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NZSO Classical Hits Tour From Kerikeri To Blenheim Begins 31 May
Monday, 26 May 2025, 2:33 pm | NZSO
Masterworks: Mozart, Beethoven & Haydn is part of the NZSO’s annual Setting Up Camp tour, which includes daytime community performances and events in each centre where the orchestra plays. More >>
The Grogans Announce Stagger Album Release Tour This September
Monday, 26 May 2025, 12:45 pm | Broken Record Publicity
Kicking off their tour at Loons in Christchurch on Wednesday 3 September, the band then head to Yonder in Queenstown on Thursday 4 September, San Fran in Wellington on Friday 5 September before wrapping up at Double Whammy Auckland on Saturday 6 ... More >>
Matariki Festival At O Wairoa Marae
Monday, 26 May 2025, 12:22 pm | TeTuhi
The Matariki Festival at O Wairoa Marae is a beautiful opportunity to explore Te Ao Māori and engage in shared moments of learning. More >>
Roll Up, Roll Up! Mr And Mrs Alexander Bring Sideshows And Psychics To Toitoi
Monday, 26 May 2025, 10:53 am | Toitoi - Hawkes Bay Arts And Events Centre
Hailed as “gripping theatre, full of laughs and thrills, surprises and delights”, this internationally acclaimed production is part play, part spectacle—blending mind reading, illusion, and sideshow stunts into a devilishly clever night of entertainment. More >>
Kerr Wins In Rabat – First Diamond League Victory For 2025 As Kiwi Contingent Impresses On World Stage
Monday, 26 May 2025, 10:26 am | Athletics New Zealand
Kerr continued his early-season form with a clean scorecard through 2.16m, 2.21m, and 2.25m, securing the lead ahead of a strong field that included JuVaughn Harrison (USA) and fellow Oceanian Yual Reath (AUS). More >>
Waiata Singalong To Launch At Blues Vs Waratahs Super Rugby Pacific Match
Monday, 26 May 2025, 9:56 am | Waiata Singalong
Waiata Singalong aims to share the joy of waiata, encouraging all New Zealanders to take part so they can feel more confident and connected to their culture, fostering a profound sense of unity and belonging. More >>
Fiji, New Caledonia And New Zealand Find Out Their Opponents For FIFA U-17 Men’s World Cup
Monday, 26 May 2025, 9:23 am | Oceania Football Confederation
The FIFA U-17 World Cup has been expanded to 48 teams with 12 groups of four. The top two teams in each group, along with the eight best third-placed sides, will qualify for the Round of 32. More >>
OneRepublic Announce Eagerly Awaited Return To Australia And New Zealand For The Sweet Escape Tour 2026
Monday, 26 May 2025, 8:40 am | Live Nation Entertainment
OneRepublic played to full houses across Australia and New Zealand in 2023, the band warmly embraced by local audiences, whilst Zara Larsson makes her long-awaited debut in the market following a string of airplay and chart hits, ready to share her high ... More >>
Stellar* Revealed As Third Act Playing The Biggest Pub Gig In The World
Monday, 26 May 2025, 8:30 am | Eccles Entertainment
Armed with an arsenal of hits like 'Violent', 'Part Of Me' and 'Undone', Stellar* helped define the sound of a generation. With Boh Runga front and centre, they’ll bring that rock n roll energy to Spark Arena on Saturday 2 August for what’s shaping ... More >>
NLC Drops Soulful Te Reo Māori Single For NZ Music Month
Monday, 26 May 2025, 8:05 am | NLC No Limits Crew
The Whanganui-based musicians are well known for their fusion of reggae with elements of soul and dub woven with te reo Māori and English. Their latest offering goes one step further; an original song recorded totally in te reo Māori, called Ko au ... More >>
Superheroes, Killer Robots, Cosplayers & Anime Icons Join Forces With A Scooby Snack At Wintergeddon On King’s Birthday
Monday, 26 May 2025, 7:55 am | Armageddon Expo
Kiwi fans are in for a very special treat with Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor, the iconic Xena and Gabrielle duo, reuniting on stage for a nostalgic deep dive into Xena: Warrior Princess. More >>
Billy T And Fred Award Winners Announced For The 2025 NZ International Comedy Fest
Monday, 26 May 2025, 7:26 am | Elephant Publicity
Started in 1997 and inspired by comedy legend William James Te Wehi Taitoko MBE (Billy T James), The Billy T Award celebrates the growth of fresh talent in the Aotearoa comedy industry. More >>
Tactix Win Thriller Over Magic
Sunday, 25 May 2025, 8:11 pm | ANZ Premiership
Strong defence was a feature from both teams early on which forced the respective attacking ends into multiple phases of play while testing patience. More >>
An 'Uncle's' Māori-driven Rugby Camp Taking The World By Storm
Sunday, 25 May 2025, 2:36 pm | RNZ
From Aotearoa to Mozambique, Troy Nathan has been touring the world for the past decade taking Haka Rugby Global to aspiring children of all different cultures. More >>
Black Ferns Beat USA 79-14 To Reclaim Pacific Four Title
Sunday, 25 May 2025, 2:31 pm | RNZ
Needing to defeat the USA by 25 or more points to win the title, the Ferns were rampant in Albany. More >>
NRL: NZ Warriors Vs Canberra Raiders - Everything You Need To Know
Sunday, 25 May 2025, 2:29 pm | RNZ
The Warriors will be out for revenge after the Canberra Raiders dispatched their trans-Tasman rivals in the NRL season-opener at Las Vegas. More >>
Watch New Zealand’s 2025 Scrabble Championship Live
Sunday, 25 May 2025, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Association of Scrabble Players
Scrabble is a very popular game in New Zealand, and competition at all levels in the national championship is fierce but also lots of fun. More >>
Pulse Power Past Stars In Auckland
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 6:25 pm | Stars Netball
The Stars came out buoyed by last week's impressive win over the Tactix, but knew they'd face a tough task against a well-polished Pulse outfit. More >>
‘Visual Tour De Force Of Enduring Significance’ Wins At The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:28 pm | Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Published by Auckland University Press, Toi Te Mana is a six-hundred-page comprehensive survey of Māori art, from Polynesian voyaging waka to contemporary Māori artists. More >>
Winners Announced At Country Music Honours
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:23 pm | NZ Songwriters Trust
The glamorous red-carpet event marked the official opening of the Bayleys Tussock Country Music Festival — a 10-day celebration of all things Tussock Country. More >>
e4444e Shares ‘Skink’ Ahead Of Authentic Natural Tradition Release Next Friday
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:19 pm | Dinosaur City Records
‘Skink’ is a kind of lover’s lament taking the form of small, fragmented vignettes: strong windows, a skink coming around a wall, and a moment of seeing someone as they really are. More >>
Korean Superstar BIBI Announces ‘Eve’ World Tour Unveiling New Zealand Show This October
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:15 pm | Live Nation Entertainment
As BIBI’s first global tour since her debut in 2019, expectations are high for her dynamic performances and bold artistic vision. This tour not only highlights BIBI’s growing global influence but also solidifies her status as one of the most ... More >>
Joyce Prescher Releases Her 2nd Single With Lachlan Bryan
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:08 pm | Chris Familton Publicity
Melbourne Singer-songwriter Joyce Prescher Releases The Second Single From Her New Recording Collaboration With Songwriter And Producer Lachlan Bryan. More >>
Fly My Pretties Release Their Seventh Album, ELEMENTAL
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:06 pm | NicNak Media
Featuring Barnaby Weir, Laughton Kora, AJA, RIIKI REID, Taylah, Louis TM, Aaron Stewart, Iraia Whakamoe (The Nudge), Nigel Patterson (The Black Seeds) & Ryan Prebble (The Nudge). More >>
Celebrating The Sublime: Look Out Wins 2025 NZ Mountain Book Of The Year
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:02 pm | NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival
Look Out is an artistic collaboration that celebrates the sublimity of New Zealand’s Southern Alps by two well-known New Zealand artists, Euan Macleod and Craig Potton. More >>
Aro’s ‘Te Karanga’ - A New Song For A New Season
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 4:33 pm | Cheree Ridder
Unlike Aro’s earlier concept albums, often grounded in months of research into Te Taiao, this waiata poured out in an evening — raw, real, and deeply reflective of their lived experience. More >>
Run It Straight Promoter Wants To ‘Give Back To The People’
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 4:03 pm | Mary Afemata - Local Democracy Reporter
The 'Run It' events are a social media-driven trend where participants compete in full-contact collisions without protective gear, raising serious health concerns over concussion and injury risks. More >>
Finalists Announced For 2025 Comedy Fest’s Fred Award For Best New Zealand Show
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 12:56 pm | Elephant Publicity
The standard has been incredibly high across the Festival and the panel had long discussions to create the shortlist of three finalists. More >>
Special Olympics Marks 200 Day Countdown To National Summer Games
Friday, 23 May 2025, 4:28 pm | Special Olympics NZ
Special Olympics Chief Executive Fran Scholey says that Christchurch is working hard to prepare the facilities and her team are ramping up their recruitment drive for the 700 volunteers required to enable the athletes to compete. More >>
Statement From Emirates Team New Zealand In Response To Athena Racing And American Magic
Friday, 23 May 2025, 1:43 pm | Emirates Team New Zealand
The Defender has not had any feedback back from the Challenger of Record on the latest version other than acknowledgement it had been well received by the teams. More >>
Tokaduadua's Fijian Flair Lighting Up ANZ Premiership
Friday, 23 May 2025, 1:08 pm | Stars Netball
The game against the Tactix was Tokaduadua’s first time wearing the goal defence bib at the ANZ Premiership level – an exciting experience Tokaduadua’s keen to get the most out of. More >>
Kolose Promoted For Remainder Of ANZ Premiership Season
Friday, 23 May 2025, 1:04 pm | Stars Netball
Kolose replaces the injured Greer Sinclair and primarily covers the wing attack and centre positions and has featured in the Stars' first two games of the season against the Mystics and Tactix. More >>
Michael Mayne Named Football Ferns Coach
Friday, 23 May 2025, 11:56 am | RNZ
Michael Mayne has been confirmed as the Football Ferns' new head coach, becoming their first New Zealand-born coach in more than 20 years. More >>
Why US Rugby Star Ilona Maher Is Unafraid To Take Up Space
Friday, 23 May 2025, 11:48 am | RNZ
One of the most influential figures in women's sport is in Auckland this week ahead of the USA Eagles' clash against the Black Ferns on Saturday. More >>
Pulp Share New Single & Video 'Got To Have Love'
Friday, 23 May 2025, 11:11 am | The Label
The song offers a second taste of the new record – the band's first in almost 24 years, released on 6 June – following their acclaimed return with Spike Island in April. More >>
Radio Listening Tops 3.5M Weekly Listeners
Friday, 23 May 2025, 10:53 am | GfK Radio
The Radio Bureau CEO, Alistair Jamison says: “What a cracking way to start the year. The first survey of 2025 shows growth in weekly listeners, growth in daily listeners, growth in time spent listening and growth in average audience." More >>
Applications Open For Cash Grants To Support NZ Writers
Friday, 23 May 2025, 10:04 am | NZSA
One of the grants targets diverse writers and topics, including writers from, and writing about, parts of Aotearoa that are not broadly represented in writing and publishing, and projects on issues or subjects that are topical in present day Aotearoa. More >>
Fusitu'a And Demant Take Top Honours At Blues Awards
Friday, 23 May 2025, 9:57 am | Blues
A model of professionalism, discipline, and growth, Fusitu’a cemented his spot in the starting XV with consistent, high-impact performances throughout 2025. His tireless preparation and attention to detail set the benchmark within the Blues environment. More >>
Sharman And Scott-Vincent Receive Order Of Merit Pins From IPC President
Friday, 23 May 2025, 9:54 am | Paralympics New Zealand
Established in 2001, PNZ recognises individuals who have given outstanding service to the organisation and Paralympic sport by awarding them a PNZ Order of Merit. More >>
Supercars Confirms NZ Double Header – Ruapuna To Join Calendar
Friday, 23 May 2025, 9:05 am | Supercars Championship
The announcement marks a major moment for Supercars and Kiwi motorsport fans alike, as the category locks in a two-event presence in both the North and South Islands of Aotearoa from 2026- 2028, ensuring racing will take place in Taupō and Ōtautahi ... More >>
Aro’s ‘Te Karanga’ A New Song For A New Season
Friday, 23 May 2025, 8:50 am | Cheree Ridder
Written in late 2024 after an unforgettable live set with TONES, Te Karanga captures a deeply personal moment for the duo — a call to respond to aroha, to move forward with hope, even when the path is uncertain. More >>
MY BABY Announce New Album 'Echo' Out Fri 11 July
Friday, 23 May 2025, 8:15 am | Broken Record Publicity
A resonant journey through myth, trance and time, Echo sees MY BABY dive deeper into the hypnotic soundscapes that have become their signature — fusing raw, roots-driven blues and funk with the transcendence of electronic dance music. More >>
Sky NZ Originals Teams Up With Reality TV Legend Dame Julie Christie & Auckland FC For An All-Access Series
Friday, 23 May 2025, 8:12 am | Sky New Zealand
Airing on Sky Open, Sky Sport and Neon later this year in the build-up to Auckland FC’s second season, nothing is off-limits in this revealing and entertaining insight into the birth of Aotearoa’s new headline-grabbing sporting franchise. More >>
A Tribute To The Ocean’s Keystone Species: Announcing The Winners Of The 2025 Science Without Borders® Challenge
Friday, 23 May 2025, 7:43 am | Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Each of the winners will receive scholarships of up to $500 from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation to celebrate their achievements and help them pursue their interests in art and ocean conservation. More >>
Mina Foley Award Supports Benson Wilson’s Principal Role Debut With NZ Opera
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 6:37 pm | Dame Malvina Major Foundation
The Mina Foley Award was established in 2008 to enable talented young New Zealand artists to return home to perform in professional opera productions. More >>
Celebrate Africa At Africa Day 2025
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 5:12 pm | The Label
Africa Day 2025 at Silo Park promises to be an unforgettable experience for all who attend. Whether you're of African descent, a friend of Africa, or simply curious about the continent's rich culture, there's something for everyone to enjoy and learn. More >>
Hawke’s Bay Roars For More: Extra Show Added For The Gruffalo At Toitoi This July
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 5:07 pm | Toitoi - Hawkes Bay Arts And Events Centre
Presented by Tall Stories and CDP Theatre Producers, The Gruffalo brings the enchanting tale of a clever mouse and his imagined monster friend to life with sing-along songs, colourful characters, and vibrant staging. More >>
Douglas Heads To The Oval After Breakthrough Victory
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:59 pm | Jacob Douglas Motorsport
Douglas enters the event sitting fifth in the championship standings, buoyed by his race win in Indianapolis and confident in the team’s pace. More >>
'Run It Straight' Event Cancelled In Māngere
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:48 pm | Mary Afemata - Local Democracy Reporter
The event is a social media-driven trend where participants compete in full-contact collisions without protective gear. More >>
Nadia Reid Surprises Fans With Free Release Of 2011 EP “Letters I Wrote And Never Sent” On Bandcamp
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:26 pm | Slowtime Records
Fans can access 'Letters' now on Nadia Reid’s Bandcamp page, possibly for a limited time, as Reid states "Felt sentimental. Might delete later." The EP is available to download for free, or for a contribution of their choice. More >>
Pulse Looking For Big Lift Against Stars
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 3:33 pm | Pulse
The Pulse will go into the match with some repair work to be done after being ambushed by the Mystics in the latest round while the Stars overcame injury woes and a bereavement within the group to post an emotive and confidence-boosting win against the Tactix. More >>
Silver Fern Amelia Walmsley Available For NZU21 And Silver Ferns Selection
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 2:02 pm | Silver Ferns
The NWYC2025 is the pinnacle event for emerging netballers under the age of 21 and will be held at the Tercentenary Sports Hall and Europa Sports Park in Gibraltar 19th – 28th September. More >>
Homelessness Told Through The Eyes Of A Wāhine Māori
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:34 pm | RNZ
A well-travelled wāhine Māori proves that home is what you make of it in a new short documentary. More >>
No Rest For The Tactix Ahead Of Round Three
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:22 pm | Tactix Netball
After a Round 2 loss to the Stars, Head Coach Donna Wilkins has put her squad to work, knowing the northern rival cannot be underestimated, with the side expected to fight for Round 3 redemption. More >>
Wednesday Share New Single ' Elderberry Wine ' Single + Video
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 12:36 pm | The Label
"‘Elderberry Wine’ is about the potential for sweet things in life (love, family, success) to become poison if not prepared for and attended to correctly,” Hartzman explains. More >>
SONGHUBS: A Story On Collaboration
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 11:57 am | APRA - AMCOS
Filmed as part of the program’s 100th SongHubs celebrations, the documentary provides a rare glimpse inside some of its most pivotal songwriting pairings of the past eleven years, featuring songwriters and producers from Auckland, London, Melbourne and Sydney. More >>
Circability Celebrates Five Years Of Youth Circus Festival
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 11:39 am | Circability Trust
The organisation’s skilled and passionate circus tutors will lead sessions teaching diabolo, juggling, aerial arts, hoops, silks and more, as well as functional juggling devices for people with disabilities to learn circus activities. More >>
Catherine Chidgey's The Book Of Guilt Is The First NZ-Published Book To Hit Number 1 This Year
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 11:24 am | NielsenIQ BookData
Catherine Chidgey has previously hit number one on the NZ Fiction chart 25 times prior to this latest week across these same four titles and last week, The Book of Guilt went straight to number one on the NZ Fiction chart after only 3 days on sale. More >>
Honouring The Past, Embracing The Future: The Court Theatre Foundation Welcomes Two New Trustees
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 11:14 am | The Court Theatre
The Court Theatre Foundation is proud to announce the appointment of renowned actor Mark Hadlow and long-time theatre advocate Jill Bromley to its board, marking a new chapter in its mission to support the legacy and future of The Court Theatre. More >>
Photograph Wins 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 10:46 am | New Zealand Portrait Gallery
Jazmin’s work Taniwha Chasers was chosen from an impressive 41 finalists with the Award being announced in the presence of the Māori Queen Kuini Nga wai hono i te po at Pipitea Marae in Wellington on Wednesday 21 May. More >>
