State broadcaster Radio New Zealand will celebrate 60 years of international shortwave broadcasting on September 27.
On Dominion Day in 1948, New Zealand's first international short-wave service was launched by Prime Minister Peter Fraser.
Today the service broadcasts as Radio New Zealand International, providing a link between New Zealand and its Pacific neighbours.
In 2007 the service won the prestigious International Radio Station of the Year Award at the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) Media Excellence Awards in London.
