26/08/2016
Some publicists just love to over-use the typically meaningless chestnut of ‘eagerly anticipated’ when announcing new EP and album releases, even those from acts of little or no real profile. No doubt the same tag will ...
01/08/2016
Mother, musician, producer, promoter, vocal tutor and composer – Huia Hamon evidently likes to keep herself plenty busy, actively involving herself in numerous aspects of the local music scene. Drawing from an interview ...
01/07/2016
At the 2016 Taite Music Prize Awards held in April Upper Hutt Posse were announced as recipients of this year's Classic Record award for their crucial 1988 12” single E Tū. Released on Wellington indie label Jayrem, E ...
13/06/2016
For a band with such a familiar name, Street Chant don’t seem to have done a lot to get in our faces, or charts, since dropping their highly regarded debut album some six years back. There was a digital 5-track EP called ...
16/05/2016
The band name is a reflection of its multi-island make up on the one hand, and its musical sense of purpose on the other. The beating heart of Unity Pacific has however always been one, Niuean-born Aucklander Tigi Ness, legendary ...
02/06/2020
A new $175 million economic boost package to support the arts and creative sector recover from the blow of Covid-19 was announced by the Government on May 29. Modelling based on Treasury forecasts has indicated that without ...
14/05/2020
It's not too late to register interest for Tūhonohono, a new experimental funding round Te Māngai Pāho are organising. With Tūhonohono, TMP are looking to support artists to both write new songs and collaborate. This ...
06/05/2020
The 2020 Taite Music Prize, which highlights outstanding NZ albums released in the past calendar year, last night became the first national annual music award ceremony to be staged online in the Covid-19 restrictions period. ...
02/05/2020
A tiny pony with a lofty goal, shuffling worms underground and te reo Māori are all thoroughly explored by the finalists for the Children’s Music Awards 2020 – an annual presentation celebrating music written for kids. The ...
11/03/2020
The deadline for Te Māngai Pāho's final music funding round of the 2019-20 financial year has been extended to March 20. In this round, TMP is particularly interested in waiata for iwi radio targeting rangatahi audiences ...
