The 2020 New Zealand International Film Festival is premiering this weekend - with a twist, this year the platform comes to you! The Whanau Marama programme hosts feature films and short shoots from all over the world including exclusive premieres. We share a couple of our favourite picks from this years jam-packed programme.
Denel has spent the past few years working on music with international and local producers, travelling overseas to create picturesque music videos and playing shows with homegrown talent. We gave him a call to get the low down on his new song Kick It, collaborations and future plans post-Covid.
Kiwi singer-songwriter Andrew Papas is back with love ballad Girl ahead of future music releases which he’s juggling with another creative outlet, running a popular Auckland cafe. We jumped on a Zoom call for a quick catchup!
In order to stand in solidarity with the BLM movement in the USA, we must first acknowledge our own history of intolerance towards our Maori and Pacifika people.
The Not Your Princess songstress is back with her new mixtape, 99% Angel and we jumped on Zoom with the virtual backdrop queen herself, Theia on release day to talk about her latest project, creating visuals and performing online in virtual concerts during the lockdown.
Ahhhh New Zealand. The land of the long white cloud that most young people around the world dream about. With its volcanoes, amazing landscapes and culture, and millions of sheep.
Who wouldn’t want to live here?
Up and coming musician Marianne Leigh has been on our radar for quite some time now, establishing herself as an incredibly honest and talented singer-songwriter with a knack for creating soulful yet catchy tunes.
In the middle of June 2019, I found myself in the hospital. Less than five hours later, delirious and weak, I performed as King Arthur in Monty Python’s Spamalot, the lead role. I found myself wondering “why do I do this to myself? How did I allow myself to get to this point?”.
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