Festival

Why these iwi welcome a festival on their whenua every year

“We've lifted up that sense of kaitiakitanga and tiakitanga for people."

Rhythm and Vines Easter event cancelled

The Rhythm and Vines music festival in Gisborne has been cancelled.


Soundsplash festival worker says ‘only a handful’ of vendors wearing masks

An event worker at Soundsplash says they weren’t advised of Covid-19 protocols before the festival.

Northern Bass festival cancelled

"To be very blunt, it's been a f**ker of a year," the organisers wrote on social media.

These 'insecurity guards' look out for your emotional safety

The Insecurity Guards patrol music festivals to look after your emotional safety. See them at work at Splore.

Here's 10 of the best sustainable, non-problematic outfits from Splore

You could be forgiven for thinking the theme for this year’s Splore Festival was ‘Wear a Rain Poncho, But Make it Sexy’.
But it was actually ‘Infinity’,…

The Others Way Festival

K’Road made a strong argument for being the home of music in Aotearoa. 

The Others Way Festival hit Karangahape Road on Friday night for an evening of eclectic…

Diary of a mildly wild, introverted extrovert

A couple of years ago, James Mustapic was making Shortland Street recap videos at his Mum's house in Dunedin, now he's taking to the stage for…