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Pōneke-based Daniel Vernon is a man of many talents. He’s an artist, a podcaster, and is in a band. He writes and plays music in Dartz, makes political satire comics as yeehawtheboys, and talks about sex, love, and relationships on the Just The Tips podcast. Daniel took some time out of

Turangawaewae written with Stephen Harmer, Maisey Rika and Tenei Kesha. "Its awesome. It just means that people resonate with what Im writing and any of the awards that are given out in New Zealand I feel like this is one of the good ones. I was able to get a Taite award last year for my work for Holy Colony Burning Acres but this one is based solely on how you write a song, how you craft a song, he says. "Im just honoured because look at the other 19 finalists - we had so many amazing song...

“This is a matter that we have taken seriously and considered deeply," said APRA’s head of New Zealand operations, Anthony Healey.

Photo: Topic Images APRA awarded him a Silver Scroll in 2016, but has just released a statement saying it would be revoked and his name removed from the award records and trophy. "This is a matter that we have taken seriously and considered deeply. Our position in relation to matters of safety, sexual harm and harassment is clear, we have no tolerance of it," said APRA head of New Zealand operations Anthony Healey. APRA said it was "concerned and disappointed" to hear about Olivers attack. "The...

Wellington musician Thomas Oliver has admitted grasping a woman by the throat during a 2017 assault. Wellington musician Thomas Oliver has announced he is stepping away from the music industry after he admitted assaulting a woman following the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards. It remains unclear whether any action will be taken against the 2016 Silver Scroll winner by APRA, who run the Silver Scroll awards, after he admitted in a lengthy statement published on his Facebook page on Thursday, that ...

Oliver, who won the APRA Silver Scroll Award in 2016, for his hit, If I Move To Mars, claims he was “blackout-drunk” after consuming “an appalling amount of alcohol” and insists he does not remember the incident, which only ended after a mutual male friend witnessed his behaviour and intervened. Oliver described the woman called Jamie (not her real name) as a friend of several years and claimed he had “always had great respect for her”. He described asking Jamie if he could kiss...

Chelsea Jade / deryk, The Civic Theatre, Auckland Wed, 17 March - Gigs and events at Undertheradar.co.nz.

Beams Anna Coddington’s thin, wispy vocals fit her songs beautifully, providing a wonderful lilting quality that pervades her latest album Beams. Deceptively soft and insubstantial, the hooks latch on and slowly attach themselves to your subconscious, producing instant ear worms. Drenched in gently poignant and deeply personal lyricism, Coddington’s fourth solo album (and first in four years since 2016’s Luck/Time displays a poetry of longing and desire, perfectly suited to soothing th...

Beams Anna Coddingtons thin, wispy vocals fit her songs beautifully, providing a wonderful lilting quality that pervades her latest album Beams. Deceptively soft and insubstantial, the hooks latch on and slowly attach themselves to your subconscious, producing instant ear worms. Drenched in gently poignant and deeply personal lyricism, Coddingtons fourth solo album (and first in four years since 2016s Luck/Time displays a poetry of longing and desire, perfectly suited to soothing these anxiou...