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The award-winning musician announced the diagnosis days after winning a top honor at the Taite Music Awards.

Named after legendary Aotearoa music journalist and broadcaster Dylan Taite, the annual Taite Music

To celebrate 50 years of hip hop, former RNZ Music producer Sam Wicks looks back at documenting Aotearoa's own take on this ever-evolving artform.

Hail, Meteor!, Vor-Stellen And Celine, Whammy Bar, Auckland Fri, 18 August - Gigs and events at Undertheradar.co.nz.

In 1996, Dam Native’s ‘Behold My Kool Style’ made waves in challenging the ongoing effects of Pākehā colonisation and racism against Māori and Pacific peoples in Aotearoa. “Robbed of our language, robbed of our land, robbed of our culture. This is why that song exists; to put Māori hip hop on the map,” says lead rapper Danny Haimona.  Built on ‘groundbreaking lyricism’, ‘Behold My Kool Style’ was a track that explored what it meant t...

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has admitted the parliamentary protest in Wellington shouldn't have got to this, but says New Zealanders would not have

In 1996, Dam Native’s ‘Behold My Kool Style’ made waves in challenging the ongoing effects of Pākehā colonisation and racism against Māori and Pacific peoples in Aotearoa. “Robbed of our language, robbed of our land, robbed of our culture. This is why that song exists; to put Māori hip hop on the map,” says lead rapper Danny Haimona.  Built on ‘groundbreaking lyricism’, ‘Behold My Kool Style’ was a track that explored what it meant t...

RNZ Music and The Downlow Concept have officially announced the second season of their