For Matariki this year, the Kāpati Coast is celebrating with an all-star day of celebrations at Ōtaki Beach, and one of the performing artists is the legendary Troy Kingi. Described by the New Zealand Music...

Easily her most personal to date, Le Vā is a dedication to her late mother Fuarosa, and explores grief, healing, and transformation. A blend of wavey soul, modular electronics and storytelling, Le Vā is bot...

Dr Claire Achmad has been Te Kaikōmihana Mātua mō Ngā Tamariki o Aotearoa – Chief Children’s Commissioner since November 2023. She is a visible advocate for all mokopuna (children and young people), meeting th...

Out today is the stunning third studio album from indie-folk visionary Jazmine Mary, 'I Want to Rock and Roll'. Following 2023’s 'Dog' and their award-winning debut The Licking of a Tangerine, this new rele...

Sunaina speaks with Aotearoa's favourite psych-rock duo, Earth Tongue, upon their return home for a three-show tour of the motu. Now based in Berlin, Gussie Larkin and Ezra Simons have spent the last year t...

Tāmaki Makaurau dream pop quartet Phoebe Rings have just released their luminous debut album 'Aseurai' (Us-er-rae), a rich, collaborative body of work shaped by the band's four members. With past lives in a...

Mana Moana is returning to Te Whanganui-a-Tara this Matariki with a stunning series of waterscreen films at Whairepo Lagoon. Curated by Israel Randell, this year’s programme reflects on grief, dreaming, and...

This morning we’re joined by a Wellington punk band that only sings love songs, Love Party. Fronted by Kate Yesberg and Dayle Jellyman, their debut album WOW! is full of fuzzy alt-punk tracks that celebrate...

Joining Sunaina this morning is local fashion icon James Dobson of Jimmy D, the Pōneke-based designer known for his dark, playful, deconstructed style, and today he is here to talk about an exciting new collab...