23/10/2025
The artist known as PRINS, singer, dancer, actor and model, was formed in Christchurch. Developing as a big stage electro-pop performer after gaining a Performing Arts degree, her 2022 debut EP ‘Life Is Better Now’ was ...
09/10/2025
In early August Christchurch-grown band There’s A Tuesday spent 10 days in South Korea’s capital, Seoul, on a pioneering residency designed to bridge connections between South Korea and Aotearoa. Samantha Cheong joined ...
17/09/2025
She's been releasing music since age 14, and less than a year ago 19-year old Niamh Crooks independently released her debut 7-track EP/album 'Blush'. There's been no easing off since, Niamh is an active vlogger and frequently ...
05/09/2025
Pearly* are fast becoming one of the new faces of Ōtepoti Dunedin music. The alt-rock guitar band of Joel Field, Phaedra Love, Josh Nicholls and Ryan Hill formed in 2023, very quickly establishing themselves as the ones-to-watch ...
03/09/2025
You may remember Indira Force as the singer from Christchurch trip-hop group Doprah, or from her ethereally experimental solo project Indi. 2025 sees the Titirangi-raised, these days London-based songwriter, composer and ...
15/09/2022
Coloratura soprano Calla Knudson and composer and musicologist Ihlara McIndoe are the winners of the 2022 Arts Excellence Awards for the South Island, each receiving $5000 towards their future studies from the Dame Malvina ...
05/07/2022
The Christchurch committee of the Dame Malvina Major Foundation is inviting applications from across Te Waipounamu for its Arts Excellence Awards, with up to $10,000 available for young artists with outstanding ability and ...
03/06/2022
Over 300 secondary school ensembles from across Aotearoa will be competing in the Chamber Music Contest 2022. Supported by the New Zealand Community Trust, this annual contest provides a platform for Kiwi secondary school ...
18/05/2022
The winners of the 2021 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) have been announced, with three Kiwi artists making it onto the ISC 2021 list. Christchurch-based children's music artist Music with Michal, aka Michal ...
16/05/2022
The winners for the 2022 NZ Children’s Music Awards were announced on Sunday 15 May at a family-friendly event at Auckland venue, the Tuning Fork. Celebrating music written and recorded for children, the event included ...
22/11/2017
Auckland can proudly boast rock duo Skinny Hobos but it takes Australia’s Sunshine Coast to produce Hobo Magic – the riff-tactically trippy heavy rock trio many are calling Australia's best underground rock act. Hobo ...
12/10/2017
American upright bassist and rising jazz star Nathan Brown, one of the most in-demand bassists in New York City, will be playing a nationwide series of shows, and hold a masterclass workshop, to celebrate the release of ...
12/05/2017
Jazz Gala 17 will be taking place up and down the country in the first week of June with a star studded international line up. Organiser Rodger Fox describes the tour as a blend of concerts of his own big band plus a ...
11/11/2016
The NZ Ukulele Festival will move to Vector Arena for its tenth anniversary this December. Apart from headliners, Hawaiian Youtube sensations Honoka and Azita, the festival will feature Malcolm Lakatani’s Creative Souls ...
02/11/2016
Anzac blues legend Kevin Borich is returning home to play with Garth Hudson of The Band and a host of Kiwi musicians on The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Concert which tours the country in late November. Raised in West Auckland, ...
