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WHO SHOT SCOTT Releases His New Single PACK STEEL
Monday, 27 January 2025, 8:20 pm | Naked PR
In a short four year run, WHO SHOT SCOTT has completed his MERCY EP trilogy, supported the likes of Snoop Dogg and Yung Gravy and toured throughout Aotearoa, Australia and Singapore. More >>
LIV Golf Star, Lucas Herbert Ready To "Rip It Up" In Queenstown
Monday, 27 January 2025, 8:15 pm | New Zealand Open
Herbert is known for his powerful game and impressive consistency on the LIV Golf Tour and helped Ripper GC to the 2024 LIV Golf team championship. More >>
Battle Of The Bulls: Broc Feeney Confirmed For NZ Grand Prix Outing
Monday, 27 January 2025, 8:13 pm | NextGen New Zealand Championship
Feeney’s participation adds further star power to an already formidable grid, with the 22-year-old set to face off against the likes of Supercars teammate Will Brown as well as FIA Formula 2 star and Red Bull junior Arvid Lindblad in the famed race. More >>
Greenstone Entertainment Summer Concert Tour 2025 Wraps On A High Note
Monday, 27 January 2025, 6:27 pm | Greenstone Entertainment
Featuring the all-star line-up of COLD CHISEL, ICEHOUSE, BIC RUNGA and EVERCLEAR, the 2025 tour attracted a phenomenal attendance with over 40,000 music lovers flocking to one of the shows held in Queenstown, Taupō and Whitianga over the last two weekends. More >>
Ready To Ride: Crankworx Summer Series New Zealand Preliminary Rider List & Who To Watch
Monday, 27 January 2025, 6:16 pm | Crankworx NZ
The start lists for all three events – the Redemption Down Hill and Pump Track taking place on Saturday, February 15th and FMB Gold Cup Slopestyle on Sunday, February 16th – have already generated significant anticipation. More >>
Feeney To Make FR Oceania Debut At 69th New Zealand Grand Prix
Monday, 27 January 2025, 6:11 pm | Toyota New Zealand
Supercars race winner and runner up in the 2024 championship, Broc Feeney, is an intriguing addition to the grid for the forthcoming 69th New Zealand Grand Prix. More >>
Skyscraper Stan's New Album 'Those Were Days', Out In Three Weeks (Feb 14th)
Monday, 27 January 2025, 5:46 pm | Chris Familton Publicity
Skyscraper Stan's third studio album Those Were Days is out in three weeks (Feb 14th) and available to pre-order, on both clear and black vinyl, via Cheersquad Records & Tapes. More >>
“HAUSDOWN”: The Reign Of Queer, Regency Joy
Monday, 27 January 2025, 5:21 pm | Inconceivable Productions
Titled HAUSDOWN in reference to the queer cultural adage, the show returns after its sold out debut. HAUSDOWN will run from the 4th - 6th of March at the Hannah Playhouse. More >>
62nd Annual Woodville Mxgp An Event Of Extremes
Monday, 27 January 2025, 4:08 pm | Bikesport NZ
With 30-degree heat beating down on the racers, along with billowing dust, on Saturday, and then rain and mud testing the riders in a vastly different way on Sunday, the more than 600 riders entered certainly had to bring their ‘A game’ to cope with ... More >>
Surfers Healing Returns To Mt Maunganui As Autistic Kids Take To The Waves
Monday, 27 January 2025, 4:04 pm | Surfers Healing
Over 80 children from Auckland and Bay of Plenty will take part in this year’s event, supported by a dedicated team of water men and women. The day will begin at 9 AM and run until 2 PM, providing children with a safe, supportive, and thrilling ... More >>
Winning Start To 2025 For Honda Star Bourke
Monday, 27 January 2025, 3:26 pm | Bikesport NZ
The racing conditions were extreme and contrasting for riders at the 62nd annual Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville at the weekend, the first major event for the 2025 season. More >>
NZ Esports Celebrates Milestone Year With Olympics Debut And Continued Momentum In Esports Sector
Monday, 27 January 2025, 3:10 pm | NZ Esports
The Olympic Esports Games, debuting in 2025 and returning in 2027, will bring esports to the forefront of global competition. New Zealand, as one of the first countries to officially recognise esports as a sport, is well-placed to lead in this space. More >>
NZSO To Perform Timeless Baroque Masterpieces In Eight-date March Tour
Monday, 27 January 2025, 2:57 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The NZSO ensemble, featuring 26 of the finest musicians in Aotearoa New Zealand, will be led by the orchestra’s Concertmaster and passionate Baroque music violinist Vesa-Matti Leppänen. More >>
South Island Songs Captures The Essence Of New Zealand’s Native Birdlife: Art Exhibition, Opening Saturday 1 February
Monday, 27 January 2025, 12:06 pm | Anna Gibbs
A celebrated artist and advocate, Anna Gibbs’ work has received national acclaim, including the Premium Artist Award 2023 at Auckland’s Art in the Park exhibition for her piece titled Kākāpō in the Forest, which raised both awareness and funds ... More >>
NZ Soldier Defied Doctors’ Grim Predictions Following Machine Gun Wounds, Will Compete At Invictus Games
Monday, 27 January 2025, 11:20 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Ed Dore-Wright will compete as part of a 19-strong New Zealand Team at the first-ever winter Invictus Games in British Columbia, Canada, from 8-16 February. More >>
Anonymous Donors Gift Best-Selling Te Tiriti Book To All MPs
Monday, 27 January 2025, 9:59 am | Wai Ako Books
Written by lawyer, Roimata Smail with 20 years of experience in the field, the book was designed to make the essential elements of Te Tiriti more accessible and understandable for all New Zealanders. More >>
UC Study Aims To Boost Pace Bowlers’ Speed And Strength
Monday, 27 January 2025, 9:47 am | University of Canterbury
The research is part of a series of studies into the strength qualities that enable fast bowlers to perform at their best. More >>
Rowland Smith's Second Win In Shears Comeback
Monday, 27 January 2025, 9:14 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The 38-year-old, two-metres-tall Smith further marked his line in the sand when he won A-grade show the Taihape Shears’ Open final on Saturday for a 10th time. More >>
$2 Million Prize Pool Up For Grabs At New Zealand Open
Monday, 27 January 2025, 8:29 am | New Zealand Open
The 104th New Zealand Open will tee off at Millbrook Resort in Queenstown next month between 27 February and 2 March 2025. More >>
Rain Parks F5000 Racing At Hampton Downs
Monday, 27 January 2025, 8:13 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
The series was running in support of the NZIGP Legends of Speed event, which celebrated former F5000 driver David Oxton. More >>
BNZ Breakers Defeated By In-Form Adelaide 36ers
Monday, 27 January 2025, 8:04 am | BNZ Breakers
The Breakers won the second half 43-37, but the damage done in the first half was enough to allow Adelaide to seal the result. More >>
Lindblad In Control In Dan Higgins Trophy Race
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 6:44 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Britain Arvid Lindblad continued his dominance of the feature races in this season’s Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship – winning the Dan Higgins Trophy race at Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon after a rain interrupted 27 laps. More >>
Race Report: Schwalbe Women's One-Day Classic
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 6:41 pm | Santos Tour Down Under
The 26-year-old Lidl-Trek sprinter beat Australia’s LIV-AlUla-Jayco’s best chance Georgia Baker and Italy’s Rachele Barbieri to the King William Road finish line in 30C temperatures on Sunday. More >>
Global Conversations On Equity: What Can We Learn From 'Controversial' Pricing Models?
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 6:25 pm | RNZ
An Ōtautahi-based collective sparked backlash when it offered racially tiered tickets for an upcoming gig. But was the reaction justified? More >>
NFL Playoffs: Everything You Need To Know About Conference Championships
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 6:19 pm | RNZ
Will America get the Super Bowl it wants, or will the Chiefs continue their march to a third straight crown? More >>
It’s About As Tough As Any Dirt Bike Event Can Be
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 4:06 pm | Bikesport NZ
Set for Saturday, February 1, it is the country’s premier extreme enduro event, run by the man who should know, Tokoroa enduro wizard Sean Clarke. More >>
Zack Attack! – Scoular Dominant In Manfeild Thriller
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 4:04 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
New Zealander Zack Scoular showed he’s far from beaten in this year’s Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship with a masterful win in bizarre weather conditions at Manfeild. More >>
Tiaan Whelpton Breaks NZ 60m Record, Sets Sights On Going Sub 10
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 3:55 pm | Athletics New Zealand
The time obliterates Gus Nketia’s long-standing national mark of 6.59, set in Barcelona in 1995, and qualifies Whelpton for the World Indoor Championships to be held in Nanjing, China. More >>
Lindblad By The Blink Of An Eye At Manfeild
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 2:29 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Championship leader Arvid Lindblad made light work of tricky conditions at Manfeild this morning to secure pole position for the feature race at the third round of the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. More >>
Records Fall As The V8 Utes Fly At Timaru's Levels Raceway | History Made At Levels Raceway As The Lap Record Tumbles
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 9:38 pm | UDC V8 Utes
Looking ahead to Sunday 26th January, the race program at Levels Raceway kicks off at 9am. The UDC V8 Utes come to life late morning with Race Two while Race Three is scheduled for mid-afternoon, all races being 10-laps. More >>
Codie Banks Tops F5000 Field At Hampton Downs Legends Event
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 9:31 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Competing in the NZIGP Legends of Speed event, which celebrates former champion David Oxton, Banks, in the 1974 #1 chassis Talon MR1, delivered a commanding performance, sweeping aside the competition. More >>
Race Report: THINK! Road Safety Men's Stage 5
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 8:12 pm | Santos Tour Down Under
Narváez claimed THINK! Road Safety Stage 5 when he soloed about 300m from the top of the summit to take the win. More >>
Injury Sidelines Jackson-Cartwright For 36ers Clash
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 7:29 pm | BNZ Breakers
He has been replaced in the playing roster by Kaia Isaac for the trip to Adelaide. More >>
Lindblad Delivers Manfeild Mauling To Opposition
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 5:37 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Championship leader Arvid Lindblad stretched out his lead in the 2025 Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship today with a dominant win in the first race of the weekend at the third round of the championship at Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon. More >>
Breakers Edged Out By Bullets In Christchurch
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 3:40 pm | BNZ Breakers
Despite an impressive scoring performance from Matt Mooney, who led his side with 24 points, the hosts were unable to capitalise on key moments down the stretch. More >>
Boxing: All You Need To Know About Mea Motu's Historic Bout
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 3:18 pm | RNZ
It's the fight Mea Motu has been asking for and history now beckons for the NightMea on Sunday against fellow unbeaten boxer Ellie Scotney. More >>
Hundreds To Hit The Water At Manu World Championships
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 3:17 pm | RNZ
Former All Black Piri Weepu will be among those competing to make the biggest splash in Wellington this weekend. More >>
NZ's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Lands World's First Triple Cork In Women’s Slopestyle
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 3:13 pm | RNZ
New Zealand snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has landed the world's first triple cork in a women's slopestyle competition, which has also seen her take gold in the 2025 Aspen X Games slopestyle competition. More >>
Lindblad Grabs Top Spot In First Manfeild Qualifying
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 2:36 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
M2 Competition’s Arvid Lindblad showed why he is now the clear favourite for championship honours with another pole position – this time for the first race at Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon of the third round of the 2025 Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship. More >>
'I Love The Battle': Kosta Barbarouses On Goal Scoring
Friday, 24 January 2025, 9:05 pm | RNZ
Wellington Phoenix striker Kosta Barbarouses is a goal scorer and he has the swagger to go with it. More >>
Asian Communities Abuzz Ahead Of Lunar New Year Festivities
Friday, 24 January 2025, 8:57 pm | RNZ
The Auckland Chinese Community Centre's New Year Festival takes place on Sat, ahead of Chinese New Year, which falls on 29 Jan. The event, which has been running since 1992, will feature martial arts, music performances, dancing, fireworks & more than ... More >>
'Oh My God I've Made The News' - Romance Novel Dropper's True Confession
Friday, 24 January 2025, 8:44 pm | RNZ
A Lower Hutt man claims he is the one who has been randomly delivering racy fiction to mailboxes in the harbourside community of Eastbourne. More >>
Race Report: Hahn Men's Stage 4
Friday, 24 January 2025, 7:57 pm | Santos Tour Down Under
France’s Bryan Coquard claimed the Santos Tour Down Under Hahn Men’s stage 4 with a brilliant tactical last kilometre to beat Phil Bauhaus and Jhonatan Narvaez in a sprint finish at the Esplanade, Victor Harbor on Friday. More >>
Lindblad And Stati All Set For Weekend Duel At Manfeild
Friday, 24 January 2025, 5:23 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Championship leader Arvid Lindblad and in-form Nicolas Stati could be all set for a big duel throughout the weekend at the third round of the Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship at Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon. More >>
Harvey Pink’s Flying Bathhouse Shares ‘Tinnitus II’, A Dreamy But Grief-tinged Track From Forthcoming LP, Everybody Digs
Friday, 24 January 2025, 4:02 pm | Dinosaur City Records
‘Tinnitus II’ sees Harvey chart the tricky terrain of being in love and maintaining relationships, while dealing with the despondency that comes with living with bipolar disorder. More >>
Electric Six's Fire: Remastered And Reissued!
Friday, 24 January 2025, 3:55 pm | The Label
The multi-format box set contains the original album (remastered), a LP containing 15 rarities & unreleased tracks, a DVD of suggestive video evidence, a bonus CD with even more bonus tracks, an exhausting 40-page investigative summary booklet and piles ... More >>
New Zealand To Host 2025 International Surf Rescue Challenge
Friday, 24 January 2025, 3:35 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
With all competitors working as active volunteer lifeguards, the event provides an opportunity for attendees to develop and test their surf lifesaving skills and experience, in competition with other nations, outside of World Championship competitions. More >>
Countdown Begins For The PIC Harbour Classic: Entries Open!
Friday, 24 January 2025, 2:49 pm | PIC Harbour Classic
Participants will moor their boats for the entire weekend at North Wharf, the same iconic site that hosted SailGP, and can look forward to a packed schedule of festivities. More >>
RAFIQ BHATIA And Chris Pattishall Team Up For Twin Peaks Cover
Friday, 24 January 2025, 11:43 am | The Label
With the new EP announcement they share closing track 'The Voice of Love', their take on Angelo Badalementi’s haunting piece originally written for Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me and transcribed by Pattishall directly from Badalementi’s hand. More >>
Full Programme Announced For March’s Fraud Film Festival
Friday, 24 January 2025, 11:36 am | Fraud Film Festival
Bringing together professionals from the public and private sectors - and welcoming interested members of the public along - the festival aims to educate and entertain, raising awareness of fraud in many forms, and examining strategies to prevent it. More >>
Explosive Start Set For Wellington’s Lunar New Year
Friday, 24 January 2025, 10:33 am | Lunar New Year Festival
Wellington’s iconic Lunar New Year Fireworks Display has been confirmed for 2025, taking place on Saturday, 1 February at 9:30 pm – thanks to support from Stonewood Group. More >>
The Veils Seventh Album ‘Asphodels’ Out Today!
Friday, 24 January 2025, 9:18 am | Banished Music
The Veils are an English/New Zealand band fronted by singer and songwriter Finn Andrews. On the eve of their 19-date European/UK tour in their largest venues to date - with many dates already sold out - the band are excited to finally perform the Asphodels ... More >>
World Women's World Shearing Record Bid In West Australia In February
Friday, 24 January 2025, 8:53 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The target is the 358 shorn by Jeanine Kimm in New South Wales in establishing a record for the category on May 4 last year. More >>
Magnolia Park Announce Concept Album 'VAMP'
Friday, 24 January 2025, 8:48 am | The Label
Culling influence from the long-running Vampire Hunter D, iconic works like Star Wars, Dracula and Joseph Cambell’s legendary monomyth, the storyline details an ominous journey through Nocturne Nexus where rulers and rebels battle with the future ... More >>
TVNZ Unveils Must-See Local And International Line-Up For 2025
Friday, 24 January 2025, 8:46 am | TVNZ
In 2024, New Zealanders across the motu turned to TVNZ | Te Reo Tātaki as a key source of entertainment and information. Over the past 12 months, TVNZ+ had its biggest year ever, reaching 1.5million Kiwis every week and TVNZ’s channels reached 4.4 ... More >>
Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta: Everything You Need To Know
Friday, 24 January 2025, 8:45 am | Auckland Anniversary Regatta
The Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta celebrates the founding of the ‘City of Sails’, and attracts a huge fleet of vessels every year, including restored classic yachts, modern racing keelboats, sailing dinghies and tugboats, along with waka ama, dragon ... More >>
Wētā FX Nabs Three Academy Award Nominations
Friday, 24 January 2025, 8:28 am | Weta FX
The good news follows the announcement of BAFTA Award nominations for Better Man and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes last Thursday (NZT). More >>
Race Report: Efex Men's Stage 3 | Santos Tour Down Under
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 8:21 pm | Santos Tour Down Under
Movistar’s Javier Romo’s maiden WorldTour victory stunned the favourites at the Santos Tour Down Under at the Uraidla finish line on Thursday. More >>
Whanganui Showcases National Glass Art | The New Zealand Society Of Artists In Glass Members Show
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 8:11 pm | NZSAG
The exhibition showcases the diverse and creative range of contemporary glass art being produced by NZSAG members. Each piece reflects the passion and skill of its creator, making this a must-see for art lovers and collectors alike. More >>
Fragile Foundations: Images Of A Crumbling City
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 7:58 pm | Antony Kitchener and Simin Littschwager
The exhibition showcases some of Wellington’s iconic earthquake-prone buildings. They are a part of our daily urban landscape and have been chosen for their personal, aesthetic, historical, and architectural significance. More >>