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5:00 PM.After an RNZ career spanning five decades, presenter and producer Lynn Freeman is saying farewell. Before taking off for a new role with Forest and Bird, she made us a mixtape. Read more Audio

3:35 PM.For our last live music session of the year, Auckland supergroup Half Hexagon fill the RNZ studio with their distinctive Krautrock-inspired sound. Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Tony Stamp catches up on four recent local releases from Wellington and Auckland: ornate guitar pop from Hans Pucket, Goodnight My Darling’s icy shoegaze, electro pop by Boycrush, and exuberant indie… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.This week we introduce you to Office Dog, the new musical project of Dunedin musician Kane Strang. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.The Crusader is back with his first new music in  years.  Non Attachment  was released this week, with a new video out today.  Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.Over the next hour you will hear from Comedian Urzila Carlson, Funeral Directors Francis and Kaiora Tioene AKA The Casketeers, Former Auckland Mayor Phil Goff, The Hori Hohepa Thompson, Black Grace's… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Musician and artist Hamish Kilgour died this week in Christchurch this week, aged 65 years old.

Kilgour was a founding member of The Clean along with his brother David Kilgour were one of the first… Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.This week we introduce you to Gina Malcom - She's an artist from Queenstown, and new to making music and you might recognise her voice... Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Tony Stamp catches up on four local releases from around the country. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.South Auckland Hip hop group Deceptikonz released their debut album Elimination in 2002 20 years later - they have released a new album independently called In Perpetuity - a legal term meaning 'for… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.We here at Music 101 are beginning to wrap up the year, and so today we are celebrating some of our favorite Mixtapes of this year. Read more Audio

4:30 PM.LA Post punk trio Automatic are set to play their first ever show in Aotearoa next January.  Read more Video, Audio

3:40 PM.Estere is a NZ musician who merges culture, stories and very interesting sounds into her music. She has opened for Grace Jones, Erykah Badu and performed at international festivals like Glastonbury… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Freyja began her journey into the music scene as a drummer. Playing in numerous Wellington bands including mum-rock band Sure Boy. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.This weeks Mixtape is all about dinner parties. Our guest has picked the best music to play – and will share the worst too.. Read more Audio

3:50 PM.Yumi Zouma are a New Zealand alternative pop band from Otautahi. They are currently on an extensive tour of the U.S but before they left they dropped by the RNZ studios to perform live for Music 101.

3:30 PM.This week on Introducing its Toy Shaw. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.New Orleans brass band legends the Soul Rebels are due to hit New Zealand as part of Bluesfest next year.

This’ll be the first NZ tour for the eight piece band, who are renowned for their almighty… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.This week Elliot Chils is in for Tony Stamp while he travels through Cuba. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.This week Elliot Chils is in for Tony Stamp while he travels through Cuba. Read more Audio