Rnz Music

Did you know Bob Dylan turned 80 this week?  You did if you were tuned in to RNZ National last Monday. Audio

RNZ has made public more documents about the controversial changes to RNZ Concert which sparked a public and political backlash in February. They show RNZ made a bid for an extra frequency but backed…

Documents released under the Official Information Act by RNZ on Tuesday revealed more about its plans for controversial changes to its music services which prompted a  big public and political…

RNZ’s planned new music-based outlet to hook younger people has been met with scepticism  - even scorn - during the current controversy over RNZ Concert. RNZ bosses and pundits have singled out… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a local music TV channel coming back from the dead, US media not feeling the Bern - and RNZ Concert / RNZ Music: the… Audio

RNZ Concert’s proposed relegation to the 'sub-optimal-for-symphonies' AM band was short-lived, but the government freeing up another FM frequency for RNZ raises more questions about what will be… Video

In the biggest overhaul of its music services in years, RNZ is planning to gut its classical music station RNZ Concert and replace it on FM radio with music for a younger audience as part of a new… Audio

The 2017 NZSO National Youth Orchestra plays Benjamin Britten's famous 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'. Under the baton of composer and conductor Sir James MacMillan, they also perform his… Video, Audio

In the final moments of her last show as Music 101 host, Emma Smith gives thanks to the hundreds of people who have been part of Music 101 over the past seven years, and is treated to some special… Audio