21/01/2026
Karl Steven: Creating the Pike River film soundtrack
Karl Sölve Steven will need little introduction to most NZM readers. Energised frontman of Supergroove in the late 1990s ...
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Fresh Talent: Lily Stiven
Lily Stiven isn’t mucking around. Releasing her first single of the ’25 year (williams tragedy) in May, she followed ...
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VÏKAE: Burning Up The Old World
Karaka-based musician VÏKAE (Veronika Bell) has released a string of emotionally charged alt-pop music throughout her career. ...
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Antonio Mercuri: Experiencing Oasis in New York
As Programme Manager of Southern Institute of Technology’s (SIT) contemporary music and audio production courses, Antonio ...
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Fresh Talent: Josiah XVI
These days living in Auckland, producer/rapper JosiahXVI (Josiah Ioane) grew up in Timaru, later heading north to Wellington ...
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Rei: Making Music Magic
By now 15 years into a prolific and diverse career, Rei has captured the hearts of many with his smooth voice, ambitiously ...
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NewTracks New Artist: Jenni Smith
Nurtured as an artist in a small urban township, 25-year old country pop artist Jenni Smith is now a uni-graduated singer-songwriter ...
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Merv Pinny: Hoeing The Hard Road
Merv Pinny bought his first guitar at 10, and five decades on it’s evident that making music is still what he most loves ...
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NewTracks New Artist: Dropper
Having not long settled into the Pōneke scene as a four-piece, alt-rock outfit Dropper released a striking debut album ...
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