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Repco NextGen NZ Championship Unveils Thrilling 2025/2026 Season
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 11:06 am | NextGen New Zealand Championship
Following a triumphant debut, the award-winning championship is set to redefine motorsport in Aotearoa, blending innovation, entertainment, and a bold vision for the future. More >>
Sprinter Calls For Volunteers To Help At Special Olympics
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 10:50 am | University of Canterbury
New Zealand’s fastest man is slowing down to lend a hand to athletes striving for their own sporting success later this year. More >>
Delivering Uninterrupted Hockey To The Bay
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 10:49 am | TECT
The turf upgrade included new inline channels, a thicker shock pad and new surface and installation was led by the expert who installed the turfs at the 2024 Paris Olympics. More >>
The New Zealand Podcast Awards Return For 2025 - Acast Named Headline Partner
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 10:40 am | NZ Podcast Awards
Acast will also sponsor three cornerstone categories: Podcast of the Year, Listener’s Choice and Best Māori and Pasifika Podcast or Host, reaffirming their commitment to spotlighting diverse and exceptional talent across Aotearoa. More >>
NO CIGAR Announce Nationwide Tour This Nov In Support Of Their Forthcoming Third Album 'Under The Surface' Out July 30
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 10:32 am | Eccles Entertainment
Since forming in 2019, NO CIGAR have built a fiercely loyal fan base across Aotearoa and beyond, carving out a unique niche that blends elements of indie, surf, and alternative rock. More >>
Macpac To Supply Kit For NZ Paralympic Team At Milano Cortina 2026
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 10:17 am | Paralympics New Zealand
With the same design philosophy Macpac uses to equip explorers, mountaineers and adventurers, every item has been carefully selected to support the Para athletes’ needs as they aim to perform with pride for New Zealand at Milano Cortina 2026. More >>
Zoe Hobbs Takes Win In Finland
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 9:55 am | Athletics New Zealand
In the pole vault, Imogen Ayris soared to a new outdoor personal best of 4.61m to claim second place on count back, with teammate Olivia McTaggart close behind in third with a clearance of 4.51m, rounding out another consistent showing for New More >>
Dina Renée Releases "Glow Up"
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 9:48 am | MEIRecordings
"Glow Up" is an empowering post-breakup anthem that emphasizes self-worth and self-love. The bravado-laced track urges listeners to strut their stuff. More >>
Doors Open On The NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival This Friday
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 9:42 am | NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival
The festival is all about inspiring people to make their own adventures – big or small. For those who can’t make it to Wānaka or Queenstown, or who simply prefer to experience adventure in their own time and from the comfort of their own couch, ... More >>
Tickets On Sale For Beervana 2025 As South Korean Brewers Join Line-Up
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 8:42 am | Beervana
Three breweries from South Korea will travel to Wellington for Beervana, where they'll be joined by more than 60 brewers from across New Zealand, as well as from Australia and the Pacific, showcasing the depth and diversity of the Asia Pacific craft beer More >>
KŌKĀ Launches In Over 100 Cinemas Nationwide: A Cinematic Journey Under The Stars Of Matariki
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 8:26 am | Trigger Marketing
KŌKĀ is not just a film; it is a celebration of te ao Māori, a tribute to the resilience of indigenous storytelling, and a reminder that healing often begins with looking to the stars. More >>
Lenny Kravitz Announces New Zealand Date | ‘Blue Electric Light Tour 2025’ Comes To Spark Arena - 15 November 2025
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:40 pm | TEG Live
On Saturday 15 November, Kravitz and his band will make their highly anticipated debut in New Zealand for one night only at Spark Arena. More >>
COLD WAR Is Coming: South Auckland Hosts NJPW TAMASHII’s Inaugural Tag Team Championship Tournament
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:37 pm | NJPW New Zealand Dojo
Locally driven by the NJPW New Zealand Dojo (NZ Dojo) in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, COLD WAR brings together elite talent from Japan, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Samoa, Tonga, and throughout the local scene. More >>
Comedy And Calamity Collide In Mr & Mrs Macbeth Of Duart Valley Road At Toitoi This July
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:14 pm | Toitoi - Hawkes Bay Arts And Events Centre
“Watching Mark and Lara together is electric,” says Glen Pickering, Presenter Services Manager at Toitoi. “They deliver a pitch-perfect mix of comedy and vulnerability that’s both relatable and wildly entertaining. This is New Zealand theatre at its ... More >>
Wharenui Harikoa Welcomes Matariki 2025 At The Civic
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:12 pm | Maia Studio
Presented by Auckland Live in collaboration with Lissy and Rudi, Wharenui Harikoa is a fully immersive, multi-sensory experience. More >>
Booth The Clown And Jak Darling | FOOL HOUSE - It’s Time To Go ALL IN With This Fundraiser Cabaret
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:03 pm | FOOL HOUSE
This is a showcase of the creative capitals performing arts scene at its best. Witness the magic when our two star-crossed jesters call on their community for support. Lets send Pōnekes beloved fools over the ditch More >>
Lineup Announced For Mānuka Phuel Synthony Origins
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 5:10 pm | 818.
Happening for one night only on Saturday 26 July at Spark Arena, SYNTHONY Origins is a return to the roots — a full throttle homage to underground club culture, warehouse raves, and the era that shaped it all. More >>
New Zealand’s Best Loved UK Comedian Is Back With An All-New Show Touring This October And November
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 4:24 pm | Elephant Publicity
Bill Bailey returns with a show that celebrates this great tradition, as the versatile multi-instrumental, multi-lingual, purveyor of humour & musical prowess, who could lay claim to being perhaps the foremost practitioner of this great tradition, an ... More >>
Critically Acclaimed One Man Show Offers Intimate, Personal Look At Gender Transition
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 4:07 pm | Basement Theatre
Man Lessons has previously played three seasons, including a sold-out run during Auckland Pride's 2023 season at Basement Theatre. This Matariki, the show has been completely re-crafted into something portable enough to be performed anywhere meaningful ... More >>
John Butler Announces Two NZ Dates
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 12:19 pm | Sandra Roberts
The concerts coincide with the release of his deeply personal new studio album ‘PRISM’ on 5 September. More >>
Documentary Premiere: Motuhaketanga: Wāhine Māori, Incarceration And Life Outside The Wire – On Māori+ & Whakaata Māori
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 11:59 am | Whakaata Maori
Producer / director Kathleen Mantel, of Black Iris Productions says the documentary is a testament to the strength and resilience of wāhine Māori. More >>
Abbie Chatfield Brings The Trauma Dump Tour To New Zealand
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 10:51 am | Elephant Publicity
Audiences can expect Abbie at full tilt — riffing on mental health, sex, relationships, fame, and life online — in a show packed with razor-sharp insight and deeply relatable chaos. More >>
Come In From The Cold: Winter School Holidays At Stardome
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 10:45 am | Elephant Publicity
With daily dinosaur screenings, magical Matariki shows, and a line-up of classic sci-fi films the whole whānau will love, Stardome’s holiday programme promises to spark curiosity, imagination and intergalactic fun — rain or shine. More >>
Ocean Alley Return To Aotearoa This Summer Playing Auckland's Spark Arena
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:20 am | Ocean Alley
Joining Ocean Alley at Spark Arena are Byron Bay legends Skegss, delivering their sun-drenched, beer-soaked garage punk mayhem, and rising Sydney soul prince DON WEST, whose velvet vocals and undeniable swagger channel the golden era of Motown with ... More >>
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory Add Shows In Wellington & Christchurch
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:07 am | Banished Music
Hot on the (six-inch patent black stiletto) heels of their self-titled album, Tuesday 25 November will see Sharon returning to Wellington’s Opera House with her remarkable new band in tow, and playing Christchurch’s Isaac Theatre Royal on Thursday 27 ... More >>
From Seussical To Self-Belief – Celebrating 20 Years Of Kids Shining Onstage
Monday, 16 June 2025, 7:27 pm | National Youth Theatre
Seussical invites audiences to see all your Seussian tales wrapped up into an amazing musical for the whole family - a crazy blend of Horton Hears A Who and The Cat in the Hat, with shout outs to just about every other Seuss book imaginable. More >>
Hit Show Mana Moana Returns To Wellington With Signature Choir And NZSO
Monday, 16 June 2025, 7:25 pm | NZSO
Following 2022’s sensational debut in Wellington and a hit performance with the NZSO in Auckland in 2023, Mana Moana has reached new heights this year, including a second show at Auckland’s Spark Arena in May. More >>
Football: Auckland City 'Tried To Do Our Best Without The Ball' Against Brutal Bayern Munich
Monday, 16 June 2025, 6:10 pm | RNZ
Auckland City assistant coach Ivan Vicelich said he was very proud of his players' efforts in their record loss at the FIFA Club World Cup. More >>
Lenny Kravitz Announces New Zealand
Monday, 16 June 2025, 9:16 am | TEG Live
The Blue Electric Light Tour 2025 continues what Billboard calls the “Lennaissance,” a period of worldwide success for Kravitz, who released his critically-acclaimed 12th studio album Blue Electric Light last year. More >>
North Island Tour Of Award-Winning Show Brings Immersive Theatre To Regional Audiences
Monday, 16 June 2025, 8:18 am | Red Scare Theatre Company
Red Scare will be swapping out traditional theatre spaces for community halls for this Immersive show, which aims to break the usual separation between audience and actors. More >>
Super Sooty Second At Luhmuhlen 5
Monday, 16 June 2025, 7:24 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Earlier Samantha scored 28.9 in the dressage where many struggled to get good marks and sat in fourth place heading into the cross country where she blitzed it, adding just 0.4 time penalties to her tallies. More >>
Bayern Muinich Prove Too Powerful For Auckland City FC At The FIFA Club World Cup
Monday, 16 June 2025, 7:11 am | Oceania Football Confederation
Auckland City, more accustomed to dictating play in domestic competitions, were forced into a defensive posture. Sitting deep and employing a low block, they tried to contain their illustrious opponents but were undone by relentless pressure. More >>
Circa Theatre Presents 'All The Things I Wish I Could Be' These July School Holidays
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 9:46 pm | Circa Theatre
All The Things I Wish I Could Be is a high-energy, big-hearted show that proves there’s no limit to who—or how silly—you can be. More >>
Play My Way: Celebrating Musicians With Disabilities
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 9:30 pm | Evaro
Play My Way brings together bands formed within disability services and independent artists from across Wellington. More >>
Jazmine Mary Releases Third Studio Album ‘I Want To Rock And Roll’
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 9:28 pm | Cheree Ridder
Spanning the dark to the light, the brilliant new emotive release, from award winning, indie-folk visionary, Jazmine Mary. More >>
Respected Kiwi Writer Maurice Gee Has Died, Aged 93
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 8:39 pm | RNZ
The author penned more than 30 adult and children's novels, and won many, many awards. More >>
Te Ahu a Turanga: The Story Behind The Art On New Zealand's Newest Highway
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 8:31 pm | RNZ
"For me it's not really whether I'm happy or not, it's whether our people are happy," one of the artists says. More >>
Hundreds Expected To Gather For Māui Pōmare Celebrations
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 8:07 pm | RNZ
The Tā Māui Pōmare Annual Commemorations have drawn mana whenua from around the motu since 1936 to commemorate Aotearoa's first Māori Health Minister. More >>
Tactix March On With Statement Win Over Pulse
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 8:06 pm | ANZ Premiership
The Tactix successfully defused a strong start by the Pulse, and once finding their groove midway through the first quarter remained on top for the rest of the match. More >>
75th Indoor Bowling Nationals A Success With Champions Ranging From 24 Years Old To 91
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 2:53 pm | NZ Indoor Bowls
The youngest Champion crowned was Matthew Farquhar who won the open singles aged 24. The oldest Champion was Bernard Bennett who attended his first nationals in 1955 and was a member of this years winning Masters Triples team aged 91. More >>
David Byrne Announces New Album Who Is The Sky? Due September 5th
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 7:18 am | The Label
Musical friends old and new, including St. Vincent, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner and American Utopia percussionist Mauro Refosco, also make appearances on Who Is the Sky?, which is led by the infectious single ‘Everybody ... More >>
Stars Succumb To Steel In Auckland
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 6:15 pm | Stars Netball
Both sides traded goals and it was becoming a case of who'd blink first and unfortunately for the Stars they lost some poise and mistakes began to creep in, allowing the Steel to edge in front. More >>
NRL: The Man Behind NZ Warriors' 'Next Man Up' Philosophy
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 3:20 pm | RNZ
As 'transition coach', David Tangata-Toa's job is to prepare his players for their shot at the big time. More >>
Mikhail Laxton Announces Debut Aotearoa Show
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 7:27 am | Broken Record Publicity
With a new album on the way, Laxton is leaning further into the soul & roots influences that have long shaped his sound. His single ‘I Like The Way’, a tender love song written for his wife, has found unexpected popularity with a New Zealand audience ... More >>
Wai, Kai & Kapa Haka – A Matariki Celebration At Matakana Village
Friday, 13 June 2025, 9:11 pm | Matakana Village
It’s a day to experience the beauty and meaning of Matariki through immersive cultural moments, hands-on fun, and incredible kai – all in the heart of Matakana Village. More >>
Blues Set For Semi Final Showdown In Christchurch
Friday, 13 June 2025, 9:09 pm | Blues Rugby
The Blues bring a strong and proven forward pack anchored by Patrick Tuipulotu, Dalton Papali’i, and Hoskins Sotutu, with set-piece strength and mobility around the park. More >>
Closing The Book On A 50-year Library Legacy
Friday, 13 June 2025, 8:52 pm | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter
A lot has changed in the Ashburton District since 1975, but there has always been one constant - the librarian. More >>
New Exhibitions By Vanessa Arthur And Yasmin Dubrau Set To Inspire Audiences
Friday, 13 June 2025, 7:19 pm | Hastings Art Gallery
Wonder Goggles: Vanessa Arthur and Tales of a New Moon: Yasmin Dubrau open this Saturday, June 14. Arthur is a contemporary jeweller, while Dubrau works between weaving, photography, watercolour, mobiles and origami. More >>
Pahalu Set To Make History
Friday, 13 June 2025, 7:15 pm | Auckland FC
Pahalu has coached at youth level for the club for several years and most recently stepped up to assist Martin Brandon with Auckland City FC’s U-23 men’s team. More >>
Historic Taonga Tūturu Returns To Paekākāriki For Exhibition
Friday, 13 June 2025, 5:29 pm | Paekakariki Station Museum
Found by local Paekākāriki resident Aurelian Campbell, the piece of waka resembled driftwood sticking out of the sand but fortunately Mr Campbell recognised its significance and contacted the Historic Places Trust. More >>
2025 AMA People's Choice Winners DEVILSKIN Release New Track 'Swelter'
Friday, 13 June 2025, 5:25 pm | Blackout Music Management
As Skulander monster-hulks her way between flashes of calm and vicious sonic intrusions, this song, with its razor riffage and Jennie's devastating delivery, is immediately compelling and contagious. More >>
Sensational Electro-Pop Artists Skram Drop Glittering New Single ‘Rainbows In The Fire’
Friday, 13 June 2025, 5:20 pm | Blackout Music Management
When performing live, Skram exist in the space where chaos meets charm, and theatricality collides with raw, unfiltered energy - this is a band who refuse to be boxed in. More >>
Jazmine Mary Releases Third Studio Album ‘I Want To Rock And Roll’
Friday, 13 June 2025, 5:11 pm | Cheree Ridder
The album release follows the success of transcendent first single, Memphis and the follow up My Brilliance Topping the student radio charts, alt airplay charts and Top 20 Hot NZ charts! More >>
Doc Edge Festival Announces Finalists For 2025 Oscar-Qualifying Awards
Friday, 13 June 2025, 5:10 pm | Elephant Publicity
The festival kicks off on 25 June – 13 July in Auckland before also heading to Wellington and Christchurch (16 – 27 July) and online in The Virtual Cinema (28 July – 24 August). More >>
Brad Cox Postpones June New Zealand Tour To November
Friday, 13 June 2025, 4:46 pm | The Label
Refunds for Wellington tickets are available through the original points of sale, and Brad sincerely thanks all his Wellington fans for their support and understanding. More >>
MECHATOK Announces New Album Wide Awake
Friday, 13 June 2025, 4:43 pm | The Label
Anyone who follows electronic music will know Mechatok – aka Emir Timur Tokdemir – as the defining architect of contemporary experimental pop and rap. From globe-spanning live shows to collaborations with some of the decade’s most forward-thinking artists ... More >>
$25,000 CLNZ | NZSA Writers' Award 2025 Opens
Friday, 13 June 2025, 4:20 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
The award was established to provide financial support for writers wishing to devote time to a specific project, and to cover reasonable research expenses relating to it. Writers with work in a broad range of non-fiction genres, including educational ... More >>
Tūhura Otago Museum To Mark Matariki With Dawn Ceremony And Whānau Celebration
Friday, 13 June 2025, 4:13 pm | Tuhura Otago Museum
Tūhura’s annual dawn ceremony has become a cornerstone of the Ōtepoti events calendar. Each year, hundreds gather on the Museum Reserve to welcome the Māori New Year and take part in a moment of remembrance, reflection and renewal. More >>
Season 2 Of Māori Kids' Web Series 'Te NGz' Goes Live On June 18, 2025
Friday, 13 June 2025, 4:03 pm | Glorious
Ngātaitangirua (15) and Ngāwhakamoemiti (12) are back again for more sibling challenges and whānau problem solving. The sisters bring the camera into their lives to give us a glimpse of their world. More >>
From Taupō To Tennessee: Bell’s Ascent To Football’s Global Stage
Friday, 13 June 2025, 3:40 pm | Auckland City FC
Bell’s early football memories are stitched into the grounds of Mount Roskill Intermediate, where he first played competitively. That same school is now part of Auckland City FC’s social responsibility programme, home to coaching clinics and a project to ... More >>
