Mike Chunn
Hundreds attend funeral to mourn Bill Sevesi
Family and friends gathered in New Zealand on Monday to celebrate the life of renowned musician Bill Sevesi. Audio
Songs of our lives
Mike Chunn has worked with songs all his life, from Split Enz and Citizen Band through Mushroom Records to over a decade as Director of Operations for APRA, and CEO of the Play it Strange Trust. This… Audio
Former Split Enz band member makes the New Year's Honours List
Also honoured is the former Split Enz member and mental health campaigner Mike Chunn. Audio
Play it Strange
Mike Chunn says the New Zealand school music curriculum needs to change in order to foster creative young talent. Audio
Split Enz founder Mike Chunn brings back Beatlemania
Fifty years ago tomorrow The Beatles touched down in New Zealand and Beatlemania gripped the country. Audio
The Jam Bus
The Jam Bus is a new 'Play It Strange' initiative that sends a mobile recording studio - complete with an engineer and producer - to schools, where budding young musicians have the opportunity to… Audio
Overhauling the school music curriculum
Mike Chunn cites Lorde as a reason to overhaul the school music curriculum by adding in songwriting. Audio
Mike Chunn: Play it Strange
Play it Strange founder and CEO looks back on 10 years of the music-education programme. Audio
Split Enz
It's forty years today since Split Enz featured on the New Faces televised talent show in 1973. They were unlike anything New Zealanders had seen before. Their uniqueness may have been one of the… Audio
Auckland Town Hall - 100 years old
One hundred years ago this week the historic landmark was opened by the Governor General Baron Islington and became Auckland's first permanent seat of administration and entertainment. Audio
Play it Strange : Matariki
Mike Chunn, champion of New Zealand songwriting, about the Matariki Play It Strange CD we were featuring all afternoon. Audio
Mike Chunn
Split Enz veteran Mike Chunn on the Play it Strange Trust, and what it's doing for New Zealand Music Month. Audio
The Secret Life of The Ukulele
Musican Karl Steven (Supergroove, The Drab Dooriffs) explores The Secret Life of the Ukulele. Audio
Copyright
Who does the current copyright law actually benefit - artists or those who buy their work? Audio
Mike Chunn - Play it Strange
Former Split Enz and Citizen Band member, Mike is the brains behind Play it Strange, the charitable trust intent on getting music (and ukulele) into schools. A protégée and songwriter, Anna McDonald… Audio
NZ Music State of Play: Traps for Young Players
In the final of these discussions prepared for New Zealand Music Month 2007, Trevor Reekie speaks to music critic Graham Reid, be-jandalled DIY musician Chris Knox, Play It Strange's Mike Chunn and… Audio
Musical Chairs - Eldred Stebbing (Part One)
Today's guest in Musical Chairs is Eldred Stebbing, who has been pivotal in the New Zealand music industry for 60 years. His recording studios in Herne Bay, Auckland, have seen the birth of many of… Audio
Eldred Stebbing (Part 4)
Eldred Stebbing interviewed by Mike Chunn (ex. Split Enz, APRA) and Kaye Glamuzina in May 1999. The Stebbing Recording Centre is opened in Jervois Road, Hearne Bay, Auckland in 1970; A&R with Benny… Audio
Eldred Stebbing (Part 2)
The late Eldred Stebbing interviewed by Mike Chunn (ex. Split Enz, APRA) in May 1999. Part two covers the early days of music recording studios and the Stebbing record label, post-WWII - 1950s. Audio