Asia News Manager

2 weeks ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Radio New Zealand Full time

We're excited about a new pilot programme to set up a news team to cover news for New Zealand's growing Asian community.

This is your chance to join RNZ at an interesting and exciting time with the new initiative for the proposed merger of TVNZ and RNZ into one entity next year, producing top-quality news and entertainment for New Zealanders, by New Zealanders.

We hope you can join us.

Te Tūranga - The opportunity
RNZ aims to develop a relationship with all the people of Aotearoa.

We are setting up a news team to focus on the fast-growing Asian communities in the country, starting with the two largest, Indian New Zealanders and Chinese New Zealanders.


Te Mahi - About the job
RNZ News is looking for a manager to run the new Asia news team of seven reporters and translators.


This is a fantastic opportunity for a journalist who is committed to our goal of independent, impartial and high quality journalism for these under-served communities.


  • Lead the team to create quality and trusted news to serve the needs of different communities
  • Deliver stories across different platforms ensuring we attract and grow underserved audiences
  • Set the agenda and monitor and refine the content strategy for the team

Ōu Pūkenga - About You

  • Experience as a news manager
  • Understanding of the diverse Indian and Chinese communities in New Zealand
  • You will be comfortable working across different cultures
  • Ability to put in place the strategy for a new Asian team, and oversee the daily news agenda
  • Familiar with web and social media publishing
  • Understand RNZ's content sharing arrangements

Ngā Hua:
What we offer


  • An opportunity to be creative and make a significant difference in the media
  • Have the work of the news team reach audiences nation wide
  • Development and regular training opportunities for our people
  • Competitive salary
  • Additional leave provisions for some roles and the opportunity to buy extra leave
  • We will match an employee's KiwiSaver contribution up to 4%
  • Comprehensive wellbeing support

Te Ahurea - Our Culture
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and constructive culture. This means creating a place where our people feel like they belong and can do their best work. We do this through our attitudes; Be Bold, Better Every Day and Extend Manaakitanga.

This is a role based preferably in Auckland but we are open to flexibility.

This is a fixed-term contract, initially for 12 months.

Applications close:
Monday, 16
th** January 2023
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