rova – radio, music, podcasts
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The all-new rova is here – our biggest update yet!
We’ve reimagined rova with an all new design and richer features - listen, watch, read, and win hundreds of competitions – all in one place.
Still the best and easiest way to stream your favourite NZ radio stations, now with more ways to discover, enjoy and connect with what’s happening.
What’s new and what’s good:
Live Radio The best experience for the stations and shows you know and love: The Rock, George FM, The Edge, The Sound, Channel X, Mai FM, Magic, The Breeze, More FM, Humm FM, RNZ National, Sport Nation, REX, Tarana and more.
Podcasts: Listen to all your go-to shows with the best podcasts from NZ and around the world, plus the best experience for rova originals with a full depth back catalogue of Not For Radio and your favourite radio catch up shows.
Video: Watch shorts from your favourite radio shows, podcasts and personalities.
Mood-Based Music Playlists Hit play on curated playlists made for whatever mood you’re in – chilled, upbeat, throwbacks and more.
Competitions Find and enter heaps of competitions in seconds for awesome prizes.
Events & Tickets Discover events, concerts and festivals and find tickets
Entertainment, News & Sport Stories Read trending takes, hot topics, and fresh opinion pieces all in one place.
In-Car Listening, Sorted Connect via Apple CarPlay, Android Auto or Bluetooth.
Smart Device Ready Fire up rova on your Sonos, Alexa, Bluetooth & Airplay.
rova users the following foreground services
Other
- run foreground service with the type 'mediaPlayback' to allow access to control playing and stopping of music in the foreground when the device is locked or screen has gone to sleep
We’ve reimagined rova with an all new design and richer features - listen, watch, read, and win hundreds of competitions – all in one place.
Still the best and easiest way to stream your favourite NZ radio stations, now with more ways to discover, enjoy and connect with what’s happening.
What’s new and what’s good:
Live Radio The best experience for the stations and shows you know and love: The Rock, George FM, The Edge, The Sound, Channel X, Mai FM, Magic, The Breeze, More FM, Humm FM, RNZ National, Sport Nation, REX, Tarana and more.
Podcasts: Listen to all your go-to shows with the best podcasts from NZ and around the world, plus the best experience for rova originals with a full depth back catalogue of Not For Radio and your favourite radio catch up shows.
Video: Watch shorts from your favourite radio shows, podcasts and personalities.
Mood-Based Music Playlists Hit play on curated playlists made for whatever mood you’re in – chilled, upbeat, throwbacks and more.
Competitions Find and enter heaps of competitions in seconds for awesome prizes.
Events & Tickets Discover events, concerts and festivals and find tickets
Entertainment, News & Sport Stories Read trending takes, hot topics, and fresh opinion pieces all in one place.
In-Car Listening, Sorted Connect via Apple CarPlay, Android Auto or Bluetooth.
Smart Device Ready Fire up rova on your Sonos, Alexa, Bluetooth & Airplay.
rova users the following foreground services
Other
- run foreground service with the type 'mediaPlayback' to allow access to control playing and stopping of music in the foreground when the device is locked or screen has gone to sleep
Listen to and watch video from shows & podcasts, explore events, read & win.
Updated on
Jul 15, 2026
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Ratings and reviews
11.4K reviews
Richard Bennitt
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June 29, 2026
There have been massive improvements getting this closer to what we had before it was broken. It still keeps your screen on for no reason, which runs down your battery unnecessarily, and the current song does not update consistently, otherwise well done team on the improvements.
69 people found this review helpful
MediaWorks Holdings
May 23, 2025
Hi, can you please update to our latest release. Please contact us at [email protected] if the issue persists. Thanks.
Charlie Mears
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June 7, 2025
i can see alot of effort has gone in to try make things better. but usability has become way worse. it used to take 30 seconds to get my favorite radio station playing. now it takes multiple clicks and a bunch of waiting taking 5mins to get it going. it used to auto play on start up and auto stop on bluetooth disconnect now it doesnt. songs and conversations keep cutting off short. and sometimes the entire station just cuts off and stops. i cant use this anymore coz of all the above
90 people found this review helpful
Kurt Higgins
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August 7, 2026
Borderline unusable. The worst performance I have ever experienced with an app. Lags and crashes all the time. Constantly stops playing audio at random and takes a full minute of tapping or a restart to work again. The fact it doesn't automatically stop when on Bluetooth is an insane choice. Whoever made this should probably find a different career path.
What’s new
Some new features for upcoming events and competitions, like The Rock 2000!
Plus the usual boring bug fixes.
Plus the usual boring bug fixes.
