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Southern Land Named New Volunteer Sponsor For 2025 Challenge Wanaka Festival
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 12:45 pm | Challenge Wanaka
“Community involvement is a core value for Southern Land, and Challenge Wānaka is a perfect alignment of our love for the outdoors and our dedication to fostering community spirit,” said Luc Waite, Southern Land Director. More >>
ROACHFORD – Then And Now Greatest Hits - New Zealand Tour
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 12:23 pm | Nuclear Blast
Andrew Roachford MBE is someone who channels the energy of James Brown before going on stage each night, and who, on record, summons up the spirit of everyone from Al Green to Joe Cocker. More >>
Double Glory For Husqvarna Racer From Karaka
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 11:56 am | Bikesport NZ
With 2-1-1 results in the junior 15-16 years’ 125cc class on Saturday, Draper convincingly won the trophy ahead of experienced fellow Auckland region rider Jack Ellingham and local Taupo rider Declan Connors. More >>
The Black Seeds To Release 20th Anniversary Vinyl
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 11:12 am | The Black Seeds
The double-LP vinyl release and digital re-release includes bonus tracks ‘Rogan Josh’ and ‘Koia Ko Koe’ - the reo Māori version of the band’s hit song ‘So True’ More >>
America's Cup : Looking To The Future By Building On The Success Of Barcelona
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 10:47 am | Emirates Team New Zealand
Emirates Team NZ have completed one of the most successful America’s Cup campaigns in history. For the Defender, Emirates Team NZ having won the America’s Cup 3 times in a row, it now presents an opportunity for the growth of the America’s Cup from the strong foundation of success in recent history. More >>
FleaBITE Releases New Album - PIGGY OINK OINK
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 8:54 am | fleaBITE
With three Best New Zealand Children’s Album awards under their belt, fleaBITE proves once again that they’re the reigning champions of quirky, family-friendly music. More >>
Shortland St Music Writer William Philipson Wins National Choral-Music Songwriting Competition
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 9:36 pm | Choirs Aotearoa NZ Trust
Since 2020, Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand has invited composers across the country – from the freshest to our most esteemed – to create a new work for a mixed four-part choir (up to 60 people), in a capella or accompanied by up to three instruments. More >>
Kiwi Ferns Prepare For Pacific Championships Showdown Against Papua New Guinea Orchids
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 9:01 pm | New Zealand Rugby League
The Kiwi Ferns displayed remarkable resilience and determination in defense during their last match, and this week, the team is focused on refining attacking combinations and timing. More >>
National Library To Host The Lilburn Lecture 2024 – The Music Critic: An Endangered Species In Aotearoa?
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 8:55 pm | National Library Of New Zealand
This year arts commentator Elizabeth Kerr explores the role of the music critic in the Aotearoa arts ecosystem, looking back to Lilburn’s own experiences under the harsh pen of critics and recalling feisty New Zealand music writers from last century. More >>
Entries Open For The 2025 World Of Wearableart Competition
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 3:33 pm | World of WearableArt
The 2025 sections for the world’s most prestigious wearable art competition include Air, Neon and Myths & Legends, alongside the annual sections of Aotearoa, Open and Avant-Garde. More >>
Experience Out-Of-This-World Music With The NZSO And Star Violinist
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
The Planets: Elgar & Holst is performed in Wellington and Auckland with the orchestra lead by NZSO Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor Gemma New. More >>
50 Year Legacy Of Glacier Adventures Celebrated By Fox Glacier Guiding
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 2:38 pm | Fox Glacier Guiding
Fox Glacier Guiding was born in 1974 when mountaineer Mike Browne and wife Carrol moved to remote Fox Glacier from Mt Cook to ‘help out’ for a winter with existing glacier guiding trips. More >>
Wildfoods Festival Line Up Announced
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 2:12 pm | Wildfoods Festival
Hello Sailor and The Jordan Luck Band Confirmed to Headline Hokitika Wildfoods Festival 2025 More >>
Stratford Man Makes It NZ Title Win Number Eight
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 1:36 pm | Bikesport NZ
The programme was for seven races for each class over the two-day annual event, but organisers decided to cut the racing down to six per class after heavy rain made the steep and hilly track on Barrett Rd too slippery, especially for the younger ... More >>
Strictly Ballroom The Musical: All-Star Cast Announced
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 1:16 pm | The Court Theatre
Directed by Benjamin Kilby-Henson who helmed the smash-hit productions of Something Rotten! and Little Shop of Horrors for The Court Theatre, this splendidly camp comedy-musical will have you foxtrotting through summer in a haze of sequins, satin and hairspray! More >>
World Triathlon Cup Season Opener To Return To Napier In 2025
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 1:12 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
After a dramatic debut at Ahuriri Beach earlier this year highlighted by Hayden Wilde’s run from second-to-last out of Hawke Bay to the men’s silver medal, World Triathlon Cup Napier 2025 will again be the centrepiece of the Napier Triathlon Festival on ... More >>
Geoffrey O'Connor Signs To Dinosaur City; Announces New LP And Shares Title Track
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 10:36 am | Dinosaur City Records
The title track, which Geoffrey describes as "a big song and dance about my own mediocrity and the joy of finding someone to share it all with", offers the first taste of his most collaborative body of work to date. More >>
Young Pacific Leaders Women’s Sport Programme To Empower Emerging Female Leaders In The Pacific Islands.
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 10:10 am | Women in Sport Aotearoa
The programme is in its second year and will run from Monday 10 March to Saturday 29 March 2025 in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand. It is designed for emerging young pacific leaders residing in the Pacific Island nations. More >>
NZ TV Awards Names 2024’s TV Legend & Personality Of The Year Finalists Revealed
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 8:15 am | New Zealand Television Awards
The TV Legend Award is presented to a television professional, programme or organisation who has made a significant contribution to the television industry in New Zealand over the span of their career. It is a special honour given at the discretion of ... More >>
The Guerrilla Collection Presents ‘A Niu Dawn’, A Free One Day Pocket Festival For All
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 6:40 am | de Launay Enterprises
‘A Niu Dawn’, produced by Black Grace, brings together a diverse group of Moana Oceania Artists and community groups focused on celebrating our lives here in Aotearoa since the Dawn Raids. More >>
NextGen New Zealand Championship Details Announced
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 5:50 am | NextGen Group
The five-round Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship headlines five straight weekends of competition through January and February, culminating with the 69th New Zealand Grand Prix at Highlands on February 7-9. More >>
SailGP Confirms New T-foils Will Be Rolled Out In January Ahead Of ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Auckland
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 5:47 am | SailGP
Fans are expected to experience ‘record-breaking speeds’ and faster, more competitive racing as part of the fleet-wide upgrade, due ahead of the Auckland event, which also sees a 12th fleet take to the water for the first time in SailGP history More >>
Gibbs Takes NZ Trophy Back Across The Tasman
Monday, 28 October 2024, 9:10 pm | Bikesport NZ
The 35-year-old Gibbs, from the Sunshine Coast, outlasted all competitors in the feature shoot-out, a series of races that eliminated riders at each phase. More >>
Amyl And The Sniffers New Zealand Tour - February 2025
Monday, 28 October 2024, 2:32 pm | Banished Music
Already nominated for the 2024 Australian Music Prize and hailed as “album of the year”(Clash) and “a level-up in every way”(Brooklyn Vegan), Cartoon Darkness sees the Sniffers grow in brilliant, bold directions. More >>
Tess Liautaud Releasing Sophomore Album 'Blue Mind'
Monday, 28 October 2024, 2:03 pm | Bad Gin Sanctuary
Title track, 'Blue Mind' is a soulful anthem that serves as a heartfelt reminder to pause amidst life’s hustle & bustle. More >>
Mutch Holds It Together For Great Raihania Shears Win
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:32 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Laura Bradley, of Papatawa, also in Southern Hawke’s Bay, moved a step closer to becoming the first female to be promoted to Open class based on wins in Senior competition when she won the Senior final over eight sheep each. More >>
Blades Shearers Hold Up The Kiwis' End In Transtasman Tests
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:25 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand’s one win came in the blades shearing test of two merinos and two crossbred sheep each, with Tony Dobbs, of Fairlie, and Tim Hogg, of Timaru, beating Australians Johnathon Dalla (S.A.) and Andrew Murray (NSW) by 3.5pts. More >>
Adam Hattaway Releases Nostalgic Single With Video Game + Announces Supports For Upcoming Australasian Tour
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:15 pm | Bad Gin Sanctuary
Inspired by Hattaway's love for kitschy 90's computer games. A story of someone spending their 20's in a windowless room glued to their computer. More >>
Russell Peters New Zealand Tour 2025
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:11 pm | Elephant Publicity
For someone whose comedy tour is called RELAX, Russell is certainly racking up the miles and maintaining a relentless schedule that few could match. More >>
NZ Author Jodie Shelley On Finding Humour In Hard Family Situations
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:11 pm | RNZ
The new novel, she told RNZ's Nine to Noon, is a New Zealand story about homophobia and family harm, but with a lighter touch. More >>
Laufey Announces Debut Concert Film
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:06 pm | NikNak Media
Beginning December 6, the musical adventure will be available for limited screenings in cinemas and IMAX theaters and will captivate audiences worldwide with stunning visuals and Laufey’s mesmerizing vocals as she performs alongside the legendary ... More >>
Two Raw Sisters Launch New Cookbook For 'Intelligently Lazy' Cooks
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:06 pm | RNZ
More Salad: Two Raw Sisters, published by Allen & Unwin, is out now. More >>
Sport Programme + Dates Confirmed For Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:00 pm | NZOC
Glasgow 2026 will be contested from July 23rd to August 2nd and will feature a 10-sport programme concentrated across four venues within an eight-mile corridor. More >>
Lily Wilson Is Our National Cadet Of The Year For 2025
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:56 pm | Hato Hone St John
Lily was chosen by a panel of judges who annually assess a strong group of candidates from our youth cadets. Her new responsibilities will include being an advisor to Priory Chapter and a member of the National Youth Leadership team. More >>
Romy & Sampha Collaborate On New Single 'I’m On Your Team' Out Now Via Young
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:46 pm | The Label
The evolving nature of a relationship crystalises somewhere between the chorus of “And I hope the way I feel tonight, is the way I feel for life” and the closing “I’m on your team, but I can’t always coach you.” More >>
jasmine.4.t Announces Debut Album You Are The Morning Out Jan 17th Via Saddest Factory Records
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:42 pm | The Label
Jasmine is also sharing her new single 'Elephant', which was produced by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. More >>
Auckland Indie Pop Artist Raging Flowers Wins First Prize In Out From The Mist
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:26 pm | Raging Flowers
Raging Flowers’ (Amy Shuang Wang) unreleased song, Tissue Paper, was awarded the first prize in the Music category in Out From The Mist, which is an international arts competition for mental health awareness based in Brisbane. More >>
Womad Aotearoa Unveils 13 Captivating New Acts For The 2025 Festival
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:04 pm | The Label
The festival will feature the power trio Delgres, who blends the blues with Caribbean influences, and the hypnotic guitar riffs of Etran de’Lair, infusing traditional Tuareg music with sun schlazed desert rock. More >>
New Car And New Team Excites Old Hand Allen
Monday, 28 October 2024, 12:04 pm | Toyota New Zealand
Toyota 86 stalwart Justin Allen has a new car and a new team heading into the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship, and the multiple race winner is raring to go. More >>
Familiar Faces Claim The Red Ribbons At Gisborne Show Shears
Monday, 28 October 2024, 11:56 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Having undergone significant shoulder surgery last summer, but back shearing by the end of the season, Kirkpatrick was claiming his first win since being made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum More >>
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory To Release Self-Titled Debut Album, Out February 7th Via Jagjaguwar
Monday, 28 October 2024, 11:53 am | The Label
The album was recorded at Eurythmics’ former studio, The Church, a perfect match for the band’s mystical mix of electronics and analog textures. More >>
Kiwis Chase Elusive Shears Cleansweep In Australia
Monday, 28 October 2024, 11:41 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The internationals will take place during the Australian National Shearing and Woolhandling Championships which start on Friday in Katanning, about 280km southeast of Perth, and end on Sunday. More >>
Underwire NZ Call Out Green-washing With Greener
Monday, 28 October 2024, 10:54 am | UTM Music Group
The Wellington band’s latest protest song is dedicated to the people of Ōtepoti (Dunedin), in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. More >>
Pork And Leek Sausage Delights Judges To Win Supreme Award
Monday, 28 October 2024, 10:34 am | Great New Zealand Sausage Competition
“It’s brilliant, just fantastic,” said Rossiter. “It’s a real team effort - we always put our heads together when deciding what to make. It’s a bit of trial and error throughout the year, but with a lot of love, it’s paid off this year.” More >>
Wellington Young Actors Double Bill On The Boards
Monday, 28 October 2024, 10:18 am | Wellington Young Actors
The students come from all over Wellington, including Kapiti, Porirua, Hutt Valley, Tawa, Thorndon, Island Bay and Miramar. While the training company has been running for ten years, producing numerous shows, it is the first time that WYA will be performing ... More >>
Disabled Artists Theatre Festival (DAT Fest) Returns For 2024 With Expanded Programme
Monday, 28 October 2024, 10:13 am | Elephant Publicity
This year’s programme is brimming with events for the community and its allies, featuring comedy, music, cabaret, dance, poetry, networking, exhibitions, art workshops, a book launch, and even taxidermy. More >>
Beloved Dungeons And Dragons Show Embraces Accessibility
Monday, 28 October 2024, 10:08 am | Basement Theatre
Despite the challenges of adding accessibility measures to improvised shows, Improverished are intent on making their performances as accessible as possible by offering a special Relaxed Performance, along with Touch Tours before two of the shows in their week-long ... More >>
Shear Class As Australia Beats NZ 2-1 In Wool Test Matches
Monday, 28 October 2024, 10:02 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Transtasman series newcomer and King Country shearer Jack Fagan, whose father sheared in 12 transtasman tests, was first to finish the match of six merinos and six crossbred sheep each on Sunday. More >>
Aotearoa's Serebii Announces New Album Dime Out March 2025
Monday, 28 October 2024, 9:39 am | The Label
For his second full-length LP and most realised release as Serebii yet, Callum Mower had one thing he had to overcome first: he was “terrified” of himself. More >>
Silver Ferns Claim Constellation Cup In Perth
Monday, 28 October 2024, 9:22 am | Netball New Zealand
The 18-goal winning margin followed hot on the heels of 14 and 11-goal margins in the opening two tests in NZ, the first time they have won three Constellation Cup matches in a row in the same year and just the third time the Silver Ferns have won ... More >>
Discover Hamilton's Street Art With Boon Street Art Tours
Monday, 28 October 2024, 7:52 am | Boon Arts
To make these tours more accessible to the community, Boon Arts has adjusted the prices, ensuring that everyone can enjoy this experience. Tickets are now $15 for an adult, $10 for gold card holders and students, and $5 for kids aged 5-16. More >>
League Legends Win On And Off The Field
Monday, 28 October 2024, 7:25 am | Shine Collective
The event was created by ex-Warrior and Kiwi player, Sione Faumuina to help raise awareness of men’s mental health and wellbeing. More >>
The Play That Goes Wrong Announces 10th Anniversary Tour Of NZ
Monday, 28 October 2024, 7:00 am | Sandra Roberts
Mischief’s The Play That Goes Wrong opened at the Duchess Theatre, London in September 2014, and this year celebrates its 10th year in the West End. This fan favourite will be causing chaos in Wellington from 19 April ’25 before travelling to Christchurch. More >>
900 Pages Of 136-year-old Māori Manuscript For The Book Of Mormon Located And Made Available To The Public
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 11:52 pm | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
This manuscript is the final printer’s copy; it has been determined that it is handwritten by early missionary, Sister Georgina Marriott. More >>
Sibling Showdown: Brothers Split-Seconds Apart In National Title Race At Whaka 100
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 11:33 pm | Nduro Events
Christchurch mountain bike pro Craig Oliver held his title in a neck and neck five-hour battle at the Whaka 100 Mountain Bike Marathon, with returning champ and Olympian Sammie Maxwell taking back her title after loosing it last year to Josie Wilcox. ... More >>
Five Players To Make Test Debuts Against Kangaroos
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 11:05 pm | New Zealand Rugby League
The match is the second leg of a Trans-Tasman Labour Day Weekend doubleheader following the Kiwi Ferns’ encounter with the Australian Jillaroos. More >>
Revulva Release Their Self-titled Album
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 10:31 pm | Great NZ Publicity
Described by Rolling Stone Australia as “strangely alluring,” the femme-fronted eight-piece formed in Wellington under the de facto leadership of the composer, lyricist, bassist and vocalist Phoebe Johnson in 2019. More >>
Fiji Secured Third Place With A Win Over Papua New Guinea At OFC Beach Soccer Men's Nations Cup
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 7:52 pm | Oceania Football Confederation
Fiji exacted a measure of revenge for their defeat in the Group play to beat Papua New Guinea 4-0 and finish third at the OFC Beach Soccer Men’s Nations Cup in Honiara. More >>
New Zealand And Australia Gravity Stairs Tour Kicks Off Next Month
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 7:43 pm | Live Nation
The Gravity Stairs Tour - in support of their latest album - commences in New Zealand on Saturday, November 9 in Wellington and wraps Saturday, November 23 at Auckland’s Spark Arena. More >>
Te Tiriti O Waitangi Relationships: People, Politics And Law
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 7:30 pm | Bridget Williams Books
The essays address issues such as Treaty principles, sovereignty, and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; critical explorations of contemporary case studies, from the challenges of the Wairarapa Moana and Pouākani whenua to Ihumātao and ... More >>
