NZ Podcasting Summit 2025 - date set in Auckland, NZ

The NZ Podcasting Summit returns for 2025. A day for Aotearoa podcast producers, presenters, practitioners, and providers to meet, collaborate, learn, and grow.

Saturday May 10, 9am – 4.50pm. AUT University WG Building, Auckland Central.

Event Highlights include:

• Speakers & Panellists: 13 people across six themed sessions, including Guyon Espiner, a journalist with over 30 years of experience, and Sonia Gray, actor, presenter, and producer of "No Such Thing As Normal sharing insights into their podcast projects.
• Panel Discussions: Engage with industry experts like Ethan Sills, Podcast Production Manager at NZME, and David Fisher, investigative journalist and host of Chasing Ghosts: The Puppeteer as they delve into topics ranging from investigative podcasting to production techniques.
• Networking Opportunities: Interactive sessions in the morning include “Mic Breaker”, hosted by comedian Alan McElroy, and “Mic Drop Marathon”, a group effort to record as many most hosts and guests as possible on a single podcast episode.
• Advice & Expertise: Gain practical knowledge from sessions like “Starting & Growing a Podcasting Business in New Zealand,” featuring Hannah Hunt of ROAR Collective and Will Fleming of Campfire Studios.

Schedule Overview:

• 9:00 AM: Event Opens – Registration and networking over tea and coffee
• 9:30 AM: Welcome Addresses by AUT and Summit organisers
• 9:50 AM: Session 1 – “Podcasting the Personal” with Sonia Gray
• 11:00 AM: Session 2 – “Mic Breaker” hosted by Alan McElroy
• 11:50 AM: Session 3 – “Mic Drop Marathon” presented by Free FM
• 1:45 PM: Session 4 – “Starting & Growing a Podcasting Business in NZ” (Panel Session)
• 2:40 PM: Session 5 – “An Assortment of Experts” presented by RØDE (Panel Session)
• 3:55 PM: Session 6 – “Investigative & Advocacy Podcasting” (Panel Session)
• 4:50 PM: Event Concludes

Full speaker bios, session information and tickets are on the NZ Podcasting Summit website