When Rutene Spooner was a boy, he and his whānau would gather around the TV, sometimes even while a party was going on, to watch old VHS tapes of Billy T James.
Saturday, August 31, 2024Hosted by Julian Wilcox, 'Whakanuia', which starts Wednesday, features celebrity guests, a house band and entertaining interviews in celebration of two icons of Aotearoa.
Saturday, August 24, 2024'I'm open about my brain injury ... I definitely don't like it being seen as if I'm not capable.'
Saturday, August 24, 2024The show which features Tame Iti in a prominent role blends traditional waiata, dance and poetry. It opens at Rotorua’s Aronui Indigenous Arts Festival in September.
Saturday, August 24, 2024South Auckland artist Greatsouth's new self-titled EP inspired by history and life on Great South Road takes aim at the 'nasty politics' currently targeted at Māori.
Thursday, August 22, 2024Stacy Gregg's 'epic pakiwaitara' includes a gold hunt, a talking eel, and themes of colonisation, the Tainui wars and the raupatu/land confiscations.
Friday, August 16, 2024