Wednesday 5th November 2025 - 5:00pm-7:00pm
Overview
With over half of Kiwi adults tuning into podcasts each month, this medium is no longer niche — it’s essential. If podcasting isn’t on your PR radar yet, you’re missing a major opportunity to connect, influence and amplify.
Whether you’re keen to launch a branded podcast or want to level up your pitching game to get your spokespeople a guest spot, this session is for you. Join our panel of podcast pros as they unpack what makes a great show, how to cut through with producers, and why this fast-growing channel should be part of your comms strategy.
Thank you to Kordia for generously hosting this event.
Your panellists are:
Jay-Jay Feeney, PodLab
Jay-Jay started in radio at the age of 15. She won multiple radio awards over her 35-year career, wrote two best-selling books, appeared on numerous TV shows, is a columnist for Woman’s Day magazine, and a successful online content creator. She is working on her own podcasts which will be released in 2025
Georgia Thompson, NZX
Georgia is a Relationship Manager in the Listings team at NZX, working with listed issuers to support their engagement with New Zealand’s capital markets. She previously worked in NZX’s Communications team, where she helped develop the Opening Bell series, including its podcast, designed to engage and share company stories with investors.
Tim Watkin, RNZ
Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades, winning awards for news reporting, feature writing, TV and radio producing, and podcasting, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor of the NZ Listener, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor, Audio at RNZ, leading RNZ’s digital audio strategy, overseeing a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers.
Dom Harvey, PodLab
Dom left his hugely successful career in radio in 2021 to become a professional podcaster. The Dom Harvey Podcast is one of New Zealand’s most listened to podcasts receiving around 30 000 downloads each week. In November 2024 Dom’s podcast won Podcast of the Year at the NZ Podcast Awards and Gold for Best Entertainment Podcast & Best Independent Podcast. He won Silver for Best Interview Podcast. It’s fair to say he knows the secret to a great podcast.
