Top Documentary Podcasts in New Zealand

The latest Apple Podcasts Documentary chart for New Zealand, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 2, 2026.

1

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

2

The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

3

Everyone Has An Ex

Mamamia Podcasts

4

Lucky Boy | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

5

What I survived

Jack Laurence

6

Secrets We Keep

LiSTNR

7

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

8

Strangers on a Bench

Tom Rosenthal

9

What It Was Like

Superreal

10

Focus: Adults in the Room

KUOW News and Information

11

Black Box: The Chatbots

The Guardian

12

The Slow Newscast

The Observer

13

Otherworld

Otherworld

14

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

15

Heretics | Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold

16

Swingers

BBC Radio Wales

17

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

18

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

19

100 Years of ZB

Newstalk ZB

20

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

21

The Flood

The Australian

22

5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan

Andrew Callaghan

23

The Crux True Survival Stories

The Crux True Survival Stories

24

Uncanny

BBC Radio 4

25

OnlyFantasy

Audible

26

World of Secrets

BBC

27

Mysteries at Bedtime

Jack Laurence

28

The Lodge

RNZ

29

Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries

Olimpia Pérez

30

The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC Sounds

31

The Underworld Podcast

The Underworld Podcast

32

I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?

BBC Sounds

33

The Commune

Stuff Audio

34

Great Lives

BBC Radio 4

35

Where the River Took Us

Texas Monthly

36

Adrift

Apple TV / Blanchard House

37

Sweet Bobby

Tortoise Media

38

The Secret World of Roald Dahl

iHeartPodcasts

39

Stuff Matters with Ed Conway

Sky News

40

The Birth Keepers

The Guardian

41

The Witch Farm

BBC Radio 4

42

The Know Rogan Experience

Cross Pond Productions

43

The Gift

BBC Radio 4

44

Hidden Homicides

Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media

45

BioHacked: Family Secrets

Sony Music Entertainment

46

Embedded

NPR

47

The Diamond King | Telegraph Investigates

The Telegraph

48

Into The Dirt

Tortoise Media

49

搞钱女孩

搞钱女孩小辉

50

The Shrink Next Door

Audible | Bloomberg

51

Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs

Secrets & Spies

52

How I Survived

That's Life!

53

Decoder Ring

Slate Podcasts

54

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55

Hoaxed

Tortoise Media

56

Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast

Clem Dallaway

57

The Poet

Sony Music Entertainment

58

Affaires sensibles

France Inter

59

Lucky Boy

Tortoise Media

60

Hyperfixed

Alex Goldman & Radiotopia

61

ChannelB پادکست فارسی

Ali Bandari

62

Coiled

Leanne Alie

63

Untold: Opus Dei

Financial Times

64

REICH – Das Geschäft mit dem Zweifel

Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk

65

Real Life Ghost Stories

Real Life Ghost Stories

66

Stories with Matt Cullen

Matt Cullen

67

Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman

Tortoise Media

68

Question Everything

Brian Reed

69

Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

70

What's Missing

Casefile Presents

71

Paper Trail

ProPublica

72

Johnathan Walton Media

Johnathan Walton

73

Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial

BBC Sounds

74

Atonement: The John Paulk Story

iHeartPodcasts

75

File on 4 Investigates

BBC Radio 4

76

Our Forgotten Epidemic

Burnett Foundation Aotearoa (formerly New Zealand AIDS Foundation)

77

Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste

SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke

78

给女孩的商业第一课

闪光少女斯斯

79

Noble

Audiochuck

80

This is Kiwi

The Spinoff

81

Here Be Monsters

Here Be Monsters

82

Right Where You Are Sitting Now

Ken Eakins

83

Elon's Spies

Tortoise Media

84

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85

Wind of Change

Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify

86

Personally: Discount Dave (and the Fix)

CBC

87

Alien UFO Podcast

Simon Bown

88

The Unconventional Soldier

theunconventionalsoldier

89

Lake Effect: Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes

JHughes Productions

90

Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott

Zara McDermott

91

Stories from a Stranger

Higher Ground

92

The Relocated South African | Emigration stories

Jan Hugo - Emigration stories expert

93

Better in Person with Stephen Dubner

Freakonomics Radio

94

Unreliable Witness | Storycast

Sky News

95

Bed of Lies

The Telegraph

96

Zombie Apocalypse Stories

Sezgin

97

Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained

Haunted UK

98

The Agent

Imperative Entertainment

99

REAL LIVES

Naomi Channell

100

Mallen Baker: Faultlines

Mallen Baker

101

JFK The Enduring Secret

Jeff Crudele

102

Leaving Eden Podcast

Leaving Eden LLC

103

Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt

RNZ

104

Into The Fog with Peter Laws

Peter Laws

105

Theories of the Third Kind

Theories of the Third Kind

106

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin

107

Hysterical

Audible | Pineapple Street Studios

108

バービーとおしんり研究所

TBS RADIO

109

How I Survived Human Trafficking Before Everything Changed

Stacy lee

110

American Coyote

Imperative Entertainment and Pegalo Pictures

111

Documentary on One Podcast

RTÉ Documentary on One

112

The Hidden Third

Mariana van Zeller

113

The Gas Man

Tortoise Media

114

Once a Panther

Stuff Audio

115

The Stolen Children of Aotearoa

RNZ

116

The District

Stuff Audio

117

The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories

True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories

118

老高和小茉最新更新

老高与小茉高速更新

119

JAXXON PODCAST

Jaxxon Podcast

120

The Cows Are Mad

BBC Radio 4

121

Sound, Light & Frequency

iHeartPodcasts

122

The Obit Project

Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville

123

Days Like These

ABC Australia

124

Podme Dokumentär

Podme

125

Expertes à la Une

Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info

126

Be Amazed

Be Amazed

127

The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things

Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox

128

The Redefector

Audiochuck

129

Kod: Katastrof

Podplay

130

Raat Wali Kahani | Horror Stories

Raat Wali Kahani

131

Epidemia Ultra

Franco Delle Donne

132

Left To Their Own Devices

Toronto Star

133

金局｜财经故事

深度调查

134

政治歸政治特別篇：全球民主政治系列 by 法客電台

法律白話文運動

135

The Missing Sister

iHeartPodcasts

136

Stolen Lives True Crime

Stolen Lives True Crime

137

To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll

Rubrik | Nicole Perlroth

138

WTF is on my Mind?!

Mark Vicente

139

SuperHuman

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

140

Curse of: America’s Next Top Model

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

141

The Other Latif

WNYC Studios

142

Frietcast

Petra De Pauw

143

Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter

Forbidden Knowledge Network

144

Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?

Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk

145

MimmPodcast | پادکست میم

مهدی عباسی

146

Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed

Lynn Studio

147

Direct Action Combat Podcast

infopnb

148

X Docs

X Dox

149

Jungle Prince

The New York Times

150

Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet

ARD

151

The Paranormal Podcast

Jim Harold

152

Causality

The Engineered Network

153

Getting Free

International Beit Din

154

Over the Road

Over the Road & Radiotopia

155

Bizarre Verhalen

Jenneke

156

Profile

BBC Radio 4

157

Extraordinary Stories

Mamamia Podcasts

158

De Erfenis

AudioCollectief SCHIK

159

Precipice

Mandy Jakich

160

Mind Games

Kaleidoscope

161

Signal Hill

Signal Hill

162

Seriously...

BBC Radio 4

163

Inheritance: Samsung

BBC World Service

164

The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic

Tortoise Media

165

Breech Birth Podcast

Sasha Hopkins

166

Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media

Louie Media

167

Storytime

Storytime

168

Seelenfänger

Bayerischer Rundfunk

169

Mysteries and Monsters

Mysteries and Monsters

170

The Vanguard Wall Podcast

The Vanguard Wall Podcast

171

Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!

Byte & Pieces

172

Pig Iron

Tortoise Media

173

The Greatest Stories Never Told

Craig Clemens, Roger Love

174

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera Network

175

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176

Perk and Pace Podcast

Perk and Pace

177

28ish Days Later

BBC Radio 4

178

人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材

厭世姬＆邊角料

179

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

180

The Squarepeg Podcast

Amy Richards

181

Julie Bindel's podcasts and writing

Julie Bindel

182

Philippine Campfire Stories

Earl Jerico | The Pod Network

183

JOURNEY

Ryan Wolf

184

Pipeline

Daily Mail

185

Nicht Mehr Mein Land - Geschichten über Migration, den Rechtsruck und die Gräben zwischen uns

ARD

186

Europe Explained

Council of Europe

187

The Brohio Podcast

Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy

188

Together with Safeguarding Children

Willow Duffy

189

SCAMMERLAND

Superreal

190

Utanför Murarna

Podme

191

PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies

Minuit

192

Air Crash Chronicles

Air Crash Chronicles

193

We Want Them Infected Podcast

Dr. Jonathan Howard and Wendy Orent

194

Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord

iHeartPodcasts

195

The Brothers Ortiz

Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts

196

Čestmír Strakatý

Čestmír Strakatý

197

Gay Girl Gone

CBC

198

In Trust

iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg

199

Finding Families with DNA

Finding Families

200

The JE Wilds Podcast

JE Wilds

201

344 Minuten – Das Bahn-Fiasko

DER SPIEGEL

202

Canary: The Washington Post Investigates

The Washington Post

203

The Good Listener Podcast

John Hadden

204

Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem

Audible Originals

205

Kate and Kathleen - A podcast about humans and horses

Kathleen Beckham and KATE SANDEL

206

The Improvement Association

Serial Productions & The New York Times

207

Verified

Scripps

208

The Wild Podcast

Nelson

209

有啥说啥｜用历史解码当下

王悠悠18号

210

Voices of Shaping Our Future

The Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University, Tobe Agency

211

Bailey Sarian

Bailey Sarian

212

是个小人物

人物杂志

213

The Backrooms 101

Sharp-B-4

214

RNZ100: A Century of Stories

RNZ

215

My Year in Mensa

iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus

216

The Murder Podcast Show

Tim Fitz

217

A Very British Cult

BBC Radio 4

218

Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

219

Fighting Crime

Arnold Ventures

220

Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país

Podium Podcast

221

Heaven's Helpline

NZ Herald

222

NRC Uitgelicht: Koekoekskind

NRC

223

Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation

Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan

224

Howard Stern - Biography Flash

Inception Point AI

225

EWU Crime Storytime

EWU Crime Storytime

226

Theo Von - Biography Flash

Inception Point AI

227

Dalton Fischer Podcast

Dalton Fischer

228

NRI Crime Files (Hindi)

Jaskirat Rataul True Crime

229

Extreme

BBC

230

Pariah

Tortoise Media

231

Organisiertes Verbrechen - Recherchen im Verborgenen

NDR Info

232

Hidden Cults

Nik Hunter

233

Boomtown

Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly

234

Declassified

Jude Bela

235

Short Cuts

BBC Radio 4

236

Belief Hole | Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks

SpectreVision Radio

237

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238

肥宅老司機

老司與老機

239

Comfort Sounds

Comfort Sounds

240

Diary of A Ghost Hunter |WTAF Paranormal Files

Anne and Renata | Frightfully Good Productions

241

What Happens Next?

Steve Morris

242

Wos Speaks

Count The Dings

243

Divergent Files Podcast

Divergent Files Podcast

244

The Pornhub Empire

CBC

245

Sold a Story

APM Reports

246

Der Koch von Gaza

DIE ZEIT

247

Jay Shetty - Biography Flash

Inception Point AI

248

Resistance

Gimlet

249

DW Revista

DW

250

Radio Ambulante

My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts

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