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Books Of Mana: 10 Essential Reads For Waitangi Day
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 8:23 pm | The Conversation
Māori have been writing about their experiences for two centuries. Here, the authors of a new book about that literary legacy pick ten of their must-read titles. More >>
History Beckons At 69th New Zealand Grand Prix At Highlands
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:41 pm | NextGen New Zealand Championship
The New Zealand Grand Prix is more than just a race. It’s a celebration of our motorsport heritage and a proving ground for the next generation of racing talent. More >>
SODA BOYZ Release Sophomore Album 'Not Boyz Anymore' While On Tour In Australia
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:38 pm | Papaiti Records
Not Boyz Anymore is meditative, methodical and desolately beautiful. While it shares sonic territory with bands like Duster and Slint, you can hear the influence of Aotearoa and it's landscapes on the composition. More >>
Stratford Leads The Way In National Shearing Circuit
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:35 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Led by defending champion, three-times winner and near perennial top qualifier Nathan Stratford, of Invercargill, the 10 were among 20 who resumed the battle for places in the qualifying dozen in the lambshearing round at the Rangitikei Shearing Sports ... More >>
Old Mervs Announce 2025 Album Tour
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:24 pm | Morse Code Communications
This announcement comes with the release of “Everyone Will See It”, the latest taste of Old Mervs’ highly-awaited debut album. More >>
Star Insure Superbike Grand Prix A Trip Down Memory Lane For Mike Pero
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:21 pm | New Zealand Superbike Championship
Pero is bringing two of his now-restored former GP bikes – a Yamaha TZ250F from 1979 and a Yamaha TZ250G from 1996 – to display in the Legends Garage at Levels during the second round of the New Zealand Superbike Championship on February 14–15. More >>
Manawatū Summer Shakespeare And Simple Truth Theatre Present: The Tempest
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:04 pm | Manawatu Summer Shakespeare
The cast of 24 local performers, who range in age from 16-77, began rehearsals in early November under the vision of Rhian Firmin, returning to the director’s chair for the third consecutive year, in a Victorian Gothic meets Ocean Mythic interpretation. More >>
Gore’s Country Music Honours Welcome Entries For The 2025 MLT Songwriting Award
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 6:58 pm | NZ Songwriters' Trust
Songwriters can enter any unreleased track, recorded as a solo vocal performance (exceptions made for duets) and may accompany their song with a maximum of one instrument. More >>
Mātakitaki Mai: Waitangi Day 2025 – With Whakaata Māori
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 6:26 pm | Whakaata Maori
Our Waitangi schedule begins at 5.00AM with Peter-Lucas Jones and Blake Ihimaera live from the Treaty grounds for WAITANGI 2025 - KA HAO TE RANGATAHI. More >>
Aussie Artist & OG Mixtape Master Dixie Collabs With Superstar Snoop Dogg
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 3:12 pm | Xposed Media
Having topped DJ Top 50 lists over multiple years, and having toured with Aussie faves Bombs Away, Dixie has seen and done it all. More >>
International Surf Boat Racing Returns To Waihī Beach This Weekend
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 2:58 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
The Trans-Tasman Series is one of the fiercest rivalries in surf boat rowing, pitting New Zealand’s elite Open and Under-23 crews against their Australian counterparts. More >>
Top Tips For The BNZ Auckland Lantern Festival
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:53 am | Tataki Auckland Unlimited
The free-ticketed family event showcases more than 500 beautiful handmade lanterns, including a new snake lantern, a magnificent dragon and the Lantern Boulevard to surprise and delight visitors. More >>
TVNZ Celebrates A New Era Of Shortland Street With Innovative Launch Campaign
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:39 am | TVNZ
The TikTok stream will feature live Q & A’s, as well as in-the-moment reactions from the Shortland Street cast – fan favourites, Courtenay Louise and Ngahuia Piripi (who play Monique and Esther respectively), will be joined by newcomers Nepia Takuira-Mita, ... More >>
Are These The Most Scenic Tennis Courts In Aotearoa?
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 8:53 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Quake damaged sports courts in Kaikōura have been restored. More >>
Farewell Guangdong: Documentary Recounts Harrowing Journey Of Early Chinese Refugees
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 8:35 pm | RNZ
The seven-part series traces the journeys of seven Chinese refugee wives and their children who fled Guangdong during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) to reunite with their husbands in New Zealand, navigating immense hardship along the way. More >>
Elina Ussher Set To Race Her 20th Kathmandu Coast To Coast In A Row
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:49 pm | Kathmandu Coast to Coast
At nearly 49 years old, Ussher continues to demonstrate remarkable resilience and dedication. More >>
Te Awamutu Floyd Masson Makes In-ring Return With Big Promoters
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:47 pm | Benjamin Watt
Since losing his IBO World title in 2023, Masson has been on a mission to climb the ranks again. More >>
Tom Lark Announces New Album, Moonlight Hotel
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:45 pm | Good Luck Mansion
Moonlight Hotel sees the artist explore the parallels between his family's historical displacement following the 1929 earthquake that destroyed Murchison – a pioneer town in the upper West Coast of the South Island – and his own following the 2011 ... More >>
Alison Moyet Moves Auckland Show To The Civic Due To Overwhelming Demand For The ‘Key Live 2025’ World Tour
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:43 pm | TEG Live
The ‘KEY Live 2025’ tour will see the acclaimed singer-songwriter marking 40 years as a solo artist by delivering an eclectic, career-spanning set, showcasing the depth and breadth of her artistic creativity and songwriting. More >>
Matatū Rugby Team Embarks On A Journey Through Māori Astronomy At Dark Sky Project
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:07 pm | Matatu
Dark Sky Project General Manager Victoria Campbell says during their visit, players and coaching staff connected with the region and the cultural narratives associated with their name. More >>
Trick Of The Light Unpacks A World Of Theatrical Magic With ‘Suitcase Show’ National Tour
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 5:12 pm | Elephant Publicity
Suitcase Show is an eclectic box set of short stories, each one told out of a suitcase. Dark, spiky and comic, this is storytelling at its finest from a team of Aotearoa’s greatest creative minds. More >>
Wanaka Athletes Aim For Historic Wins At Kathmandu Coast To Coast
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 5:07 pm | Coast to Coast
Both athletes are ranked number one in their respective categories and are favorited to clinch the men’s and women’s titles. More >>
Laughter And Life-Saving Lessons: A Unique Comedy Show Tackling Bowel Cancer
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Despite one in ten bowel cancer cases being found in people under 50, research shows that diagnosis can take 60% longer for younger people. More >>
Women’s Health Series Empowers Women To Prioritise Their Wellbeing
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 3:33 pm | Sport Manawatu
Sport Manawatū is proud to present the Women’s Health Series—a collection of five expert-led workshops covering key aspects of women's wellbeing. More >>
‘This Is New Zealand’ And ‘No Ordinary Sheila' Film Screenings
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 12:24 pm | Friends of the Whanganui River
The Friends of the Whanganui River have now made an arrangement with the owner of the Boyd’s Auto Barn Museum whereby they can screen films in the small cinema that has been constructed within the private museum at 3 Pickwick Road in Whanganui. More >>
Meet The Auckland Schoolboy Carving A Footballing Career In The Land Of Lionel Messi
Monday, 3 February 2025, 9:45 pm | RNZ
Joaquin Reinoso might just be New Zealand's top teenage sporting talent that you've never heard of. More >>
Austen Opera Coming To Christchurch & Dunedin - South Island Premiere: NZ Opera’s Mansfield Park Returns This April
Monday, 3 February 2025, 9:01 pm | NZ Opera
A unique, immersive production, Mansfield Park offers a touching and emotive musical experience that Austen herself would have relished. More >>
Iconic One New Zealand GODZONE To Make Triumphant Return To New Zealand’s Adventure Racing Scene
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:55 pm | Pure Adventure Charitable Trust
A new adventure racing charitable trust led by high-profile sportsperson Richie McCaw announces the return of One NZ GODZONE, the world’s largest expedition race. More >>
Zoe Hobbs Qualifies For World Indoor Championships In Boston
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:49 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Hobbs is the Oceania and NZ record holder with a best of 7.06 from Glasgow World Indoor Champs in 2024 where she finished fourth by 0.01s More >>
Finally Got One - Ngaio Hanson's First Open Woolhandling Win
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:47 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Eketahuna woolhandler Ngaio Hanson has had a stellar two years in representing New Zealand at the 2023 World Championships in Scotland and in this season’s transtasman test matches. But it reached another level on Friday when she the Danevirke A and ... More >>
Ingram Wins Bert Hawthorne Cup At SKOPE Classic
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:46 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Held at Christchurch’s Euromarque Motorsport Park as part of the SKOPE Classic, the Sunday afternoon race unfolded in damp conditions, adding an extra layer of challenge for the historic high-horsepower cars. More >>
Event Wrap: Mickey Thompson NZ Off-Road Grand Prix 2025 – Round 1 Of The CT Civil NZ Off-Road Racing Championship
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:42 pm | Mickey Thompson NZ Offroad Racing Championship
The off-road classes offered a full spectrum of racing, from pint-sized competitors in the Kiwitruck class (aged 6-7) to seasoned pros in the Pro 1 Unlimited Horsepower category. The crowd was treated to non-stop, high-octane racing, where every driver ... More >>
Rangitikei Opens Series With Two Scorchers
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:32 pm | Bikesport NZ
FEBRUARY 3, 2025: And there we have it – after one extremely hectic weekend, New Zealand’s motorcycling community is already halfway towards discovering who will be crowned the nation’s top cross-country racers for 2025. The four-round Yamaha ... More >>
Teeing Off For A Cause: Honouring Norm Hewitt Through Golf Fundraisers
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:13 pm | Motor Neurone Disease Association NZ
Norm’s journey with motor neurone disease (MND) came to an end in 2024, but his spirit and values endure through these golf fundraisers, embodying the Hewitt whānau’s commitment to making time count for others. More >>
New Zealand Wins Gold At World Championship
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:07 pm | New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
The gold medal follows impressive form at the 2024 IIHF Under-20 World Championship, where the team won silver. The team last won gold in 2008. More >>
Festival Italiano Returns To Newmarket With NZ’s Largest Italian Street Festival
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:02 pm | Newmarket Business Association
The heart of the festival will come to life on Sunday, 23rd February, where Osborne and Kent Streets, Lumsden Green, and Nuffield Street will be transformed into Italian piazzas (public market places), offering an unforgettable sensory journey. More >>
Independent Table Tennis Association Of NZ (ITTANZ) Launches Nationwide “Table Tennis Tables In Schools” Programme
Monday, 3 February 2025, 7:50 pm | ITTANZ
ITTANZ is delighted to be a part of this nationwide initiative to promote the sport of table tennis in New Zealand, and to encourage our young people to engage in the very affordable, fun-enhancing, easy-to-learn, and social activity of table tennis. More >>
Mayor Launches Fireworks To Welcome Lunar New Year In The Capital
Monday, 3 February 2025, 7:26 pm | Asian Events Trust
Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau hit a ceremonial gong to commence the Lunar New Year fireworks on Saturday, which saw the waterfront crowded with over 10,000 people. More >>
Final Acts Revealed For Cross Street Music Festival 2025
Monday, 3 February 2025, 6:28 pm | Elephant Publicity
This year’s festival brings together an epic mix of fresh talent and seasoned performers, including the previously announced CHAII, Sea Mouse, Who Shot Scott, Blake, Ardon England, Caru & Brandn Shiraz, Mammalien, Lips, and Lil Bok Choy. More >>
An Almost Perfect Start To Dudson’s Title Defence
Monday, 3 February 2025, 6:23 pm | Bikesport NZ
The Honda ace from Rotorua kicked off round one the 2025 cross-country nationals on Friday by winning the day comfortably ahead of Taupo’s three-time former national champion Brad Groombridge. More >>
Title Battles Heat Up At NextGen New Zealand Championship Ascot Park Hotel Teretonga Park International
Monday, 3 February 2025, 6:19 pm | NextGen New Zealand Championship
The Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship (CTFROC) spearheaded proceedings with their fourth of five rounds and final hitout ahead of next weekend’s 69th Running of the New Zealand Grand Prix. More >>
One Month To Go Until Motatapu – Who Will Be On The Start Line?
Monday, 3 February 2025, 6:08 pm | Motatapu OffRoad Sporting Event
Motatapu Race Director and event owner Gemma Peskett – who was involved when the event began two decades ago – says she’s pleased with how entries have been tracking for this year’s event. Around 2500 participants are expected to be on the start ... More >>
Award-winning Masterpiece Prima Facie Embarks On North Island Tour
Monday, 3 February 2025, 5:24 pm | Elephant Publicity
This gripping and powerful story, which provides vital commentary of the justice systems handling of sexual assault, heads to Palmerston North, Tauranga, Rotorua, Auckland and New Plymouth from March – July. More >>
Lydia Ko Third Heading Into Final Round Of LPGA Tournament
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:33 pm | RNZ
The kiwi golfer is ranked number two in the world off the back of a stunning 2024, which included the Olympics gold medal, which earned her a place in golf's Hall of Fame and the British Open title. More >>
Getting 'The Best Of Three Worlds' As A Māori-Chinese Person In New Zealand
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:16 pm | RNZ
Danny Karatea-Goddard celebrates the new year three times a year - on 1 January, Matariki and the Lunar New Year. More >>
Arvid ‘Sends It’ To Fourth Straight Feature Win In New Zealand
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:13 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship leader Arvid Lindblad has one hand on the 2025 title after a sensational win in the Spirit of a Nation Cup feature race at Teretonga Park. More >>
Ice Cool Allen Takes Feature Race Win At Teretonga
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:11 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Justin Allen became the only driver to clock up a second victory this season in his Toyota GR86 with a fine win in the final race of the weekend at Teretonga Park. More >>
Manson Fends Off Scoular And Heuzenroeder For Second Series Win
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:07 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Kiwi Sebastian Manson made the most of a great start to hold off Zack Scoular and Patrick Heuzenroeder to claim victory in the reverse grid race at Teretonga Park. More >>
Barnes Eighth Winner In Dramatic Second Race At Teretonga
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:05 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Australian Cooper Barnes made it eight from eight when he became the latest winner after a dramatic second race at Teretonga Park in the third round of the Bridgestone GR86 Championship. More >>
Zagazeta Takes Feature Pole With Best Lap Of Teretonga Weekend
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 8:52 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Peruvian Matias Zagazeta proved quicker once again than championship leader Arvid Lindblad in qualifying for the Spirit of a Nation feature race at Teretonga this morning. More >>
Hey Sets The Pace In F5000 At SKOPE Classic Saturday
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 8:03 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Returning for the fourth round of the 2024/2025 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series, the field featured a mix of those who contested last weekend’s North Island round, those returning after a break, and a few competitors sitting ... More >>
Breakers Seal Impressive Win Over Taipans
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 2:34 pm | BNZ Breakers
A balanced scoring effort and strong interior presence proved decisive as the Breakers secured their third win over Cairns this season. More >>
Zagazeta Holds On For Teretonga Triumph
Saturday, 1 February 2025, 5:52 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Matias Zagazeta walked back into the winner’s circle at Teretonga this afternoon after defeating championship leader Arvid Lindblad in a straight fight in the first race of the penultimate round of the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania ... More >>
White Makes It Seven Winners From Seven Races
Saturday, 1 February 2025, 5:48 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
In what is fast becoming Toyota New Zealand’s most closely fought championship ever - Chris White became the seventh winner in seven races of the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship. More >>
Low Downforce Lindblad Untouchable At Teretonga
Saturday, 1 February 2025, 5:45 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Championship leader Arvid Lindblad was untouchable in qualifying today for the first race of the penultimate round of the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship at Teretonga. More >>
How Kiwis United to Collect 5,269 Handbags in Grace Millane's Memory
Saturday, 1 February 2025, 2:26 pm | Love Grace Handbag Appeal
Every year between Valentine’s Day (14th Feb) and International Women’s Day (8th March), thousands of Kiwis assemble and donate handbags filled with essential items to help women passing through Women’s Refuges. More >>
Jackson-Cartwright Ruled Out Through Injury
Friday, 31 January 2025, 7:52 pm | BNZ Breakers
Jackson-Cartwright suffered a blow to the mid section in last Friday’s game against Brisbane Bullets, and was taken to hospital evaluation. More >>
Southern Showdown: NextGen NZ Championship Heads To Teretonga
Friday, 31 January 2025, 7:48 pm | NextGen New Zealand Championship
Five classes are confirmed for the weekend’s event at the world’s southernmost FIA-recognised track, with the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship (CTFROC) spearheading proceedings for their fourth of five rounds. More >>
Zagazeta Sets Blistering Pace At Teretonga
Friday, 31 January 2025, 7:35 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Peruvian Matias Zagazeta found great form in the final day of testing at Teretonga Park near Invercargill this afternoon as the drivers completed their final preparation ahead of the fourth and penultimate round of the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional ... More >>
Black Country, New Road Announce New Album 'Forever Howlong' + Unveil First Single 'Besties'
Friday, 31 January 2025, 7:30 pm | Border Music New Zealand
The band also share the first single and album opener with the expansive, joyous "Besties", the first Black Country, New Road studio release to feature lead vocals by Georgia Ellery. More >>
