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02/03/2026

2026 Taite Music Prize Finalists Announced

Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) has announced the 10 finalists for the 2026 Taite Music Prize, along with news that the annual ...

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18/11/2025

NewTracks New Artist: Goodspace

Shape-shifting Tāmaki Makaurau artist Goodspace has always been a project of multiple collaborations and forms, Jefferson ...

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29/09/2025

NewTracks New Artist: Sig Wilder

It takes time to become a cowboy, and the gentle, rolling ‘aotearoa americana’ songs of US-raised, but these days Wellington-based, ...

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14/08/2025

Going Global Music Summit 2025 Details

The annual two-day Going Global Music Summit returns to Tāmaki Makaurau on Thursday, 28 and Friday, 29 August, uniting ...

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27/03/2025

Taite Music Prize 2025 Ceremony Finalists Announced

Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) has announced finalists for the 2025 Auckland Live Best Independent Debut Award, the recipient ...

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18/03/2025

Louisa Nicklin: Making Room To Breath

Introspective, engaging, ethereal and intimate; these are all words used to describe the first album of Tāmaki Makaurau-based ...

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24/09/2024

NewMusic Single September 2024 Funding Decisions

NZ On Air Music have announced the NewMusic Single September 2024 funding decisions, that will see up to $11,000 allocated ...

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07/08/2024

NewTracks New Artist: Arahi

Originally from Ahuriri Napier, now based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Arahi Whaanga is one independently-released EP and plenty ...

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01/02/2024

DC Maxwell: Finding A New Horse To Ride

Previously the frontman/essence of underground Tāmaki Makaurau punk act Roidz, Daniel Smith took a well-earned break from ...

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