31/12/2025
By now 15 years into a prolific and diverse career, Rei has captured the hearts of many with his smooth voice, ambitiously energetic performances and bilingual Māori wit. The Auckland urban/electronic musician, rapper, singer, ...
25/11/2025
Hiva Folau Vaka - Vaka Carrying Music is a legacy project for the Pacific Music Awards Trust, an album of songs developed to highlight and aid the revitalisation of at-risk Pacific languages. The 22-track compilation ...
12/11/2025
From the glossy electropop of 2016 breakout single Roam to the sharp-edged hyperpop of ‘99% Angel’ EP, to the soft, organic reo Māori of her side project TE KAAHU, Em-Haley Walker’s artistry has evolved considerably ...
21/10/2025
Goldsmith Baynes is a project combining the soulful vocals of Allana Goldsmith and jazz piano prowess of Dr. Mark Baynes, well known as a Tāmaki Makaurau-based musician, composer and educator. Critical acclaim for the ...
31/08/2025
Songs From The Shaky Isles - A Short History of Popular Music in New Zealand by Gareth Shute Published by Bateman Books, rrp $40 Musician, journalist and author Gareth Shute brings strong research credentials to this fast-moving ...
23/09/2022
The songwriters, producers, and mātanga reo participating in Reo Māori Songhubs 2022 have been announced, with the vent scheduled to officially kick off on September 26. Four studios in Auckland's Roundhead Studios will ...
21/09/2022
Aotearoa's current heavyweight champs L.A.B claimed another belt of awards at the 2022 Waiata Māori Music Awards, held on September 9, at Toitoi Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre in Hastings. The unstoppable band won ...
09/08/2022
Now in its 15th year, finalists for the 2022 Waiata Māori Music Awards have been announced. The album-oriented awards will be celebrated with a live event staged at Toitoi - Hawkes Bay Arts & Events Centre on September ...
15/06/2022
Nominations for the 2022 Waiata Māori Music Awards are now open for music released in the year to June 2022. The awards seek to develop, encourage and honour the achievements of outstanding traditional and contemporary ...
11/10/2021
At the Waiata Māori Music Awards 2021 held in the Hawke’s Bay on Saturday, October 9, Troy Kingi and L.A.B. each enjoyed wins in three different categories, while Sir Pita Sharples and Che Fu were honoured for their special ...
18/03/2022
Yes I know, I never seem to get it right. Even though every year I usually write an article for the X-Factory trying to predict the winner of the Silver Scrolls I haven’t quite managed it yet. Maybe this year will be different, ...
17/03/2021
Acclaimed musicologist Daniel Levitin has argued that songs can be split into six categories according to their evolutional, biological, and cultural purposes (Levitin, 2008). The categories are: Friendship – songs ...
02/09/2020
It almost seems ritualistic now. I see the email announcing the five finalists for this year’s APRA Silver Scroll Award at 6am when I usually get up. I immediately check them all out, intuitively and analytically searching ...
23/05/2018
Multi-award winning group Te Vaka are again amongst the finalist nominees for the 2018 Vodafone Pacific Music Awards, this time with a track entitled Lakalaka. They have previously won a number of major local awards including ...
13/04/2018
“What the world needs now, is love sweet love. That’s the only thing that there’s just too little of” – thanks Hal David. It’s a universal truth, especially applied to our relationships with voice and creative ...
24/03/2021
The world premiere of New Zealand Opera’s production of Ihitai 'Avei'a - Star Navigator was rapturously received by a full house at the Vodafone Event Centre in Manukau, Auckland on March 19. Clare Martin went along to ...
24/11/2016
‘ Volume : Making Music in Aotearoa’ has been over two years in development, a joint venture between the Auckland Museum and the NZ Music Hall of Fame. Auckland War Memorial Museum October 2016 – May 2017 ‘Volume’ ...
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 ...
