On 30 September 2015, RNZ aired 'Ayla's Kindling Cracker,' a national radio feature on Hutchinson's invention, business growth, and impact on safe firewood splitting.
On 30 September 2015, Radio New Zealand's long-running New Zealand Society programme broadcast an episode titled "Ayla's Kindling Cracker," devoted entirely to Ayla Hutchinson's invention and entrepreneurial journey.
The feature traced the story from its origins as a homemade solution to a household safety concern, through the patenting process, to its growth into an internationally distributed product. It gave listeners across New Zealand insight into how a teenage inventor navigated design, manufacturing, and business development, while also addressing the broader cultural significance of a young woman succeeding in a hardware and engineering-oriented enterprise.
National radio coverage of this kind represented a significant form of public recognition in New Zealand media, reinforcing Ayla's status as a notable young innovator and entrepreneur nationally, beyond the earlier regional newspaper coverage and international business-list recognition.
The broadcast served an important documentary function, preserving a detailed account of her journey at a moment when the Kindling Cracker business had matured considerably from its 2013 origins, and it remains a valuable primary-source record of her early career for historians and educators studying youth innovation in New Zealand.