 In 1998 and again in 2000 RNZI won a Commonwealth Broadcasting Association's Rolls-Royce Award for Excellence.At a function of the Association for International Broadcasting in London, November 2007, RNZI received the International Radio Station of the Year award ahead of the BBC World Service.The association praised the station for what it said was an ability and clarity of vision - and for the delivery of something it said was valued by audiences throughout the region.