Radio New Zealand has won one gold and two silver awards at the prestigious New York Festival Radio Awards.

Radio New Zealand has won one gold and two silver awards against strong international competition at the prestigious New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards announced in New York this morning.

The New York Awards reflect programming that is at the forefront of innovation and competition categories are designed to reflect the emerging trends within the industry, covering all creative facets of the radio broadcast industry.

Gold

Best Live Sound

Radio NZ Concert International Arts Festival concert series

Radio New Zealand Concert’s International Arts Festival Concert Series was awarded a gold for Best Live Sound in the Craft category. The series, engineered by Graham Kennedy and Darryl Stack, features three concerts recorded at the New Zealand Festival in 2014. Note: not all audio is available for copyright reasons.

Silver

Culture & The Arts

Sonia Sly: Crime Scene

Produced and presented by Sonia Sly in the Culture and the Arts category, Crime Scene follows photographer Matt Evans as he shoots a photo series inspired by 1950s crime scene photographers.

Human Relations

One in Five: Health Click

A documentary produced and presented by Katy Gosset, about Nelson company Health Click, and a sexual health educator helping parents whose young children with learning difficulties may struggle to navigate puberty.

Finalist Certificates

Best Regularly Scheduled Talk Program

Nine To Noon

From nine to noon every weekday, Kathryn Ryan talks to the people driving the news - in New Zealand and around the world.

Best Public Affairs Program

Mediawatch

Mediawatch looks critically at the New Zealand media - television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as electronic media.

Travel & Tourism

This Way Up: Inter-island magician

Onboard a ship with a magician who's been helping make children disappear for 25 years!