20/06/2024
Tāmaki Makaurau electronica artist Max Robinson, aka Hyan, works as DJ and hype man for the acclaimed Who Shot Scott, who's garnering some impressive international success. Being active within this scene, Hyan is already ...
19/06/2024
Former Ōtautahi music student Keren Enright performs under the name Keren Mara, a derivative of her first two given names. After working as musician and touring stage manager she's now started releasing her own material. ...
10/06/2024
The members of Te Whanganui-a-Tara quintet My Cosmic Girl found each other while studying commercial music at Massey University. Something clicked and now there's cosmic melodic indie rock for all to enjoy. NZ On Air Music ...
14/05/2024
It’s been 12 years since Christian Brenndorfer-Zucchiatti’s Farah Loux released their debut album, ‘Flaws’ - marking the last time Christian wrote music. Now working as C. Zukey (a shortened form of his name), his ...
08/04/2024
China has always held a great fascination for me. My grandfather Yee Jeng Keng was born in Ghangzhou in 1915 and came to New Zealand as a young man, then again in the 1940s when he started a family. He was a chef and had ...
08/04/2019
The winners of the National Youth Jazz Competition 2019 were announced at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre in Tauranga at the end of the first week of April. The judges for 2019 were Dr Rodger Fox and Dave Wilson from ...
28/11/2018
The smiling faces of Drax Project feature on the cover of NZ On Air’s 2018 annual report, page one of which reveals a 50% increase in applications this year across the organisation. The financial and performance information ...
12/10/2018
The producers of Christmas in the Park are looking for an exceptional rock guitarist to have a starring role at the two free outdoor concerts being held in Christchurch and Auckland later this year. Each year the producers ...
26/09/2018
It was a big weekend for the 20 finalist acts competing in the national finals at the culmination of the 2018 Smokefree Rockquest and Tangata Beats competitions. And, as it turned out, the weekend of a lifetime for Tim Randle ...
05/04/2018
With 320 students from 21 secondary schools, the 2018 National Youth Jazz Competition held in Tauranga from March 28-30, featured the most competitors in its 41-year history. Judges Dr Rodger Fox from New Zealand School ...
