Music Venues
How can we support New Zealand's music scene?
A recent piece on The Spinoff website has highlighted the dearth of music venues in Auckland city, and suggests that a music-first council policy could be part of the answer. Audio
Play it again Sammy's
Aaron Hawkins from the Dunedin city Council talks about the unanimous vote this week to restore the iconic music venue Sammy's. Audio
A guided tour of the Dunedin sound with The Chills' Martin Phillipps
Martin Phillips of The Chills revisits the iconic venues where the 'Dunedin Sound' came to life. Audio
Christchurch - Building a city on rock and roll
Five years on, Christchurch is in the slow and uncharted path of rebuilding itself. Yadana Saw takes a tour of the recovering southern city and meets with local venue owners, artists and musicians who… Video, Audio
Stages: Greymouth's Barrytown Hall has played host to everyone from Blerta to Trinity Roots
The Barrytown Hall on the South Island's West Coast has been hosting bands since the early '70s, fuelling demand from the area's alternative lifestylers. Audio
Stages: Celebrating Bob Marley's birthday at Raglan's Yot Club
Started as a live music joint with enough atmosphere to keep young people from driving to Hamilton every weekend, the Yot Club in Raglan is a popular venue where locals mix with out-of-towners… Audio
Stages: Auckland's subterranean and grungy Wine Cellar
Underneath St Kevin’s Arcade on Karangahape Road, red-lit, grungy and subterranean in feel, the Wine Cellar has been the venue for many musicians' first Auckland show. Audio
Stages: Leigh Sawmill - a venue built from the remnants of industry
A working sawmill up until 1994, the Leigh Sawmill Cafe is now a beautiful historic venue where top acts from NZ and abroad perform weekly. Anthonie Tonnon takes us there. Audio
Stages: Golden Bay's Mussel Inn is one of NZ's most desirable venues
Anthonie Tonnon visits New Zealand's most talked about places to see music. The waiting list is almost a year long, and musicians return with legends of blissful crowds, a brewery on site and log… Audio
Summer Music Venues in NZ
Every summer, go-to live music destinations shift from the main centres to the provinces, as music fans empty out of the cities and into venues like Coroglen Tavern, Mussel Inn, Mangawhai Tavern and… Audio
Jack Mitchell-Anyon: underground music
Jack Mitchell-Anyon runs the music venue Space Monster, presenting a range of bands from Whanganui, nationwide and overseas on an irregular basis.
The next concert will feature Delaney Davidson and… Audio
Simon Grigg: Audio Culture
In a new regular feature, Audio Culture's Simon Grigg dips into New Zealand rock and roll's fascinating, and occasionally dubious history. This week he looks at rock venues - from the 1960s to the… Audio
Stages: Port Chalmers' Chick's Hotel - secret rooms and ghost stories
Port Chalmers is a beautiful, eerie port town with enough industrial noise to ease the tinnitus of the musicians who call it home. Chick's Hotel is a dark, looming building that allows bands from… Audio
Audio Foundation Hub Launch
The Audio Foundation had been running out of director Zoe Drayton's bedroom. Nevertheless, they'd done pretty well for themselves- maintaining online audio archives, a daily email digest, country-wide… Audio
Audio Foundation - Zoe Drayton
The Audio Foundation began in 2004 to support and nourish innovative audio culture in New Zealand. Audio Foundation director, Zoe Drayton talks about the first comprehensive collection of current New… Audio
Napier's Cabana
Napier's Cabana has been host to some of New Zealand's most iconic bands and musicians. Jim Mora talks to local musician Ian Morris about the live music venue. Audio
Zoe Drayton
Founder of the Auckland based Audio Foundation talks about the organisations work and her own compositions. Audio
Access All Areas: The Cabana Through The Years
Lee Prichard has written a book about Napier's legendary Cabana Hotel, one of NZ's classic live music venues - you hadn't done a national tour unless you'd played there! Trevor Reekie talks to Lee… Audio