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Radio New Zealand (RNZ)

3 verified, source-linked AI implementations documented between 2023–2025.

New ZealandAsia-PacificLocal / Independent
Cases
3
Active since
2023
Peak stage
3
Controversies
1

Where the AI sits

Editorial Production2
Workflow & Operations1

AI implementations

2025

AI tool 'Sense' monitors RNZ's social media comments, identifies and categorises harmful…

AI tool 'Sense' monitors RNZ's social media comments, identifies and categorises harmful content, and hides (rather than deletes) flagged comments for human moderator review; RNZ Director of AI Strategy & Implementation oversees programme""

Content Monitoring & Compliance3 – Proficiency3 – Collaborative Human–AI
Tool: Sense (AI social media moderation tool)Source ↗
2025

AI voice clone of a deceased person used in true crime podcast 'Nark' to recreate the…

AI voice clone of a deceased person used in true crime podcast 'Nark' to recreate the subject speaking in his exact documented words;" exception to RNZ's own policy prohibiting AI-generated audio for broadcast

Multimedia & Visual Production2 – Adoption2 – AI-Assisted HumanControversy
Tool: AI voice cloning (specific product not disclosed)Source ↗
2023

Evaluation and deployment of AI transcription technologies to produce captions and…

Evaluation and deployment of AI transcription technologies to produce captions and transcripts for RNZ spoken audio archive; collaboration with local language model specialists for New Zealand accents and te reo Maori accuracy

Multimedia & Visual Production2 – Adoption3 – Collaborative Human–AI
Tool: Multiple cloud AI transcription services evaluated;" partnership with local language model specialists (specific vendors not all named)Source ↗

Context

Radio New Zealand (RNZ) is one of 13 organizations in New Zealand documented in the index, which holds 25 cases from the country. Its work spans 2 function types, including Content Monitoring & Compliance, documented across 13 organizations worldwide.

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