About
NZ Media publishes two websites anyone can use free and three story-led YouTube channels. Every project does one job well: no sign-ups, no clutter, and nothing that feels like a chore.
What we make
Everything here is our own work. We don’t build websites for other people and we don’t offer web design services. When we say free, we mean our sites cost nothing to use.
Letterpile is a word game helper and daily puzzle site. It has 22 tools, from a word unscrambler to an anagram solver and a Wordle solver, all checked against the 172,823 words in the open ENABLE word list. There are daily puzzles too, plus plain-English guides to popular word puzzles.
MyAddr is a set of 23 everyday tools made for New Zealand: GST, take-home pay and KiwiSaver calculators, date tools, printables and text cleaners. Tax and pay rates are taken from Inland Revenue’s or another government agency’s own pages. MyAddr isn’t affiliated with any government agency, and it doesn’t give financial advice.
Small Discrepancy tells the stories of real frauds and corporate collapses, starting from the detail that didn’t add up. Episodes draw on court findings, public inquiries and regulators’ reports, and only concluded cases are covered.
Tool Mark covers crimes solved before modern forensics, from the 1880s to the 1950s, each one broken by something small and physical. Episodes draw on court records, inquest findings and reporting from the time.
Hard Copy is original fiction: stories set in workplaces, contracts and paperwork, about the moment someone realises what they were really dealing with. The people and events are invented, not real cases.
See all three channelsHow we work
No paywalls, no subscriptions and no trial periods. The tools and videos cost nothing to use.
You never need an account to use anything we make. Open the page and get on with it.
Where we can, the work happens in your browser. The letters you type on Letterpile and the numbers you enter on MyAddr stay on your device. This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics.
Our real-case videos draw on court records, public inquiries and inquest findings, and our NZ calculators cite their sources. Everything is tested before it goes live.
Pages load fast on any connection and work properly on phones, without clutter.
NZ Media is made and based in New Zealand, and built for people anywhere.
Feedback, story tips, sponsorships or press: email nz@nzmedia.app and a real person will read it. We don’t take on web design or build work.