rova – radio, music, podcasts
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About this app
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.
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11.4K reviews
Ni E-M
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October 29, 2025
Not sure if this applies internationally, locally, or if it's just me. So whenever the app loses reception, it completely crashes, and I then have to shut the app right down then open it up again, not very good while I'm driving. The same thing happens when I stop using the Rova app, it tends to go back to where it was hours ago, stop, and crash causing me to repeat the process. Please fix it, it's rather annoying
3 people found this review helpful
allan boss
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May 27, 2025
Used to be awesome now it's just broken. Won't even launch, now it launches but the latest update made it even more unworkable, it's a confusing jumble of nonsense, the radio station are all gone and replaced with talk shows and podcasts, the ability to just choose a station and cast it to a speaker has gone. What a shame.
5 people found this review helpful
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
92 people found this review helpful
What’s new
More support for The Rock 2000!
Plus a big battery-life optimization and some more bug fixes from your feedback.
Plus a big battery-life optimization and some more bug fixes from your feedback.
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About the developer
MEDIAWORKS HOLDINGS LIMITED
support@rova.nz
17 Hargreaves St
St Marys Bay
Auckland 1011
New Zealand
+64 28 8515 5644
