RNZ Music

The Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) Classic Record Award will be awarded to Moana and the Moahunters for their 1993 album TAHI at this year’s Taite Music Prize. The finalists for Best Independent Debut… Read more Video

Music 101's Yadana Saw tries to make sense of being at Homegrown festival after a period of unprecedented national mourning. Between the revellers, the heat and the glitter - she finds the music makes… Read more

This week's RNZ Mixtape selectors Broods share their favourite songs. Brother and sister Caleb and Georgia Nott talk about their musical family and unreal Los Angeles life with Yadana Saw. Read more Audio

Cha Wa is a Grammy-nominated Mardi Gras Indian funk band based out of New Orleans, Louisiana. Front man, J'Wan Boudreaux, carries his cultural origins by dressing in traditional Mardi Gras Indian… Read more Audio

Kiwi expat and music industry professional Milly Olykan on her role in bringing country music to the world, and why women in country are often writing more interesting songs than their male… Read more Video, Audio

CHAII came to New Zealand as an 8-year-old Iranian immigrant who learned to speak English by rapping to Eminem. Her debut single 'Digebasse (Enough)', with lyrics in both English and Farsi, has taken… Read more Video, Audio

Traditional Greek music ensemble Rebetien perform the song 'Gineka Pou Psifizi' especially for RNZ Music at WOMAD 2019. Read more Video, Audio

In an impromptu kōrero with RNZ's Tony Stamp, Tiki Taane shared his thoughts on last week's terrorist attack in his hometown of Christchurch. Read more Audio

Tali has nearly two decades in the music industry under her belt, and last October released her seventh studio album, Love and Migration. Read more Audio

RNZ Music is proud to present Christchurch-based songwriter Ben Woods with his new single ‘Romancy’. Read more Video