You’re in luck! It’s AudioCulture Quiz Time. This week’s questions are by AudioCulture founder Simon Grigg. How did you get on? audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...

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Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below. AudioCulture Quiz, 7 September 2026 The ENZSO album cover 1. Which keyboard player was the driving force behind the ENZSO concerts and

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Sunday Jazz: Graham Reid selects outstanding Aotearoa jazz records from 1980 to 2000. Included are Rodger Fox Live at Montreux, the Relaxomatic Project, Nathan Haines with Shift Left (NZ's biggest-selling jazz album), and Mike Nock with Frank Gibson. Enjoy! audioculture.co.nz/articles/jaz...

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Between the self-titled debut album by Dr Tree in the mid 1970s to the hip-hop influenced jazz of Nathan Haines two decades later, jazz albums in Aotearoa New Zealand have shown an unexpected breadth ...

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Sunday Jazz: Graham Reid selects outstanding Aotearoa jazz records from 1980 to 2000. Included are Rodger Fox Live at Montreux, the Relaxomatic Project, Nathan Haines with Shift Left (NZ's biggest-selling jazz album), and Mike Nock with Frank Gibson. Enjoy! audioculture.co.nz/articles/jaz...

Jazz on record, Aotearoa New Zealand, 1980-2000 - Article | AudioCulture

Between the self-titled debut album by Dr Tree in the mid 1970s to the hip-hop influenced jazz of Nathan Haines two decades later, jazz albums in Aotearoa New Zealand have shown an unexpected breadth ...

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Nau mai/welcome to AudioCulture Iwi Waiata's brand new Flying Nun collection! As Roger Shepherd says in his intro, "These easily digested stories of the artists and their exploits build an overall picture of Flying Nun Records’ often dysfunctional history..." audioculture.co.nz/collections/...

Nau mai/welcome to AudioCulture Iwi Waiata's brand new Flying Nun collection! As Roger Shepherd says in his intro, "These easily digested stories of the artists and their exploits build an overall picture of Flying Nun Records’ often dysfunctional history..." audioculture.co.nz/collections/...

We have big news: AudioCulture Iwi Waiata is thrilled to launch the Flying Nun Collection, marking the label's 45th anniversary. You'll find stories about your favourite Nun artists, many curiosities, and an introduction by founder Roger Shepherd. Dive in! audioculture.co.nz/collections/...

We have big news: AudioCulture Iwi Waiata is thrilled to launch the Flying Nun Collection, marking the label's 45th anniversary. You'll find stories about your favourite Nun artists, many curiosities, and an introduction by founder Roger Shepherd. Dive in! audioculture.co.nz/collections/...

Just over an hour to go to enter... :)

@audioculturenz.bsky.social · 4d ago

Here's your last chance to win Mel Parsons' chart-topping (and utterly gorgeous) album Castle Hill; it was recorded in the South Island high country station of the same name (Castle Hill / Kura Tāwhiti). Answer the question in our newsletter by midday tomorrow (Sept 4): mailchi.mp/audioculture...

Here's your last chance to win Mel Parsons' chart-topping (and utterly gorgeous) album Castle Hill; it was recorded in the South Island high country station of the same name (Castle Hill / Kura Tāwhiti). Answer the question in our newsletter by midday tomorrow (Sept 4): mailchi.mp/audioculture...

This is so cool - there's an article in Hawke's Bay Today/The NZ Herald about a very special place in Napier: "The Church of Rock". Thanks to Lee Pritchard and Jack Riddell for their great mahi on this. audioculture.co.nz/articles/the...

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The Church, Coronation Street, Ahuriri, Napier.  Since the mid-1990s when the doors were locked shut on this Napier landmark, it has caught the eye of anyone passing, curiously admiring its dilapidate...

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Andrew Frame@napierinframe.bsky.social · 4d ago

"...Pritchard’s article "The Church of Rock" can be found on the @audioculturenz.bsky.social website. Church of the Southern Cross: Inside an old Napier music venue that’s been gathering dust for 30 years www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-t...

This is so cool - there's an article in Hawke's Bay Today/The NZ Herald about a very special place in Napier: "The Church of Rock". Thanks to Lee Pritchard and Jack Riddell for their great mahi on this. audioculture.co.nz/articles/the...

The Church of Rock - Article | AudioCulture

The Church, Coronation Street, Ahuriri, Napier.  Since the mid-1990s when the doors were locked shut on this Napier landmark, it has caught the eye of anyone passing, curiously admiring its dilapidate...

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Andrew Frame@napierinframe.bsky.social · 4d ago

"...Pritchard’s article "The Church of Rock" can be found on the @audioculturenz.bsky.social website. Church of the Southern Cross: Inside an old Napier music venue that’s been gathering dust for 30 years www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-t...

"Between Dr Tree's debut in the mid-70s and the hip-hop-influenced jazz of Nathan Haines two decades later, jazz albums in Aotearoa showed an unexpected breadth of styles", says Graham Reid in his overview of NZ jazz records 1980-2000. He starts with Rodger... 🧵 audioculture.co.nz/articles/jaz...

Jazz on record, Aotearoa New Zealand, 1980-2000 - Article | AudioCulture

Between the self-titled debut album by Dr Tree in the mid 1970s to the hip-hop influenced jazz of Nathan Haines two decades later, jazz albums in Aotearoa New Zealand have shown an unexpected breadth ...

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How cool is this? US artist Mike Noren (Chicago) usually draws collectible baseball cards. However he's also drawn a picture of The Clean to mark the 45th anniversary of 'Tally Ho!' (FN002). And here David Kilgour tells the (quite unusual) story of 'Tally Ho!': audioculture.co.nz/articles/the...

Gummy Arts@gummyarts.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Clean, 1981 Topps style, in honor of the 45-year anniversary of “Tally Ho!”

How cool is this? US artist Mike Noren (Chicago) usually draws collectible baseball cards. However he's also drawn a picture of The Clean to mark the 45th anniversary of 'Tally Ho!' (FN002). And here David Kilgour tells the (quite unusual) story of 'Tally Ho!': audioculture.co.nz/articles/the...

Gummy Arts@gummyarts.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Clean, 1981 Topps style, in honor of the 45-year anniversary of “Tally Ho!”

Wellington folk/visitors may get a nostalgic buzz out of this pic, and Nick Bollinger's story. Silvio recalled to Nick: “For a long time, the top price was four dollars. New records were about seven or eight dollars...I tried to find a balance..." audioculture.co.nz/articles/sil...

Georgia Lines recently moved to Nashville, and is one of NZ's fastest-rising artists. What is especially neat is she takes a very different creative approach to each project she tackles. Lines' 2025 show at the Civic, “Under the Stars with Friends” went beyond... 🧵 audioculture.co.nz/profile/geor...

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At 10 years old, Lines and her friends were obsessed with the High School Musical movie so they entered the school’s talent quest, borrowing white lab coats from the science department to mimic the ca...

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Georgia Lines recently moved to Nashville, and is one of NZ's fastest-rising artists. What is especially neat is she takes a very different creative approach to each project she tackles. Lines' 2025 show at the Civic, “Under the Stars with Friends” went beyond... 🧵 audioculture.co.nz/profile/geor...

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At 10 years old, Lines and her friends were obsessed with the High School Musical movie so they entered the school’s talent quest, borrowing white lab coats from the science department to mimic the ca...

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Kia ora to our evening crowd - would you like to curl up by the fire with the AudioCulture Quiz? Let us know if it brought byou some warmth...

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Ahiahi mārie, and welcome to the Rāhina Monday AudioCulture Quiz. Here's one for starters: "Thistle Hall, a venue known for its punk lineage, is located in which city?" This week's questions are by Amanda Mills – let us know how you get on... audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...

Kia ora to our evening crowd - would you like to curl up by the fire with the AudioCulture Quiz? Let us know if it brought byou some warmth...

@audioculturenz.bsky.social · last wk.

Ahiahi mārie, and welcome to the Rāhina Monday AudioCulture Quiz. Here's one for starters: "Thistle Hall, a venue known for its punk lineage, is located in which city?" This week's questions are by Amanda Mills – let us know how you get on... audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...

Ahiahi mārie, and welcome to the Rāhina Monday AudioCulture Quiz. Here's one for starters: "Thistle Hall, a venue known for its punk lineage, is located in which city?" This week's questions are by Amanda Mills – let us know how you get on... audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...

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Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below. AudioCulture Quiz, 31 August 2026 The Chills 1. The Chills released four studio albums of new and revisited material between 2015-2025.

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Ahiahi mārie, and welcome to the Rāhina Monday AudioCulture Quiz. Here's one for starters: "Thistle Hall, a venue known for its punk lineage, is located in which city?" This week's questions are by Amanda Mills – let us know how you get on... audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...

AudioCulture Quiz - Article | AudioCulture

Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below. AudioCulture Quiz, 31 August 2026 The Chills 1. The Chills released four studio albums of new and revisited material between 2015-2025.

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Good question @anothermike100.bsky.social. I had a look - Ray Woolf and Sir Howard Morrison did the Bic ads for years. I can't find a reference to Tex, but if anyone knows, do let us know!

Mike Bartley@anothermike100.bsky.social · last wk.

Does anyone else remember the Bic lighter ad in the seventies? I'm sure it was Tex Morton on screen singing "Flick goes the Bic, boys" to the tune on "Click go the shears". #kikorangi #Aotearoa #NewZealand

Country legend Tex Morton would have turned 110 today. It's hard for us to grasp just how famous he was. ⁠"Until Ed Hillary climbed Mount Everest in May 1953, Morton was regarded as the most widely known New Zealander in the world", says Gordon Spittle...⁠ 🧵 audioculture.co.nz/profile/tex-... ⁠

More wonderful photos of Dolly Parton, by Murray Cammick. These are from her July 11, 1979 concert at the Auckland Town Hall. Cammick says, "RipItUp was happy to have the press conference photos, but the NZ Listener wanted some live photos, so I stepped into..."🧵 audioculture.co.nz/articles/rip...

More wonderful photos of Dolly Parton, by Murray Cammick. These are from her July 11, 1979 concert at the Auckland Town Hall. Cammick says, "RipItUp was happy to have the press conference photos, but the NZ Listener wanted some live photos, so I stepped into..."🧵 audioculture.co.nz/articles/rip...

This is special: Murray Cammick took some amazing photos for Rip It Up of Dolly Parton at her press conference in Auckland, July 1979. Also, while we're talking about the wonderful Dolly Parton, AudioCulture's Glen Moffatt tells us that NZ’s Maria Dallas is... 🧵 audioculture.co.nz/profile/mari...

Weekend colour: Since 2015, Wellington has come together every March to celebrate CubaDupa. In just over a decade, this free, weekend-long festival – with music, dance, parades and more – has become a staple on the capital’s cultural calendar. By Danica Bryant. audioculture.co.nz/articles/cub...

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Batucuda 13, at CubaDupa 2016. - Amandala Photography Since 2015, Wellington has come together every March to celebrate CubaDupa. In just over a decade, this free, weekend-long festival – incorporatin...

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Weekend colour: Since 2015, Wellington has come together every March to celebrate CubaDupa. In just over a decade, this free, weekend-long festival – with music, dance, parades and more – has become a staple on the capital’s cultural calendar. By Danica Bryant. audioculture.co.nz/articles/cub...

CubaDupa - Article | AudioCulture

Batucuda 13, at CubaDupa 2016. - Amandala Photography Since 2015, Wellington has come together every March to celebrate CubaDupa. In just over a decade, this free, weekend-long festival – incorporatin...

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This is special: Murray Cammick took some amazing photos for Rip It Up of Dolly Parton at her press conference in Auckland, July 1979. Also, while we're talking about the wonderful Dolly Parton, AudioCulture's Glen Moffatt tells us that NZ’s Maria Dallas is... 🧵 audioculture.co.nz/profile/mari...

We've just published Gareth Shute's profile of hip hop prodigies Church & AP, and it's an ode to creativity, and not sticking to your knitting (in a good way). Their 2018 hit 'Ready or Not' was super-catchy, and some artists might’ve been tempted to replicate...🧵 audioculture.co.nz/profile/chur...

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Elijah Manū (Church) had just started Mt Albert Grammar in year 10 when he overheard a student from the year below, Albert Purcell (AP), talking about Chance the Rapper. He stopped to give his opinion...

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