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Skier Alice Robinson On Being Brave At World Champs
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 7:59 pm | RNZ
Queenstown skier Alice Robinson admits she's probably been a bit braver this season, hoping that will help her at the World Championships in Austria. More >>
A Comedy Show About A Sharehouse, The People Who Lived In It, And A Rabbit Named Meataxe
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 6:23 pm | Nick Robertson
Everything That Happens at Number 68 is Nick’s second solo show, after a massive debut in 2024. His breakout show Leave To Enter toured across and sold out shows from Australia’s East and West Coast to critical acclaim and to New Zealand where ... More >>
New Name For Sargeson Fellowship
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 6:16 pm | Frank Sargeson Trust
The new name for the Fellowships is in honour of author Kevin Ireland (1933–2023), who was himself one of the inaugural Sargeson Fellows in 1987, and writer and scholar Phillip Wilson (1922–2001), a long-time friend of Frank Sargeson. More >>
NZ Grand Prix – Lindblad’s Crowning Glory?
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 4:10 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
The final chapter of the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship takes place this weekend at the unique and picturesque Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell and concludes with the 69th New Zealand Grand Prix. It’s Grand Prix ... More >>
“With Sound & Music, This Is Not Your Regular Play Reading, ‘Ground’ Coming To Circa Theatre For One Performance Only”
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 3:50 pm | Circa Theatre
Ground follows three families that deal with maintaining a seaside house, holding on to their cultures, battling the fluctuating housing market and coping with climate change. More >>
Imaginative, Inventive, And Intricate. New Zealand Theatre At Its Finest.
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 3:39 pm | Toitoi - Hawkes Bay Arts And Events Centre
The work was developed through a series of showings in unusual site-specific spaces, from a pub to a photography darkroom. More >>
Laughter And Life-Saving Lessons: A Unique Comedy Show Tackling Bowel Cancer
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 3:31 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Despite one in ten bowel cancer cases being found in people under 50, research shows that diagnosis can take 60% longer for younger people. More >>
Shot Put Showdown: Tom Walsh And Jacko Gill To Headline Sir Graeme Douglas International
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 3:07 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Walsh and Gill have dominated the New Zealand men’s shot-put scene for over a decade. More >>
Celebrating Waitangi Day At Te Puia
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 2:59 pm | Maori Arts and Crafts Institute
Over 1800 people booked their free tickets to attend the Waitangi Day celebration, in its third year. More >>
Breakers Fall Short Against Table-topping Hawks
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 1:42 pm | BNZ Breakers
Despite a competitive start, the Breakers struggled to contain Hawks sharpshooter Tyler Harvey, who led all scorers with 29 points, including six three-pointers. More >>
Bnz Breakers Center Dane Pineau Announces Retirement
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 11:27 am | BNZ Breakers
Pineau leaves the game as a respected veteran, known for his toughness and unwavering commitment to his teams across a career that began with Sydney Kings, before transitioning to South East Melbourne Phoenix, and culminating in two seasons with the Breakers. More >>
Katchafire Reunion Show At Hamilton Arts Festival Toi Ora Ki Kirikiriroa
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 10:17 am | Hamilton Arts Festival
Katchafire has stood the test of time across their 28-year history, representing Reggae and Aotearoa around the world, whilst in turn supporting new musicians and emerging artists, exposing them to new audiences whilst paying homage and respect ... More >>
Order Of Merit Winner Catlin Leads Asian Tour Field In Queenstown
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 9:56 am | New Zealand Open
The New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport, is set to take place at the prestigious Millbrook Resort from February 27 to March 2. Last month it confirmed players will be competing for a share of the NZD $2 million prize pool. More >>
Australian Wooden Boat Festival Sets Sail To Pacific
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 9:48 am | Australian Wooden Boat Festival
The festival’s 2025 theme, "The Pacific," will explore the deep seafaring traditions of the region, featuring vessels, navigators, and artisans from New Zealand, Hawaii, Tahiti, New Caledonia, Japan, the US West Coast, and the Marshall Islands. More >>
Bridgestone GR86 Championship Ready To Thrill Highlands Race Fans
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 9:14 am | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
The inaugural championship for the new model GR86 is proving to be almost unbelievably close. With 25-car practice and qualifying sessions covered by mere tenths of a second, and races with 20 cars covered by 15 seconds, there is literally no margin for error. More >>
Books Of Mana: 10 Essential Reads For Waitangi Day
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 8:23 pm | The Conversation
Māori have been writing about their experiences for two centuries. Here, the authors of a new book about that literary legacy pick ten of their must-read titles. More >>
History Beckons At 69th New Zealand Grand Prix At Highlands
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:41 pm | NextGen New Zealand Championship
The New Zealand Grand Prix is more than just a race. It’s a celebration of our motorsport heritage and a proving ground for the next generation of racing talent. More >>
SODA BOYZ Release Sophomore Album 'Not Boyz Anymore' While On Tour In Australia
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:38 pm | Papaiti Records
Not Boyz Anymore is meditative, methodical and desolately beautiful. While it shares sonic territory with bands like Duster and Slint, you can hear the influence of Aotearoa and it's landscapes on the composition. More >>
Stratford Leads The Way In National Shearing Circuit
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:35 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Led by defending champion, three-times winner and near perennial top qualifier Nathan Stratford, of Invercargill, the 10 were among 20 who resumed the battle for places in the qualifying dozen in the lambshearing round at the Rangitikei Shearing Sports ... More >>
Old Mervs Announce 2025 Album Tour
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:24 pm | Morse Code Communications
This announcement comes with the release of “Everyone Will See It”, the latest taste of Old Mervs’ highly-awaited debut album. More >>
Star Insure Superbike Grand Prix A Trip Down Memory Lane For Mike Pero
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:21 pm | New Zealand Superbike Championship
Pero is bringing two of his now-restored former GP bikes – a Yamaha TZ250F from 1979 and a Yamaha TZ250G from 1996 – to display in the Legends Garage at Levels during the second round of the New Zealand Superbike Championship on February 14–15. More >>
Manawatū Summer Shakespeare And Simple Truth Theatre Present: The Tempest
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 7:04 pm | Manawatu Summer Shakespeare
The cast of 24 local performers, who range in age from 16-77, began rehearsals in early November under the vision of Rhian Firmin, returning to the director’s chair for the third consecutive year, in a Victorian Gothic meets Ocean Mythic interpretation. More >>
Gore’s Country Music Honours Welcome Entries For The 2025 MLT Songwriting Award
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 6:58 pm | NZ Songwriters' Trust
Songwriters can enter any unreleased track, recorded as a solo vocal performance (exceptions made for duets) and may accompany their song with a maximum of one instrument. More >>
Mātakitaki Mai: Waitangi Day 2025 – With Whakaata Māori
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 6:26 pm | Whakaata Maori
Our Waitangi schedule begins at 5.00AM with Peter-Lucas Jones and Blake Ihimaera live from the Treaty grounds for WAITANGI 2025 - KA HAO TE RANGATAHI. More >>
Aussie Artist & OG Mixtape Master Dixie Collabs With Superstar Snoop Dogg
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 3:12 pm | Xposed Media
Having topped DJ Top 50 lists over multiple years, and having toured with Aussie faves Bombs Away, Dixie has seen and done it all. More >>
International Surf Boat Racing Returns To Waihī Beach This Weekend
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 2:58 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
The Trans-Tasman Series is one of the fiercest rivalries in surf boat rowing, pitting New Zealand’s elite Open and Under-23 crews against their Australian counterparts. More >>
Top Tips For The BNZ Auckland Lantern Festival
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:53 am | Tataki Auckland Unlimited
The free-ticketed family event showcases more than 500 beautiful handmade lanterns, including a new snake lantern, a magnificent dragon and the Lantern Boulevard to surprise and delight visitors. More >>
TVNZ Celebrates A New Era Of Shortland Street With Innovative Launch Campaign
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:39 am | TVNZ
The TikTok stream will feature live Q & A’s, as well as in-the-moment reactions from the Shortland Street cast – fan favourites, Courtenay Louise and Ngahuia Piripi (who play Monique and Esther respectively), will be joined by newcomers Nepia Takuira-Mita, ... More >>
Are These The Most Scenic Tennis Courts In Aotearoa?
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 8:53 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Quake damaged sports courts in Kaikōura have been restored. More >>
Farewell Guangdong: Documentary Recounts Harrowing Journey Of Early Chinese Refugees
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 8:35 pm | RNZ
The seven-part series traces the journeys of seven Chinese refugee wives and their children who fled Guangdong during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) to reunite with their husbands in New Zealand, navigating immense hardship along the way. More >>
Elina Ussher Set To Race Her 20th Kathmandu Coast To Coast In A Row
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:49 pm | Kathmandu Coast to Coast
At nearly 49 years old, Ussher continues to demonstrate remarkable resilience and dedication. More >>
Te Awamutu Floyd Masson Makes In-ring Return With Big Promoters
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:47 pm | Benjamin Watt
Since losing his IBO World title in 2023, Masson has been on a mission to climb the ranks again. More >>
Tom Lark Announces New Album, Moonlight Hotel
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:45 pm | Good Luck Mansion
Moonlight Hotel sees the artist explore the parallels between his family's historical displacement following the 1929 earthquake that destroyed Murchison – a pioneer town in the upper West Coast of the South Island – and his own following the 2011 ... More >>
Alison Moyet Moves Auckland Show To The Civic Due To Overwhelming Demand For The ‘Key Live 2025’ World Tour
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:43 pm | TEG Live
The ‘KEY Live 2025’ tour will see the acclaimed singer-songwriter marking 40 years as a solo artist by delivering an eclectic, career-spanning set, showcasing the depth and breadth of her artistic creativity and songwriting. More >>
Matatū Rugby Team Embarks On A Journey Through Māori Astronomy At Dark Sky Project
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:07 pm | Matatu
Dark Sky Project General Manager Victoria Campbell says during their visit, players and coaching staff connected with the region and the cultural narratives associated with their name. More >>
Trick Of The Light Unpacks A World Of Theatrical Magic With ‘Suitcase Show’ National Tour
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 5:12 pm | Elephant Publicity
Suitcase Show is an eclectic box set of short stories, each one told out of a suitcase. Dark, spiky and comic, this is storytelling at its finest from a team of Aotearoa’s greatest creative minds. More >>
Wanaka Athletes Aim For Historic Wins At Kathmandu Coast To Coast
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 5:07 pm | Coast to Coast
Both athletes are ranked number one in their respective categories and are favorited to clinch the men’s and women’s titles. More >>
Laughter And Life-Saving Lessons: A Unique Comedy Show Tackling Bowel Cancer
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Despite one in ten bowel cancer cases being found in people under 50, research shows that diagnosis can take 60% longer for younger people. More >>
Women’s Health Series Empowers Women To Prioritise Their Wellbeing
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 3:33 pm | Sport Manawatu
Sport Manawatū is proud to present the Women’s Health Series—a collection of five expert-led workshops covering key aspects of women's wellbeing. More >>
‘This Is New Zealand’ And ‘No Ordinary Sheila' Film Screenings
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 12:24 pm | Friends of the Whanganui River
The Friends of the Whanganui River have now made an arrangement with the owner of the Boyd’s Auto Barn Museum whereby they can screen films in the small cinema that has been constructed within the private museum at 3 Pickwick Road in Whanganui. More >>
Meet The Auckland Schoolboy Carving A Footballing Career In The Land Of Lionel Messi
Monday, 3 February 2025, 9:45 pm | RNZ
Joaquin Reinoso might just be New Zealand's top teenage sporting talent that you've never heard of. More >>
Austen Opera Coming To Christchurch & Dunedin - South Island Premiere: NZ Opera’s Mansfield Park Returns This April
Monday, 3 February 2025, 9:01 pm | NZ Opera
A unique, immersive production, Mansfield Park offers a touching and emotive musical experience that Austen herself would have relished. More >>
Iconic One New Zealand GODZONE To Make Triumphant Return To New Zealand’s Adventure Racing Scene
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:55 pm | Pure Adventure Charitable Trust
A new adventure racing charitable trust led by high-profile sportsperson Richie McCaw announces the return of One NZ GODZONE, the world’s largest expedition race. More >>
Zoe Hobbs Qualifies For World Indoor Championships In Boston
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:49 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Hobbs is the Oceania and NZ record holder with a best of 7.06 from Glasgow World Indoor Champs in 2024 where she finished fourth by 0.01s More >>
Finally Got One - Ngaio Hanson's First Open Woolhandling Win
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:47 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Eketahuna woolhandler Ngaio Hanson has had a stellar two years in representing New Zealand at the 2023 World Championships in Scotland and in this season’s transtasman test matches. But it reached another level on Friday when she the Danevirke A and ... More >>
Ingram Wins Bert Hawthorne Cup At SKOPE Classic
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:46 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Held at Christchurch’s Euromarque Motorsport Park as part of the SKOPE Classic, the Sunday afternoon race unfolded in damp conditions, adding an extra layer of challenge for the historic high-horsepower cars. More >>
Event Wrap: Mickey Thompson NZ Off-Road Grand Prix 2025 – Round 1 Of The CT Civil NZ Off-Road Racing Championship
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:42 pm | Mickey Thompson NZ Offroad Racing Championship
The off-road classes offered a full spectrum of racing, from pint-sized competitors in the Kiwitruck class (aged 6-7) to seasoned pros in the Pro 1 Unlimited Horsepower category. The crowd was treated to non-stop, high-octane racing, where every driver ... More >>
Rangitikei Opens Series With Two Scorchers
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:32 pm | Bikesport NZ
FEBRUARY 3, 2025: And there we have it – after one extremely hectic weekend, New Zealand’s motorcycling community is already halfway towards discovering who will be crowned the nation’s top cross-country racers for 2025. The four-round Yamaha ... More >>
Teeing Off For A Cause: Honouring Norm Hewitt Through Golf Fundraisers
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:13 pm | Motor Neurone Disease Association NZ
Norm’s journey with motor neurone disease (MND) came to an end in 2024, but his spirit and values endure through these golf fundraisers, embodying the Hewitt whānau’s commitment to making time count for others. More >>
New Zealand Wins Gold At World Championship
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:07 pm | New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
The gold medal follows impressive form at the 2024 IIHF Under-20 World Championship, where the team won silver. The team last won gold in 2008. More >>
Festival Italiano Returns To Newmarket With NZ’s Largest Italian Street Festival
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:02 pm | Newmarket Business Association
The heart of the festival will come to life on Sunday, 23rd February, where Osborne and Kent Streets, Lumsden Green, and Nuffield Street will be transformed into Italian piazzas (public market places), offering an unforgettable sensory journey. More >>
Independent Table Tennis Association Of NZ (ITTANZ) Launches Nationwide “Table Tennis Tables In Schools” Programme
Monday, 3 February 2025, 7:50 pm | ITTANZ
ITTANZ is delighted to be a part of this nationwide initiative to promote the sport of table tennis in New Zealand, and to encourage our young people to engage in the very affordable, fun-enhancing, easy-to-learn, and social activity of table tennis. More >>
Mayor Launches Fireworks To Welcome Lunar New Year In The Capital
Monday, 3 February 2025, 7:26 pm | Asian Events Trust
Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau hit a ceremonial gong to commence the Lunar New Year fireworks on Saturday, which saw the waterfront crowded with over 10,000 people. More >>
Final Acts Revealed For Cross Street Music Festival 2025
Monday, 3 February 2025, 6:28 pm | Elephant Publicity
This year’s festival brings together an epic mix of fresh talent and seasoned performers, including the previously announced CHAII, Sea Mouse, Who Shot Scott, Blake, Ardon England, Caru & Brandn Shiraz, Mammalien, Lips, and Lil Bok Choy. More >>
An Almost Perfect Start To Dudson’s Title Defence
Monday, 3 February 2025, 6:23 pm | Bikesport NZ
The Honda ace from Rotorua kicked off round one the 2025 cross-country nationals on Friday by winning the day comfortably ahead of Taupo’s three-time former national champion Brad Groombridge. More >>
Title Battles Heat Up At NextGen New Zealand Championship Ascot Park Hotel Teretonga Park International
Monday, 3 February 2025, 6:19 pm | NextGen New Zealand Championship
The Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship (CTFROC) spearheaded proceedings with their fourth of five rounds and final hitout ahead of next weekend’s 69th Running of the New Zealand Grand Prix. More >>
One Month To Go Until Motatapu – Who Will Be On The Start Line?
Monday, 3 February 2025, 6:08 pm | Motatapu OffRoad Sporting Event
Motatapu Race Director and event owner Gemma Peskett – who was involved when the event began two decades ago – says she’s pleased with how entries have been tracking for this year’s event. Around 2500 participants are expected to be on the start ... More >>
Award-winning Masterpiece Prima Facie Embarks On North Island Tour
Monday, 3 February 2025, 5:24 pm | Elephant Publicity
This gripping and powerful story, which provides vital commentary of the justice systems handling of sexual assault, heads to Palmerston North, Tauranga, Rotorua, Auckland and New Plymouth from March – July. More >>
Lydia Ko Third Heading Into Final Round Of LPGA Tournament
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:33 pm | RNZ
The kiwi golfer is ranked number two in the world off the back of a stunning 2024, which included the Olympics gold medal, which earned her a place in golf's Hall of Fame and the British Open title. More >>
Getting 'The Best Of Three Worlds' As A Māori-Chinese Person In New Zealand
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:16 pm | RNZ
Danny Karatea-Goddard celebrates the new year three times a year - on 1 January, Matariki and the Lunar New Year. More >>