If RNZ is making a practice of copying and pasting overseas clickbait without making any effort to verify the accuracy of the irresponsible sensationalist rubbish they are passing on, they are hardly entitled to be called 'one of the best on offer'.
I am surprised anyone listens to anything on AM radio or messes with aerials anymore. I do stream the World Service. In fact, I stream everything I listen to. I can't say I miss the static and crackles of AM.