Newtown Festival
The architects with a DIY approach to building communities
31 years after founding the Newtown Festival, Anna Kemble-Welch and Martin Hanley are stepping back. Audio
Newtown Festival director Martin Hanley plays favourites
Wellington's annual Newtown Festival is the biggest free music party and street fair in the country, attracting 80,000 people to the lively and diverse suburb every year. They go there to sample 185… Video, Audio, Gallery
Genre and Gender busting acts on the bill at Newtown Festival 2017
Wellington's Newtown Street Festival brings over 100 bands to stages for one day, and there's a conscious effort to represent a range of genres and genders. Audio
On the road With The Courtneys
Flying Nun devotees The Courtneys made a pilgrimage from Canada to New Zealand to tour the North Island last month. Zac Arnold joined the band on the road, armed with a microphone for the sound… Audio
Introducing: Naram
Naram, with his collaboration with Jah Screechy, 'MC Magic', from the album March of the Gremlins on Jatari.org
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Newtown Festival 2014
On March 2nd, around 80,000 people gathered in the small Wellington suburb of Newtown for the 18th annual Street Festival. The festival was born out of a community consultation process by Red Design… Audio
He Rourou for 11 March 2010
It's estimated 70,000 people turned out to the Newtown Festival in the heart of Wellington last weekend. Amidst the throng selling bread, burnt sugar puddings and chutney was music producer and singer… Audio
