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Tactix Open Netball Tournament To Community With 'Choose-Your-Price' Entry
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 6:20 pm | Tactix Netball
Tactix general manager Kate Agnew launched the ‘Pay What You Can’ campaign, where fans choose what entry fee to pay; she was motivated to remove the financial barrier that may be stopping some fans from experiencing live, elite sport. More >>
Bucking The Trend: New Zealanders Still Love To Read
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 6:10 pm | Read NZ
The latest National Reading Survey commissioned by Read NZ Te Pou Muramura reveals that despite a bleak international backdrop, our reading rates are remaining steady - and even increasing in some areas. More >>
Tony Quinn Foundation Ambassador Zack Scoular Set For Eurocup-3 Debut
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 6:07 pm | Tony Quinn Foundation
Scoular believes his experience in CTFROC has provided a solid foundation for his Eurocup-3 campaign. More >>
Songs For ANZAC From Key 2
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 6:02 pm | Key 2 Artist Promotions
In the familiar rhythm of the year, ANZAC Day returns, and with it, our tradition of remembering the fallen through the songs of our artists.' More >>
Australian Country (adjacent) Music Star Brad Cox Is Heading Back To New Zealand!
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 5:52 pm | The Label
With a string of anthems under his belt and a reputation for connecting deeply with crowds, Brad’s return promises to be loud, heartfelt, and unforgettable. Don’t miss your chance to see one of Australia’s best live acts on New Zealand soil. More >>
NZ Games Festival Is Back For 2025!
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 5:50 pm | NZ Games Festival
Festival Manager Tanya Marriott describes the NZ Games Festival as bringing “the community together to celebrate gaming in all its aspects. It’s a wonderful opportunity for students to bond with industry veterans over common interests.” More >>
Kāpiti Run For Youth Has Closed For Another Year And Distributed To Fundraising Partners
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 5:44 pm | Kapiti Run for Youth
Richard Calkin, the Founder of Web Genius, makes it clear that funds from Kāpiti Run for Youth are distributed with transparency, love and no strings attached so each Fundraising Partner can decide how to invest the money to support rangatahi ... More >>
Rain Or Shine, The Show Will Go On; Auckland Easter Show Prepares ToWelcome Tens Of Thousands Through The Gates
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 5:31 pm | Auckland Easter Show
It’s an iconic part of the Kiwi easter calendar for both young and old. Even with rain forecast tonight and into Good Friday we’re expecting plenty of people through the gate especially with the huge range of indoor attractions we have on offer to ... More >>
Allan And White To Debut In Australian GT4 With Tony Quinn
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 2:04 pm | Bridgestone
The two young guns will join Quinn himself for a round each in the Monochrome GT4 Australia Championship in Tony’s newly acquired GR Supra GT4 EVO 2. Tony will then decide which one moves forward to compete alongside him in further rounds. More >>
Dunedin Midwinter Carnival Is Back For 2025
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 2:00 pm | Dunedin Midwinter Carnival
From our own native birds of Aotearoa, and mythical creatures that soar through the sky, to the graceful wings of butterflies. Let your imagination take wing as you weave through stunning lantern displays, interactive installations, and awe-inspiring ... More >>
Wild Dunedin Celebrates 10 Years With Inaugural Wildlife Ambassador Awards
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 1:49 pm | Otago Museum
To commemorate this special anniversary, Wild Dunedin has, for the first time, awarded three Wildlife Ambassador Awards to individuals who have played pivotal roles in the festival’s success and continue to advocate passionately for nature and wildlife. More >>
Vivienne Westwood World-Premiere Wows Audiences
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 12:23 pm | Te Papa
Celebrating the iconic jewellery of renowned British fashion house Vivienne Westwood, the exhibition features an impressive collection of over 550 pieces of jewellery and a range of iconic garments, spanning eight rooms. More >>
Renowned Artist Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi Receives Recognition For His Contribution To Pacific Art And Culture
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 11:57 am | Massey University
Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (honoris causa) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to both the Pacific and global art scenes. More >>
Rieko Ioane To Take Sabbatical In 2026
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 11:49 am | Blues Rugby
Ioane will remain with the Blues until the end of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season and is available for the All Blacks through to the end of the year. More >>
Tyler King Joins Helicraft Racing
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 11:30 am | Helicraft Racing
The recently crowned New Zealand Superlites champion has agreed to race for the Wanaka team in a two-pronged New Zealand Superbike Championship title assault. More >>
Joe Dutaona To Represent Bougainville At Ngākau Carving Symposium In New Zealand: 12th - 26th April 2025
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 11:24 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Joe is a respected figure in the arts community of Bougainville, where he has dedicated over 25 years to promoting the arts and preserving cultural traditions. More >>
Banksy’s Defining Works To Be Shown In Auckland As The Art Of Banksy Opens This July 2025
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 11:22 am | Auckland Live
The Art of Banksy is the world’s largest collection of original and authenticated Banksy art showcasing more than 150 pieces including prints, canvases and unique works. The collection wowed thousands of Wellingtonians in 2024 and now it’s Auckland’s ... More >>
Kate De Goldi Named Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador For Aotearoa
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 11:09 am | National Library Of New Zealand
Kate is a highly regarded and award-winning author, as well as a respected and engaging broadcaster, teacher and public speaker. More >>
Puanga To Be Star Of Matariki 2025
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 11:05 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
"Matariki and Puanga are stars that sit in the night sky together to signal the start of the Māori new year for different iwi," says the government’s Chief Advisor Mātauranga Matariki, Professor Rangi Mātāmua. More >>
Exhibition Announcement : Tala O Le Tau, Angela Tiatia & Yuki Kihara, Gus Fisher Gallery
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 10:46 am | Gus Fisher Gallery
Gus Fisher Gallery's upcoming exhibition Tala o le tau brings together new and significant bodies of work by Angela Tiatia, Yuki Kihara and women from Moata’a Aualuma Community that collectively explore themes of climate crisis, matrilineal histories and indigenous ... More >>
NZ Shears Team For Six-Match UK Tour
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 7:27 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand teams have shorn shearing tests in the UK almost annually for more than 30 years, with reciprocal series’ against Wales in New Zealand now held each year. More >>
Braxton Sorensen-McGee Learning From The Best, Blues Teammate Portia Woodman-Wickliffe
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 8:29 pm | RNZ
Braxton Sorensen-McGee has lit up Super Rugby Aupiki in her debut season. More >>
Asian Comedians In Search Of A Laugh To Break Down Cultural Barriers
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 8:14 pm | RNZ
Speaking ahead of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, which runs from 2-25 May in Auckland and Wellington, Asian comedians told RNZ they wanted more performers from their communities to get involved in the scene. More >>
Get Ready To Fall In Love With The Auckland Live Cabaret Festival This June
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 7:09 pm | 818.
Established in 2014, the Auckland Live Cabaret Season has grown in popularity each year, this year being renamed the Auckland Live Cabaret Festival, recognising its significant impact and place on the arts and cultural calendar. More >>
Pacific Dance NZ Festival 2025: 15 Years Of Faiva – Back To Our Roots
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 7:07 pm | Elephant Publicity
This year, venues reflect the festival's focus on telling our community stories in our community settings. We are thrilled to be back Māngere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku, which has been home for the festival since 2015. More >>
Tom Woodward Releases His New Country/Folk-Rock Single 'Termination Day'
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 7:04 pm | Chris Familton Publicity
Australian songwriter and musician Tom Woodward returns with his new single, the first taste of his forthcoming seventh studio album. More >>
Blues Name Team For Crusaders Clash
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 7:00 pm | Blues Rugby
It's the first of four Friday night games in succession for the Blues and an important match-up in the team’s second half of the season run. More >>
ANZAC Celebrations: 200 Top Young Singers Descending On The Capital, Including Wellingtonian Sophia Gittings
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 6:50 pm | Choirs Aotearoa NZ Trust
Under the direction of David Squire, the New Zealand Youth Choir gathers New Zealand’s finest young voices aged 18–25 and has 50 members from all over Aotearoa. More >>
Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards Announce A New Partnership With Coastlands Shoppingtown
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 6:45 pm | Paekakariki Surf Life Guards
Coastlands CEO Richard Mansell, said “This new partnership with Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards continues the companies partnership focus of investing in junior sports and top class facilities on the Kapiti Coast.” More >>
Guide Development Scholarship Launches In New Zealand
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 6:42 pm | The North Face
With a critical shortage in qualified mountain guides, Aspiring Guides and The North Face step in to spark conversation and help foster the next generation of guides. More >>
Jones And Thomson Take Second Place In Morizo Cup Second Round
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 6:37 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Zeal Jones was back in action last weekend at second round of the all-Toyota Morizo Cup in Japan and got one step closer to the top step of the podium. More >>
Karangahape Road Launches Fam: A New Streetwide Festival Of Everything Food, Arts, And Music
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 6:19 pm | Elephant Publicity
Curated by music tastemaker Matthew Crawley, the first FAM edition features three main stages with a stacked lineup including Love Square, Bloodbags, The Ideas, and the genre-blending brilliance of Ersha Island , with even more acts to be ... More >>
Fred Graham (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui) - Touring Exhibition Featuring A Legend Of Aotearoa New Zealand Art
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 6:02 pm | Christchurch City Council
The exhibition celebrates the life’s work of esteemed contemporary Māori sculptor Fred Graham (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui). Featuring works made between 1965 and 2013, the collection showcases eight relief works, or wall-based carvings, and ... More >>
Mālō Lava, Tinā! Heartwarming Local Drama Achieves $5 Million At Box Office, Placing It Among NZ’s Most Successful Films
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Film Commission - NZFC
New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) CEO, Annie Murray, says the sustained interest in Tinā clearly demonstrates a desire from audiences to see themselves reflected on screen. More >>
Books Alive Expands To Palmerston North In 2025
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 5:02 pm | Matatuhi Foundation
Books Alive is a dynamic initiative that brings New Zealand authors into direct engagement with young school children, offering workshops that inspire creativity, enhance literacy, and foster a love of reading. More >>
A Big Morning For A Big Cause
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 1:05 pm | Big Brothers Big Sisters
Hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Canterbury, this high-energy community event brings together rugby league legend Frank Endacott and one of New Zealand’s most inspiring entrepreneurs, Pic Picot, founder of Pic’s Peanut Butter. More >>
Ice Ferns Defeat Belgium In 3-1 Thriller
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 12:58 pm | Ice Hockey New Zealand
The full audience at Dunedin Ice Stadium was treated to a high-intensity match filled with end-to-end breakaways, fierce battles on the boards, and a goaltending masterclass from New Zealand’s own Grace Harrison. More >>
Artist Collectives Bring Bold, Collaborative Energy To The 2025 NZ Art Show
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 12:13 pm | NZ Art Show
Following the popularity of artist groups at last year’s show, five exciting collectives will bring a fresh wave of creativity—showcasing a range of art from cutting-edge realism and glasswork to mixed media, youth-led art, and contemporary Māori art. More >>
Artist Collectives Bring Bold, Collaborative Energy To The 2025 NZ Art Show
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 10:33 am | NZ Art Show
Following the popularity of artist groups at last year’s show, five exciting collectives will bring a fresh wave of creativity—showcasing a range of art from cutting-edge realism and glasswork to mixed media, youth-led art, and contemporary Māori art. More >>
Presale: Nadia Reid - Enter Now Brightness New Zealand & Australia 2025
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 10:02 am | Banished Music
The Manchester-based expatriate New Zealander is known for her ruminative and well-crafted folk-inflected songwriting, and with Enter Now Brightness she presents a record of poise and great beauty, the sound of a cellular shift, of pain giving way to tenderness ... More >>
Āku Hapa! For Reo Māori Learners Needing A Giggle - Out Now On MĀORI+
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 8:10 am | Eda Tang
This pilot episode featuring award-winning investigative journalist Paula Penfold (Ngāi Pākehā) as the manuhiri is just a taste of what’s to come. The guests invited to eat the kai are all learners of te reo Māori and share their experiences More >>
Lido Pimienta Returns With Orchestral Album 'La Belleza'; Out Today
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 7:59 am | The Label
La Belleza encapsulates why Lido Pimienta is the artist of our moment. Unafraid to explore the depths of her creativity, she produced a haunting, invigorating album that only prompts the question: What will come next? Pimienta knows that this is ... More >>
Lōemis, Set Among The Darkest Days Of Winter, Returns For Its 10th Instalment
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 7:37 am | Loemis Festival
Celebrating new works and unique experiences across art in all its forms, Lōemis has become a cultural highlight in New Zealand’s festival landscape, drawing locals and visitors to experience an impressive mix of art, music, food, performances, and ... More >>
The 2025 Taite Music Prize Winner Is MOKOTRON - WAEREA
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 9:20 pm | The Label
Tonight’s main prize winner, MOKOTRON, was awarded the Taite trophy for his album, WAEREA, released via local label, Sunreturn. Mokotron receives a $12,500 cash prize, courtesy of founding partner Recorded Music NZ. More >>
Linn Lorkin’s Life In Music: 101 Songs In One Book
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 9:08 pm | Elephant Publicity
A companion to her hit 2022 memoir The Redhead Gets the Gig, 101 Songs brings the musical side of her wild, globetrotting life to the page. The memoir became a surprise book club favourite, praised for its bold storytelling and sharp humour. More >>
Shaboozey And Myles Smith Team Up For 'Blink Twice'
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 9:05 pm | NikNak Media
Shaboozey made history as the first artist to ever have a single break the top 10 across all four charts: Country Airplay, Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay, and Rhythmic Airplay, and the second ever single by a Black artist to top both the Billboard Hot ... More >>
OK Go Unveils Two New Tracks ‘Take Me With You’ And ‘This Is How It Ends’
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 9:02 pm | John Howarth
Reflecting on nearly 30 years of collaboration, while continuing to look forward, the band has emerged with its most diverse and accomplished collection of songs to date. More >>
Jazmine Mary Unveils New Single + Announces New Album
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 8:58 pm | Cheree Ridder
Aotearoa-via-Australia indie-folk visionary Jazmine Mary reveals brand new single 'Memphis' – fresh off their forthcoming third studio album, 'I want to Rock and Roll', set for release in Winter this year. More >>
Double Victory For McRae F5000 At George Begg Festival
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 8:57 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Having set the fastest time in Friday’s qualifying session for the four-race weekend, Ross drove clear of the chasing pack—seemingly finding an edge in the blustery Southland winds. More >>
Wild Dunedin Breaks NZ Record For Largest Yoga Gathering At NatureDome Event
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 8:55 pm | Otago Museum
Yoga instructors Jo Woolley, Wayne Everson, & Jenna McLaughlin opened the NatureDome experience with the record-breaking yoga session that brought together people from across the Otago region, & even as far as Christchurch – to be part of this iconic ... More >>
Ice Fernz Edge Ukraine In Thrilling Overtime Victory To Open World Champs In Dunedin
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 8:45 pm | Ice Hockey New Zealand
Assistant Coach Andrew “A.J.” Spiller praised the team’s resilience after the dramatic win. More >>
Wrest: Unmasking The Thrilling Mystery Of Monstrous Motherhood
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 8:42 pm | Red Leap Theatre
Wrest combines physical theatre, contemporary dance, and surreal imagery. Wrest is a crime thriller, centred on a missing woman and an uncanny doppelgänger. The unfolding mystery lays bare the mundane and sometimes monstrous reality of early motherhood. More >>
Rugby: Mark Tele'a to leave New Zealand rugby for Japan contract
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 5:59 pm | RNZ
Game-breaking All Blacks winger Mark Tele'a has signed a Japanese club contract, potentially ending his exciting test career. More >>
HOPE’s Debut Single 'pūmau'
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 3:25 pm | Te Mangai Paho
Written as a love letter to her tamariki, the song carries a deeply personal yet universal message, seamlessly intertwined with the smooth and effortless production by choicevaughan. More >>
“Shoot For The Stars” Presents A New Vision For Wellington's Urban Landscape.
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 2:05 pm | Cheree Ridder
As such Urban Dream Brokerage is very proud to be able to collaborate with VJ Cubeman on ‘Shoot for the Stars’, to bring some vital energy to Te Aro. More >>
Curator’s Debut A Stylish Statement At Whanganui Regional Museum
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 11:52 am | Whanganui Regional Museum
The exhibition showcases a curated selection of nine standout garments from the Museum’s much-loved Outfit of the Month series, which began in March 2021. More >>
Jimmy Carr Extra Shows Added To New Zealand Tour 2026
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 10:57 am | Elephant Publicity
‘Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny’ will kick off in Invercargill on Wednesday 7 January before finishing in Auckland on Wednesday 20 January. Tickets go on sale on Monday 7 April at 2pm from bohmpresents.com. More >>
Record Turnout And Local Double-champion Make Christchurch Marathon History
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 10:42 am | Christchurch Marathon
A record number of participants took part in the event this year with 7,015 participants across its four distances including the Christchurch Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10 km and Kids Mara’fun. More >>
Writers From Around The World Head To Ōtautahi Christchurch This May With WORD Christchurch
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 10:40 am | Word Christchurch
WORD Christchurch warmly thanks its major funders Creative New Zealand, Christchurch City Council and the Rātā Foundation. The WORD Christchurch 2025 Festival programme (27 - 31 August) will be announced on 9 July 2025. More >>
Ross Sweeps Teretonga, Ingram And Roberts Crowned F5000 Series Winners At George Begg Festival
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 10:35 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Set against the backdrop of the George Begg Festival, with its colourful paddock of period costumes and heritage race cars, the event paid fitting tribute to George Begg’s legacy—a man who proved that with ingenuity and spirit. More >>
