15/06/2023
Currently a year 11 student at Rotorua Girls’ High School, 15-year-old Nikau Grace Chater is already a few years into her budding career as a musician. Her bilingual debut single Tōku Tuakiri is an introspective power ...
31/05/2023
Following in the footsteps of, say, Troy Kingi, who also successfully passed from drama to the roaring crowds cheering sort-of-stages of Aotearoa, Te Whanganui-a-Tara reggae artist Tom Knowles presents 'Atarangi: Morning ...
26/03/2023
Tauranga's Vanessa-mae Scrivens, aka Nessie Oh, met Blindspott guitarist Brandon Reihana through their mutual interest in streaming on Twitch. After initially sharing ideas for music with one another online the two decided ...
24/02/2023
It's not every day that I get that chance to travel to the opposite side of the Papatūānuku (earth) to discover a whole world of music, walk the paths of my ancestors, share Te Ao Māori and acquire a rainbow Euro wardrobe, ...
20/12/2022
Playing seven album launch parties in almost as many different time zones, and almost as few days sounds like the stuff of fantasy. Not so for Auckland DJ/producer act Sweet Mix Kids who achieved the feat in promoting the ...
28/09/2022
The venerable Smokefree Rockquest 2022 celebrated the high school music competition's 35th anniversary with a very welcome live national final (as well as the Smokefree Tangata Beats final) at Q Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau ...
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 ...
26/07/2022
Winners of the 2022 NZ Radio Awards were announced late July, including a couple of special awards that reflect the strides toward greater domestic inclusivity made over the last few decades. An award for Outstanding ...
20/04/2022
Winners of the Hook, Line and Singalong 2022 songwriting contest have been announced. Funded and curated by the NZ Music Commission in conjunction with MENZA, the winning song will get professionally recorded, printed, ...
