The voice of the Netherlands in New Zealand

ECHO RADIO - THE DUTCH NETWORK, is a non-profit voluntary organisation which provides a weekly Dutch-language radio programme aimed to New Zealanders of Netherlands descent. In doing so, Echo Radio provides a weekly information service to the Dutch community in New Zealand with news from the Netherlands as well as community news from the different regions in New Zealand.                                                                        The focus on the Dutch language makes Echo Radio a unique service in New Zealand, as it provides the only Dutch-language programme in the New Zealand broadcast media.          Echo Radio receives no central government support. Whereas in Australia, ethnic minorities benefit from the free platform for multicultural broadcasting provided by the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Echo Radio's continued existence is entirely dependent on individual and community funding.

Our Mission

For New Zealand to become a truly multicultural society, it is necessary that our voice and language be heard. The Netherlands and its language are important to New Zealand. Please give your children and grandchildren a chance to maintain their cultural roots!

We would also ask you to pass this information on to others. We hope to be able to welcome you as a listener and Friend of Echo Radio.

Profile

Echo Radio has been broadcasting in New Zealand for over twenty-two years. Today, its weekly broadcast in the Netherlands' language is being beamed through nine transmitters and can be heard in almost all of New Zealand. Echo 's radio programme in Dutch is of very high quality and regularly wins awards for its production.


Echo Radio’s programmes are made by volunteers, without government help. They cannot survive without assistance of the listeners and supporters.