Featured Music Stories
Celebrating 90s Trip Hop
Music reporter Yadana Saw Joins Mark and Kara in the studio to discuss the origins of 90s Trip Hop and highlights some of the seminal tracks provided by producers and beatmakers of cinematic chill. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 5 January 2025
5 Jan 2025It's a gentle start to this week's Summer Hymn Requests, with Eleanor Farjeon's Morning Has Broken sung by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Audio
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Settling The Score, Encore!
1 Jan 2025From 6am to 8pm on New Year's Day you can hear New Zealand's favourite classical music of 2024, as chosen by RNZ Concert listeners. The Top 30 list is here and will be broadcast between noon and 6pm on 1 January 2025!
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The Phoenix Foundation & NZSO - Celebrate!
2 Aug 2018Top New Zealand composers Gareth Farr, Claire Cowan, Chris Gendall and Hamish Oliver worked with The Phoenix Foundation and NZSO conductor Hamish McKeich to arrange orchestral versions of the band’s much-loved works. Video, Audio, Gallery
RNZ Concert
RNZ Concert is New Zealand’s fine music network. Concert promotes New Zealand music and composition and features live broadcasts of concerts and recitals, as well as international content from other public radio broadcasters, podcasts, and on-demand programmes.
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Hymns on Sunday, 26 January 2025
26 Jan 2025Charles Wesley’s hymn Love divine, all loves excelling is the choice of not one but three listeners in this week’s programme of Summer Hymn Requests. You can also hear Honour the dead, Shirley Murray’s hymn for Anzac Day, and a beautiful a cappella rendition by the Tapestry Chamber Singers of It is well with my soul. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 19 January 2025
19 Jan 2025This week’s listener requests include a contemporary setting of Psalm 23, a chorus from John Stainer’s oratorio The Crucifixion, and a 21st century hymn by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 12 January 2025
12 Jan 2025What’s the link between the 19th century hymn The church’s one foundation and composer Karl Jenkins’ 21st century work The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace? Find out in this week’s programme of listener requests. Audio
Featured Music Programmes
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Postcards:Thabani Gapara explores the rhythm and soul of Zimbabwean music
24 Jan 2025Welcome to our new music series Postcards. In this episode of Postcards, we venture into the world of Thabani Gapara, a Zimbabwean saxophonist… Video, Audio
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Clinical psychologist Julia Rucklidge on Eating for your brain
24 Jan 2025On this episode of On The Couch Julia Rucklidge gives Maggie Tweedie and Tony Stamp some more helpful tips on how to eat for your brain, letting go of negative… Audio
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Huia on her new single 'Kawakawa'
24 Jan 2025Huia speaks to Maggie Tweedie and Tony Stamp about their unique approach to releasing their bilingual record "Kawakawa," where each of the 12 tracks will drop… Audio
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How an NZ Film Enthusiast Hub became a Global Industry Star
24 Jan 2025Tony Stamp and Maggie Tweedie sit down with some of the team behind Letterboxd, Editor in Chief Gemma Gracewood, and Head of Social Media Aaron Yap. Audio
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Music feature: the scores of Bernard Herrmann
Citizen Kane, Psycho, Vertigo, Taxi Driver - many consider these to be some of the greatest movies ever made, and there's one person linking them all together... Bernard Herrmann. Herrmann was one of… Audio
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Update on Oz with Brad Foster
Brad is back and raring to go. There's been plenty of news over the ditch lately. Brad discuses the even contentious Australia Day, the Australian Open Tennis and Australian Rules Football legend Neil… Audio
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Eugene Bareman + Joey Valence & Brae
On the show today we kick 2025 off with some big guests! Aotearoa's MMA mastermind Eugene Bareman meets with Janay and shares some City Kickboxing gym BTS, American hip-hop duo Joey Valance & Brae… Audio
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'Turn it into a retirement village': Inside the war of words over Eden Park
12:34 pm todayA battle has broken out between the two stadium visions vying for Auckland's future. Ahead of a crucial decision due in March, Chris Schulz enters the fray. Video
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Toto to tour New Zealand with Christopher Cross
9:00 am todayThe '70s American rock band are returning to New Zealand for the first time since 2019.
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Cher: 'This is who I am. This is what I've got'
27 Jan 2025Singer and actor Cher's stellar career spans six decades. She talks to RNZ's Jesse Mulligan about looking back in her new The Memoir, Part One. Audio
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Opera: It's a family affair
27 Jan 2025Rising star, tenor Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono, has been awarded this year's Dame Malvina Major Foundation Scholarship. Audio
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Feature interview - Cher
While on holiday in Northland, Jesse got called into action to interview the one and only Cher! Her career spans 70 years with struggles and triumphs. In the first of a two-volume memoir, she turns… Audio
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This man thinks he's found Auckland AFC's theme song
After a late goal in yesterday's match away to Western Sydney, Auckland FC are sitting atop the A-league table once more. But being a brand-new team, the club's culture is still developing. And unlike… Audio
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Music festivals: Costs on the rise, but punters spoiled for choice
27 Jan 2025Music lovers are spoiled for choice when it comes to summer festivals across the motu, but rising production and artist costs - along with dwindling ticket sales - are proving challenging for…
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The Veils' Finn Andrews: 'I'm an aspirational poet - it's a terrible thing to be'
26 Jan 2025Musician Finn Andrews talks about the difference between songwriting and poetry, overcoming impostor syndrome and using ChatGPT for song blurbs. Video, Audio
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Worlds of Music 26th January 2025
26 Jan 2025Music from the world for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
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Worlds of Music 26th January 2025
26 Jan 2025Music from the world for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
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NZ-born singer inducted into Australian country music 'Roll of Renown'
Keith Urban was born in Whangārei, before moving to Australia at the age of two.
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Nashville Babylon: 25 January 2025
25 Jan 2025On this week's two hour edition of Nashville Babylon we have John Martyn covering a Portishead classic, blues from Slim Harpo and Jimmy Dawkins, deep soul courtesy of the Pointer Sisters as well as… Audio
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Holly Arrowsmith: 'If I wasn't a musician I'd cut ties with social media'
25 Jan 2025Ahead of the Auckland Folk Festival, Christchurch singer-songwriter Holly Arrowsmith chats to Charlotte Ryan and shares six of her favourite contemporary folk songs, on The Mixtape. Video, Audio
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The Mixtape - Songwriter Holly Arrowsmith
25 Jan 2025Our guest curating the Mixtape is multi award-winning songwriter Holly Arrowsmith. Born in Santa Fe desert, New Mexico, and then raised in the mountains of Southern New Zealand, Holly Arrowsmith's… Audio
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Prosecutors won't charge rock star with sexual assault
The top prosecutor in Los Angeles said that his office will not bring charges against goth rocker Marilyn Manson, who has been accused of sexual assault and domestic violence.
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Review: Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’
A Complete Unknown, the highly anticipated biopic film about the legendary American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, is now showing in New Zealand cinemas. Directed by James Mangold, the film has… Audio
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Finn Andrews on poetry, imposter syndrome and a new album
Recognised internationally as one of the finest songwriters of our time, The Veil's Finn Andrews joins Charlotte Ryan on the eve of their Europe and UK tour. The band will tour their seventh studio… Audio
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Beats Talking: DJ StickyFingaz
24 Jan 2025DJ StickyFingaz joins Corey Fuimaono for Beats Talking. He runs us through his DJ career opening for incredible acts on stage, late-night servo ad appearances, what radio means to him and how he ended… Audio
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Out and About: Rachel Ashby in Auckland
95bFM alumni Rachel Ashby joins Corey to discuss what we can look forward to in the wonderful world of gigs post-January 2025. Audio
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Redefining Women in Country Music with Tami Neilson
Tami Neilson joins Tony and Maggie to set the record straight, shedding light on the crucial role women played in shaping this influential genre and selecting music that reflects their impact. Audio
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Postcards: Pat Piasta's Musical Journey through Poland
In this special edition of Postcards, New Zealand based Pop musician Pat Piasta takes us on a tour of her childhood in Poland, a place where history, tradition, and music blend to shape the artist she… Video, Audio
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