Essential New Zealand Albums: The Warratahs – The Only Game In Town

Released in 1987, The Only Game In Town was the first album by a band that would go on to become a national institution, ...

Essential New Zealand Albums: Collision

Tokoroa band Collision's one self-titled album is regarded as an Antipodean classic of lost '70s funk. The roots of Collision ...
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New Zealand Singer-Songwriter Will Swinton Releases New Song 'Letting Me Down'

Gaining traction as an artist to watch in 2024, Auckland singer-songwriter Will Swinton shares a heart-wrenching, yet hypnotic new single and music video “Letting Me Down” out now."Letting me down is ...
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New Zealand couple's fairytale: Singing La Boheme at the Royal Opera House

It could be a love story from an opera itself. Two people, Amina, 34, and Pene, 38, go to New Zealand when they are young, meet on a training programme for opera singers where their "relationship ...
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Discovering new NZ music in the streaming age is getting harder – what’s the future for local artists?

Oli Wilson has previously completed research in partnership with or commissioned by APRA AMCOS, Toi Mai Workforce Development Council, Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture & Heritage and the NZ Music ...
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Music is at the forefront of AI disruption, but NZ artists still have few protections

Dave Carter is a writer member of APRA AMCOS. He has received funding and contributed to projects funded by Manatū Taongao Ministry for Culture and Heritage, NZ on Air and APRA AMCOS. Jesse ...