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The duo of Dave Murphy and Janet Muggeridge, are special guests at The Stationhouse Social Club, Ōtaki Golf Club, on Thursday, March 4, hosted by The Salty Hearts band. Dave is one of New Zealand’s best finger-picking blues guitarists. He underpins the duo’s sound with driving guitar work and powerful vocals. This is overlaid with Janet’s... Keep Reading
The band that was a hit at last year’s Ōtaki Kite Festival has found national success with gigs lined up throughout the North Island. Gold Dust Woman, a Stevie Nicks showcase band, has two Ōtaki area members who are a critical part of the band – “Stevie Nicks” singer Rachel Williams of Te Horo, and Jared Carson of Ōtaki, who bashes... Keep Reading
Crescendo, a creative space for rangatahi, has finally found a permanent home in Avondale, Auckland. Dominic Hoey, the events coordinator at Crescendo since mid-2019, likes the fact that all of Crescendo’s work will now be in one place. Keep Reading
Due to restrictions regarding Covid-19, this tour has been postponed to later in the year. All tickets already purchased will be valid and transferable to the new dates. Hopefully, we will be back making music soon but in the meantime stay safe and healthy! Palmerston North April 05 postponed to September 20th,... Keep Reading
During Lockdown Java Dance Theatre matched up more than 50 musicians and dancers from around the world for 101 improvised duets over Zoom. Now Java will bring 24 of the musicians and dancers together in Wellington to improvise together and create duets. Follow their process online and dip your toe into a world of creative collisions, new... Keep Reading
OneMusic licenses the dance community for the public performance of music within APRA and Recorded Music NZ’s (RMNZ) repertoire. Many of you will hold this license which enables you to use the repertoire that APRA and RMNZ represent in your teaching. The OneMusic Dance Instruction licence would not normally cover the use of music in... Keep Reading
Although many of the wonderful festival season shows were cut short or cancelled recently due to the Covid-19 crisis, we want to acknowledge and appreciate the amazing work that was put into each and every one of them - our hearts go out to all of the artists/technicians/organisers affected. Here is a collection of reviews of a number of the... Keep Reading
This past year has been a busy one for the big band! 'Plays New Zealand' is another full-length studio album recorded mid 2019, featuring more outstanding compositions by members of the band and other New Zealand composers. Keep Reading
Anamia King saw an image of a singed kangaroo desperate for water drinking from a bottle held by a firefighter in New South Wales. The image tugged at her heart-strings. “It just broke me,” she says. “I couldn’t just share the post and do nothing else.” She was away from her Ōtaki home at the time, but knew she had to do something to... Keep Reading
The annual multi-arts celebration returns to locations across Tāmaki Makaurau in March. Auckland’s many theatres, galleries, and unique venues will house some of the most exciting performance, art and music events from New Zealand and around the world. Keep Reading
Rockabilly is back. The 2019 Rockabilly Rock & Rev Festival is at Ōtaki Domain on Saturday October 19. This year’s festival features a programme with live bands and talented musicians, top rock ’n roll dancers and entertainers, rides and jumpy castles for the children, and martial arts demonstrations. There are plenty of stalls booked at the... Keep Reading
A piano gifted from Tawa College is music to the ears of Ōtaki chorister Ann-Marie Stapp. “This has been a long-time coming, after the old Memorial Hall pianos fell into disrepair and were unable to be tuned correctly,” Ann-Marie says. “They had become defunct over many years, and I have been trying to get a replacement for some time.”... Keep Reading
After a hugely successful tour in 2018 that included 32 performances in theatres, prisons and marae, Rodney Bell is in Ōtaki at the Māoriland Hub with his award-winning performance work, Meremere. The performance is on the Friday and Saturday nights of July 26 and 27, with a matinee show on the Saturday. Meremere is a powerful and engaging... Keep Reading
NEW TAIRĀWHITI ARTS FESTIVAL INAUGURAL PROGRAMME REVEALED The Gisborne region’s new flagship arts and culture event - steeped in the local while connected with stories from across the country and the Pacific - will envelop the creative East Coast from 4-20 October. The inaugural programme for New Zealand’s newest major arts... Keep Reading
After a hugely successful tour in 2018 that included 32 performances in theatres, prisons and Marae, Rodney Bell returns with his award-winning performance work Meremere, heading to even more centres this July and August. Keep Reading
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