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ESL News New Zealand

Listen to New Zealand news, spoken slowly and clearly, using easy vocabulary.

Podcast · English (New Zealand) · NZ · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
11
Latest publication
Sep 7, 2026
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Earliest in this view
Jul 6, 2026

Latest episodes

  1. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    Largest gas user Methanex will close (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

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    If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the text. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the News story. Use the vocabulary list to check the ... Read more

  2. Episode · Aug 31, 2026

    Bird flu in New Zealand (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

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    If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the text. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the News story. Use the vocabulary list to check the ... Read more

  3. Episode · Aug 24, 2026

    Tourism and traffic in Queenstown (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Neutral tone

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    If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the text. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the News story. Use the vocabulary list to check the ... Read more

  4. Episode · Aug 17, 2026

    Students leaving school with no qualifications (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Neutral tone

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    If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the text. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the News story. Use the vocabulary list to check the ... Read more

  5. Episode · Aug 10, 2026

    Auckland’s City Rail Link (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

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    If you want to develop your listening skills, try these tasks as you listen to the text. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Thanks to Natasha Groves for preparing the tasks. If you want to listen and read, just scroll down to the News story. Use the vocabulary list to check the ... Read more

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