

Our Mission

Kia pa mai to reo aroha ki te iwi, ki te Ao whanui

To carry the unique and vibrant voices of Ngati Porou to its people and to the world.
Meet the team at RNP...
 Rene Robati
Acting Manager

Rene is the head of accounts and Finance at Radio Ngati Porou.
She also currently oversees daily operations and staff tasks.
Kahu Waitoa (Kazza) Programme Director
Kazza is responsible for the on-air content and shows. He is also the Brecky show DJ 6-9am every weekday.
Mary-Jeane Waerehu Sales/Projects

MJ  is the sales and marketing manager at Radio Ngati Porou. She is also involved in projects. She is also a relief announcer and can be heard on 'Chops 4 Lunch' 12 - 1pm. National Dip. Radio Programming
Darylene Rogers
Announcer/MMU
Daryl is the announcer of the 'Nga Take o te Wa' show 10-12pm weekdays. Webmaster and assists with Multi Media functions
Dip. Radio Journalism, Nat, Cert First Line Management 
Raniera Bradley
Drive Time Host

Raniera is the newest member of the RNP team and joins us as the new host of the Drive Time Show and can be heard Mondays to Fridays 3-5pm 
Ngarangi Aurupa
Accounts Assistant

Ngarangi assists Rene in the finance and accounts sector of Radio Ngati Porou 
George Kaiwai
Production

George  works in production, he creates all advertisements. 
Paul Sollitt
Announcer

Solly was one of the original announcers on RNP and returned years later to host the trade and exchange show 5-6pm and the'Sunset Sounds' show 6-8pm weekdays plus the classics show 10-12pm every Tuesday
 
 Solomon Pohatu
Showbands Host

Sol Pohatu is the host of a brand new show on RNP called Showbands. It airs Mondays to Thursdays 8pm to midnight and features live music from the showband era.
Maria Smith
Reo Maori Announcer 

Maria is the latest addition to the RNP announcing team. She is the host of the Nga Puoro Maori Show 9-10am weekdays and also the Te Kete Korero Show 1 - 3pm.