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Music Festival Alumni for 30th Anniversary Celebrations
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 2:53 pm | KBB Music Festival
One of the country’s biggest youth music festivals will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this month. To help inspire the next generation of young musicians, the Festival Committee would like to hear from previous participants who are now well-known ... More >>
Through Our Eyes - Art From LSA - Thistle Hall
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 2:40 pm | Thistle Hall
LSA was founded 13 years ago to create further learning opportunities in an alternative setting for young people in the Hutt Valley. The school is based on education and sports. We are now developing an art and cultural studies programme. More >>
Orphan charity urges Kiwis to take extreme poverty challenge
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 2:31 pm | Orphans Aid International
Orphans Aid International has today announced its participation in 2013’s Live Below the Line – a challenge that is the topic of conversation at water coolers and on Facebook feeds around the country. More >>
Chiefs Celebrated With Victory Parade
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 1:49 pm | Hamilton City Council
The central city was buzzing today as hundreds of Hamiltonians came in to the central city to celebrate the 2013 Investec Super Rugby champions the Chiefs. The victory parade saw the Chiefs travel along Victoria Street to Garden Place for the official ... More >>
C-City Brothers score trifecta on New Zealand music charts
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 1:48 pm | C-City Brothers
They laid down the challenge and the public responded. Never Walk Away, the debut single from the C- City Brothers (Andy Ellis, Israel Dagg, Willie Heinz, Telusa Veainu and Robbie Fruean), has scored the top spot on not one, but three iTunes charts in ... More >>
New Anna Coddington: Make You Mine Single and Tour
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 1:46 pm | Noise PR
After turning heads with 'Bird In Hand', released in May this year, Anna Coddington and SJD have teamed up again for Make YouMine. The combo follow through with another gem: a drum machine groove beautifully offset by the impeccable feel of Chris O'Connor ... More >>
10th NZ Art Show a hit despite earthquakes
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Art Show
Concerns that the recent earthquakes in Wellington would affect attendances were eased slightly when a healthy number of people attended the NZ Art Show 2013. According to Carla Russell, the Show’s Executive Director, hardened art lovers weren’t ... More >>
Moko doco leaps into international spotlight
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 1:07 pm | Amy Taylor Abyss Films
A kiwi filmmaker never imagined that her independently made feature-length documentary about Moko the dolphin would gain international recognition from some of the world’s elite wildlife and natural history filmmakers. More >>
Adam Barwood Scores Personal Best Result on 21st Birthday
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 12:36 pm | Snowsports
Lake Wanaka, NZ – (6 August 2013) – Queenstown ski racer, Adam Barwood, had more than one reason to celebrate last week. Competing in the FIS Tech series at Treble Cone on 30 July Barwood earned himself the top podium spot with a career-best result ... More >>
HIV And Stigma Art Exhibition Opening
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 12:13 pm | Positive Women
“POSITIVE” is a Masters project by Helen Robertson in collaboration with Positive Women Inc. This installation digitally documents the stories of seven participants that are affected by or living with HIV/AIDS in New Zealand. Each story has been ... More >>
Students bring Mozart to the stage
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 12:07 pm | University of Waikato
One of New Zealand’s finest singing voices will have a speaking role when the University of Waikato’s Conservatorium of Music stages its annual opera performance in August. More >>
NZ Post joins NZC to develop next generation of cricketers
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 11:49 am | New Zealand Post
New Zealand Post has been confirmed as the new sponsor of New Zealand Cricket's National Schools programme. The ActivePost National Schools Programme, as it will be known, will work with clubs, communities and schools to develop the next generation of cricketers ... More >>
Chance to Test Not-So-Secret Weapons
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 11:48 am | Bikesport NZ
AUGUST 6, 2013: How about a free ride on a dirt bike, with the dirt thrown in at no cost too? It almost sounds too good to be true, but KTM New Zealand is pleased to announce its latest Dirt Days tour of the country will be starting very soon, ... More >>
Donate for Bay of Plenty kids
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 11:10 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
This week marks the launch of the Annual Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal, a nationwide fundraising campaign. More >>
Password System for Online Nominations
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 10:45 am | New Zealander Of The Year Awards
Submitting an online nomination for the New Zealander of the Year Awards has just got easier. Award nominators now have the ability to log back into their online nominations to amend the details, through the improved online nomination process. Nominations ... More >>
Industry experts to select NZ's best young creative talent
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 10:33 am | Youthtown
Kiwi Fashion Designer Ingrid Starnes, joins wearable art guru Fifi Colston and AUT Head of Department (Fashion & Textiles), Andreas Mikellis on the esteemed judging panel for the 2013 Youthtown Creatifs Young Designer Awards. More >>
Stories Explode at Youth Film and Theatre Festival
Monday, 5 August 2013, 6:38 pm | Phase1
Young performers and filmmakers will compete for supremacy at the Phase 1 Youth Theatre and Film Festival in West Auckland on Saturday 31 August at Corban Estate Arts Centre, as part of this year’s Going West Books and Writers’ Festival. The ... More >>
Rialto Distribution Launch Official “Giselle” Trailer
Monday, 5 August 2013, 6:30 pm | Rialto Cinema
August 5th, 2013 - Rialto Distribution launch the trailer for Giselle , a new feature film in collaboration with the Royal New Zealand Ballet and acclaimed director Toa Fraser ( No. 2 , Dean Spanley ). More >>
Top 30 Announced
Monday, 5 August 2013, 5:30 pm | Smokefreerockquest
They’ve performed in theatres and event centres from Whangarei to Invercargill and now the top 30 acts in Smokefreerockquest 2013 have been selected. More >>
New MGMT Album on September 19
Monday, 5 August 2013, 5:29 pm | Sony Music
MGMT are back with their self-titled third studio album - MGMT - set to be released on September 13. The successor to 2008’s Oracular Spectacular and 2010’s Congratulations , MGMT finds Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser continuing to push themselves ... More >>
The world of Teddiville comes to life at its first ever show
Monday, 5 August 2013, 3:26 pm | Lou Draper
Come see a bright and colourful world where possibilities are endless…come to Teddiville! Teddiville is the creation of local Auckland artist Andy Mowbray who this coming weekend will be holding his first show of Paintings and Prints for this colourful, ... More >>
Let the Gaming Begin at Auckland Armageddon Expo in October
Monday, 5 August 2013, 3:10 pm | Armageddon Expo
PlayStation 4, XBOX One, Call of Duty Ghosts and World of Tanks are just a few of the exciting gaming releases that will have fans flocking to Auckland’s Armageddon Expo this October 25th – 28th. More >>
Winners of the 2013 NZCT Chamber Music Contest
Monday, 5 August 2013, 3:03 pm | NZ Community Trust Chamber Music Contest
The winners of this year's NZCT Chamber Music Contest are Sollertinsky Trio from Auckland with their performance of Piano Trio No. 2, Mvts 2 and 4 by Shostakovich. More >>
The rise of contemporary indigenous art – lecture tour
Monday, 5 August 2013, 3:01 pm | The Royal Society of New Zealand
The 2013 New Zealand Aronui Lecture, organised by the Royal Society of New Zealand, will explore the global rise of contemporary indigenous art with Professor Mane-Wheoki. More >>
Katrina Grant Commits to Haier Pulse for 2014
Monday, 5 August 2013, 2:59 pm | Haier Pulse
Captain Katrina Grant has committed to the Haier Pulse for the 2014 ANZ Championship season, having led the team to fifth place in their record-breaking 2013 campaign. More >>
Inspirational photographs a must-see, says Mayor
Monday, 5 August 2013, 2:55 pm | Christchurch City Council
Mayor Bob Parker is urging people to take the opportunity to see an exhibition by some of the country’s leading photographers when it opens in Christchurch this week. More >>
Auckland takes on Brisbane in upcoming roller derby clash
Monday, 5 August 2013, 2:53 pm | Auckland Roller Derby
The days are short, the nights are long but the fastest game on eight wheels is once again sure to set the City of Sails on fire on August 24, when Auckland Roller Derby takes on the might of the Northern Brisbane Rollers. More >>
Opera a thrill for the senses
Monday, 5 August 2013, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Opera
“Expect theatricality!” says Wyn Davies, conductor of New Zealand Opera’s forthcoming new production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman , opening in Wellington on 14 September and in Auckland on 5 October. More >>
2013 Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Awards
Monday, 5 August 2013, 2:30 pm | Arts Foundation of New Zealand
Five of New Zealand’s most acclaimed artists have today been honoured for their extraordinary artistic achievements at the Arts Foundation’s prestigious Icon Awards. More >>
The Porn Project - A Fringe Art Campaign
Monday, 5 August 2013, 2:18 pm | The Porn Project
“We like sex and porn. We don’t like misogyny and racism. And we believe that these two positions can co-exist – we just need to create a space for this, and that begins with dialogue”. More >>
Award winning musician Jan Preston: My Life as a Piano
Monday, 5 August 2013, 1:45 pm | Skip Ink
Show-stopping piano star JAN PRESTON – of Coup d’état fame – returns to New Zealand this September and November with a quirky new show ‘MY LIFE AS A PIANO’, a toe-tapping, up beat boogie music show featuring songs and music, humour and a ... More >>
Screening of Pictures, a Film Reassessment of Colonial NZ
Monday, 5 August 2013, 1:18 pm | The Film Archive
Pictures (1981) is a fictionalized biography of pioneer kiwi photographers, the Burton Brothers, who travelled around the country photographing colonial life in the 1860s and 1870s. More >>
Singer-songwriters join forces for September nationwide tour
Monday, 5 August 2013, 12:27 pm | Walters PR
Outstanding singer-songwriters Paul Ubana Jones and Bryce Wastney are joining forces for a nationwide New Zealand tour in September. The “Songbook and Six String” tour will feature the two well-travelled performers collaborating on each other’s ... More >>
New Boy Band Set To Break New Zealand Records
Monday, 5 August 2013, 11:54 am | Cystic Fibrosis Association
Move over One Direction, there is another boy band in town. People closely connected to the music industry are predicting that C-City Brothers’ new single Never Walk Away, to be released on iTunes (search C-City Brothers) today due to popular demand, ... More >>
Pirtek National Premiership Returns to Sky TV
Monday, 5 August 2013, 11:50 am | SkySport
Auckland, NZ, August 5, 2013 – New Zealand Rugby League’s Pirtek National Premiership returns to SKY TV on Monday nights from early September. More >>
UCOL makes dramatic moves
Monday, 5 August 2013, 11:35 am | UCOL
Palmerston North’s Youth Space will be a sea of movement tempered with a touch of narcissism this week. More >>
Tua: One Punch From Glory
Monday, 5 August 2013, 11:01 am | Hydr8 ZERO
DAVID Tua is one punch away from making the sort of noise that will demand he be given a second shot at sports’ greatest prize – boxing’s heavyweight crown. More >>
Peter Capaldi Revealed as the Twelfth Doctor
Monday, 5 August 2013, 9:53 am | Prime TV
Peter Capaldi has been revealed as the Twelfth Doctor in PRIME’s popular sci-fi drama, Doctor Who. More >>
Ewen Gilmour Issues Fund-Raising Challenge
Saturday, 3 August 2013, 2:05 pm | Variety Club
Westie Ewen Gilmour has issued a challenge to the Pukekohe-Waiuku route of September’s Variety Mini Bash, which will issue grants to local kids in need. More >>
Discover your roots at this weekend’s NZ Family History Fair
Friday, 2 August 2013, 4:14 pm | NZ Family History Fair
Delving into the past is a popular pursuit for Kiwis across the country. A recent nationwide survey conducted by Ancestry.com.au has revealed that over 60% of New Zealanders think it’s important to look into their family history to understand ... More >>
Leading valuation expert at Family History Fair
Friday, 2 August 2013, 4:13 pm | NZ Family History Fair
If you love watching the Antiques Roadshow, or have always wondered whether that family treasure could be worth a fortune then, head along to the New Zealand Family History Fair this weekend and find out! More >>
Head like a Hole - The Monsta X Tour Starts Next Week
Friday, 2 August 2013, 4:04 pm | The Rock FM
Head Like A Hole’s Monsta X tour is upon us. Commencing next Thursday at Auckland’s Kings Arms, tickets to all shows are selling rapidly. Unfortunately the Christchurch show has sold out and there will be no further tickets available. More >>
Richard Boyd-Dunlop: Death of the Skull
Friday, 2 August 2013, 4:00 pm | Pierre Peeters Gallery
Pierre Peeters gallery is proud to present The Death of the Skull an exhibition of new work by Napier based artist Richard Boyd-Dunlop. This exhibition reflects the nature of the contemporary human condition and our innate preoccupation with death ... More >>
The Pakeha Revolution
Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:46 pm | Lester Hall
The 60,000 facebookers who turned up for the "Pakeha Party" debacle did make at least one thing clear... the word Pakeha now carries some real energy. Some people identify as Pakeha but most white New Zealanders still mistrust the word and think it has ... More >>
Join the All Blacks on tour in Japan
Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:26 pm | All Blacks' Tours
Fans will have the unique opportunity to join the All Blacks on tour in Japan this November. New Zealand Rugby announced last month that the All Blacks will play Japan in Tokyo on Saturday 2 November at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Stadium, Japan's ... More >>
EIT Students Star at Hokonui Fashion Awards
Friday, 2 August 2013, 2:49 pm | Eastern Institute of Technology
Star achievers in the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, Tessa Paaymans and Victoria Notoa are shaping up promising careers as they look ahead to completing their studies at EIT. More >>
Great backing for top Kiwi sailors
Friday, 2 August 2013, 2:44 pm | Great Wall
Great Wall is providing support for two of New Zealand’s leading sailors in their bid to take part in the 2016 Paralympics in Brazil. David Barnes and Rick Dodson not only share multiple world championship titles and participation in the America’s ... More >>
Sarah Broom Poetry Prize Established to Recognise NZ Poets
Friday, 2 August 2013, 2:30 pm | Sarah Broom Poetry Prize
A new poetry prize, the >Sarah Broom Poetry Prize, was announced last night in Auckland at the launch of Sarah Broom’s posthumous collection of poems Gleam (Auckland University Press). More >>
ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships, Canada
Friday, 2 August 2013, 2:22 pm | Canoe Racing NZ
The U18 and U23 Teams kicked off their racing in Canada today at 9.00am (CAN) = 1.00am (NZ). Although showing strong performances in the Czech Nationals they are realistic about the increased level of competition at the Champs. More >>
Julian Dashper, Untitled, new installation of works
Friday, 2 August 2013, 1:21 pm | Michael Lett
The current exhibition of work by Julian Dashper continues with a new installation of late works viewable from Friday 2 August until the exhibition closes on Saturday 17 August. More >>
Local Artist to Represent "Next Generation" of Pacific
Friday, 2 August 2013, 1:01 pm | Pacific Islands Society
Five outstanding young artists from the Pacific Islands region have been selected to the 2013 Next Generation Pacific Artists program. More >>
Record Month As theaudience.co.nz Continues To Grow
Friday, 2 August 2013, 12:52 pm | theaudience
Just over a year after its inception, theaudience.co.nz is going from strength to strength, with the July Wildcard Funding Chart proving to be the most successful in its short history. More >>
Haapu adds to the canon of Global Citizen protest songs
Friday, 2 August 2013, 12:43 pm | Global Poverty Project
Auckland-based musician Seth Haapu today released a new song entitled "One Billion Reasons" as part of the Global Citizen Album. The original song is a personal reflection on extreme poverty and the urgency to make a difference. More >>
International ArtExpo - Show Your Talent!
Friday, 2 August 2013, 12:17 pm | International ArtExpo
All submitted artworks have been uploaded on International ArtExpo's facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.329588260509364.1073741832.100516846749841&type=3 More >>
Brand new video from Beastwars
Friday, 2 August 2013, 11:52 am | Noise PR
Director Simon Ward of SKYRANCH says "We approached the video as an animated comic, reminiscent of Heavy Metal magazine ... or something straight out of a Ralph Bakshi film. We were going for something quite otherworldly and weird ... with a buzzy fantasy ... More >>
Teen Cooking Challenge Winners Announced
Friday, 2 August 2013, 11:44 am | Goode PR
The winners of this year’s Just Cook Create a Family Meal Challenge have been announced with five talented teens taking out the top accolades. Students had the option of entering four different categories in the Just Cook Create a Family Meal ... More >>
iHeartRadio Launches in New Zealand
Friday, 2 August 2013, 11:13 am | The Radio Network
The Radio Network (TRN) announced today the official launch of iHeartRadio beta, Clear Channel’s free, industry-leading, all-in-one digital radio service, in New Zealand. iHeartRadio provides radio fans instant access to live broadcast and digital-only ... More >>
World Press Photo Exhibition Set to Move Wellington
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 3:21 pm | World Press Photo Exhibition
Wellington’s turn to be moved, inspired, horrified and impressed by some of the world’s top press photos has arrived. More >>
Prime Minister announces Agroventures expansion in India
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 3:11 pm | Shine pr
Rotorua's Agroventures Adventure Park has announced the launch of its first international expansion, with the opening of its Swoop and Bungy attractions at a major adventure park in Mumbai, India. More >>
Hawke’s Bay Regional Signature Dish 2013 Registrations Open
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 3:08 pm | Food Hawke's Bay
Hawke’s Bay diners can look forward to the 7th Regional Signature Dish event taking place again this year from 12th September through until 16th October. Registrations are now open and the region’s cafes and restaurants are busy creating their menus, ... More >>
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