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New Zealand · Apple Podcasts · January 7, 2026

Jan 7, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
2	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
2	4		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
4	—	T	The Lodge	RNZ
4	1		World of Secrets	BBC
5	2		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
6	1		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
8	—	K	Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt	RNZ
8	9		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
10	2		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
11	—		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
11	1		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
12	3		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
14	1		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
15	1		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
16	10		RNZ100: A Century of Stories	RNZ
16	9		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
17	3		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
17	7		Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence
18	3		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
19	2		The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media
19	4		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
20	8		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
21	1		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
22	4		heretics.	Andrew Gold
25	5		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
26	34	T	The Stolen Children of Aotearoa	RNZ
26	1		Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au
27	2		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
28	4		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
29	9		What It Was Like	Superreal
30	6		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
31	20		Once a Panther	Stuff Audio
31	112		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
33	2		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
33	—		A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio
34	93		Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts
35	50		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
35	2		The Commune	Stuff Audio
36	7		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
37	50		Noble	Audiochuck
38	15		Sold a Story	APM Reports
39	37		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
40	149		Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios
41	18		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
41	17		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
41	14		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
42	129		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
44	64		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
45	7		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
46	—		Het Fortuin Carlier	Radio 1
46	65		Pipeline	Daily Mail
47	2		The Agent	Imperative Entertainment
48	114		Behind The Barcode	Baptist World Aid Australia
49	105		Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts
51	4		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
52	22		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
52	—		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
53	15	T	Terrifying True Stories	Terrifying True Stories
53	3		Child	BBC Radio 4
54	15		Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC
54	21		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
55	36		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
55	15		Emma Chamberlain - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
56	—	T	The Trapped	ITV News
56	15		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
57	59		ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari
57	—		Времени больше не будет	libo/libo
58	48	E	Extraordinary Stories	Mamamia Podcasts
59	18		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
60	3		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
61	30		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
62	13		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
63	10		Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster
63	28		Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star
64	—	T	The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior	RNZ
65	25		Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws
66	39		The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions
67	23		Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media
69	3		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
70	22		The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories
71	—		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
72	14		JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast
73	105	P	Pariah	Tortoise Media
73	12		SCAMMERLAND	Superreal
74	28		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
75	—	A	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison
75	—		Extreme	BBC
76	28		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
77	—		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
77	16		Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
78	10		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
79	—		The JE Wilds Podcast	JE Wilds
80	30		5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan
80	1		JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele
81	22		Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime
82	40		Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network
83	112		酪していきぬくラジオ	こばちゃん
84	17		Collapse	Stuff Audio
85	31		Jungle Prince	The New York Times