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New Zealand · Apple Podcasts · January 11, 2026

Jan 11, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
2	—		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
2	—		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
3	—		World of Secrets	BBC
4	2		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
6	2	T	The Lodge	RNZ
7	4		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
8	—		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
9	2		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
10	7		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
11	4		What It Was Like	Superreal
12	—	K	Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt	RNZ
12	4		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
13	3		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
14	2		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
15	2		RNZ100: A Century of Stories	RNZ
15	1		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
17	5		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
18	5		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
19	6		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
20	2		heretics.	Andrew Gold
22	2		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
23	2		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
24	—		Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster
24	2		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
24	7		The Commune	Stuff Audio
24	—		Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence
25	11		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
28	11		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
28	5		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
29	—		Our Common Nature	WNYC
29	2		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
29	2		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
30	27		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
31	46		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
32	2		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
34	16	P	Pariah	Tortoise Media
34	9		Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au
36	13		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
37	9		The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media
38	11		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
40	—		Threshold	Auricle Productions
41	9	T	The District	Stuff Audio
42	26		Jungle Prince	The New York Times
44	4		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
44	6		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
46	—	N	No Fear. No Favour. The SEEN in Journalism Podcast	SEEN in Journalism
46	1		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
47	10		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
48	7		Dear Jane	The Spinoff
49	96		Cement City	Audacy \| Cement City Productions
49	—		De Kunst van het Verdwijnen	VRT MAX
49	18		A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio
50	—	W	Welcome to Paradise	CBC
51	17	E	Extraordinary Stories	Mamamia Podcasts
52	12		Child	BBC Radio 4
53	17		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
53	—	C	Coiled	Leanne Alie
54	31		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
55	9		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
55	23		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
56	21		The Gas Man	Tortoise Media
57	21		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
58	15		Jay Shetty - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
58	28		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
59	20		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
60	61	J	JOURNEY	Ryan Wolf
61	—	K	Kootenay Time	Canada
61	6	P	Prince William - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
64	34		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
64	27		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
65	88		Collapse	Stuff Audio
66	5		Profile	BBC Radio 4
67	98	C	Canary: The Washington Post Investigates	The Washington Post
68	83	R	Room 5	BBC Radio 4
69	—		The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe
70	31		Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts
71	36		Sold a Story	APM Reports
72	43		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
73	32		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
76	22		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
77	30		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News
78	48		Noble	Audiochuck
80	39		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
80	5		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
81	29		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
82	—		Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters
83	—		Pipeline	Daily Mail
83	19		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
85	39	T	The Stolen Children of Aotearoa	RNZ
86	37	T	The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO)	Foreign Policy magazine
87	23		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
88	21		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
90	34		Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio
91	31		The Baron of Botox	Imperative Entertainment
92	27		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
93	9		Behind The Barcode	Baptist World Aid Australia
93	42		You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin
94	63		Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald
95	35		Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws