The final GfK survey for 2025 has been released for New Zealand and NZME‘s Newstalk ZB remains no 1, for a 17th year. MediaWorks’ The Breeze was the top music station. Total Commercial Radio cumulative audience was 3.327 million listeners per week but cume audiences dropped for most stations nationwide.

Across the board results were relatively unchanged. Newstalk ZB breakfast host Mike Hosking (main image) was No 1. Coast saw the biggest improvements after changes made at the station across the year. MediaWorks has 53.6% audience share, NZME, 35.9%.

Wendy Palmer, MediaWorks Chief Executive Officer said:

“Audio continues to deliver strong results for audiences and advertisers alike. Looking at annualised cumulative audiences across the three surveys in 2025, audio reached 3.410 million kiwis on average each week this year. We’re incredibly
proud to continue delivering high quality entertainment and advertising options throughout the country via our network and local stations, where we connect deeply with everyday New Zealanders.”

Chief Executive Officer of NZME, Michael Boggs added:

“2025 has been a strong year in terrestrial radio but also digital audio, with Infinite Dial showing the growing strength of local digital platforms. We’re particularly proud of iHeartRadio‘s growth over the past two years. In 2025 we have seen ongoing investment and enhancement of both local platforms and as a result we expect to see digital audiences and advertiser support continuing to flourish in 2026.”

RNZ‘s results will be released next week.