14/03/2024
What better way to release some of the anxiety in these crazy times than through music? And as an artist, why not scream your message from the rooftops through songs exploring your worries and hopes for our future? Tāmaki ...
13/02/2024
Shepherds Reign are a Kiwi heavy metal band from the Polynesian stronghold suburbs of Tāmaki Makaurau. The band have reached a pivotal point in their career with the 2023 release of their sophomore album 'Ala Mai', which ...
13/02/2024
Aja Wairere Ropata has had a long and rewarding live career, both as part of the group Aio and, since they disbanded, as solo artist Aja. Recent years have seen the Te Whanganui-a-Tara artist make her first foray into recording, ...
07/02/2024
Mohi Allen (and co-writers) won the 2023 APRA Maioha Award in October, the smooth-voiced neo soul artist pipping the Tuari Brothers and good friend Jordyn With A Why for the trophy. Later that month, Mohi released his debut ...
10/01/2024
While 'new' isn't quite the right word to describe Tāmaki Makaurau emcee Shirl'e Fruean, aka Queen Shirl'e, she is likely new to many people outside of her south Auckland community, where she is indeed rather well-known ...
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 ...
09/08/2021
The national 2021 Waiata Māori Music Awards will be held in Hastings on September 10 and the finalists across the 10 categories have been announced. Previous award winners Troy Kingi, Stan Walker, L.A.B and Tipene Harmer, ...
14/07/2021
Applications are open now for the 2021 Reo Māori Songhubs which will take place over a week, starting September 26, at Tāmaki Makaurau’s Roundhead Studios. Reo Māori SongHubs is a collaborative songwriting wānanga, ...
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 ...
23/10/2015
Inflatable dolls & wide-mouth frogs & the spaghetti-sucking pucker! (Vowel shaping, facial anchoring and facial stretches…) Think of your favourite singers… what do they all have in common? That's right, ...
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 ...
