Get to know your 2026 Easter line-up

5 Mar

A stellar lineup of broadcasters will host this year’s 14 hours of Easter programming on Newstalk ZB.

This Easter, we’re excited about two programme concepts in particular. Adventure isn’t just about mountains and survival stories, .

As we were reminded when Petra spoke recently with Bear Grylls in preparation for the Easter broadcast.

Bear is known worldwide for surviving in the most extreme environments on earth, but what struck us most wasn’t the survival stories, but his quiet clarity about his Christian faith. For him, real adventure is about courage and about living your faith out loud. His interview will be part of Peter & Petra’s show between 6am-9am on Good Friday 2026.

Easter is the ultimate story of courage. The cross. The waiting. The resurrection.

Each Good Friday, CBA steps into that story publicly by producing 14 hours of thoughtful Easter programming on Newstalk ZB, reaching more than 300,000 listeners across New Zealand.

The audience will also be invited to take a closer look at church, as myths and stereotypes about our communities of faith are dispelled and the positive and surprising impacts they have on so many lives are explored.

Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders across the country will hear the story of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection through conversation and talkback, as well as interviews with church-goers, Christian leaders and ministries faithfully doing God’s work in our land.

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