Music
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 9 January
South Marlborough is in a restricted fire season, meaning permits are required, and Canterbury has cancelled fire permits for the weekend. Heat alerts have been issued for Whakatane, Napier, Hastings… Audio
Road Trip: Police Commissioner Richard Chambers
The Commissioner of Police, Richard Chambers, selects tracks to soundtrack his ideal road trip. Richard's selections: Billy Joel - Piano man New Radicals - You Get What You Give Queen - Radio Ga Ga… Audio
Major music act pulls out of two upcoming Kiwi festivals
Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp will be a no-show at Splore and Electric Avenue, organisers have confirmed.
Hoodoo Gurus to hit the road with Joan Jett and Iggy Pop
For over 40 years Aussie rockers Hoodoo Gurus have entertained crowds with their punk-tinged sound. This summer they're pairing up with the legends of rock, Joan Jett and Iggy Pop, for the Summer… Audio
Supporting Local Music
This season on Summer Times, we're backing local artists. Over the next three weeks, we'll be playing a brand-new release from a New Zealand musician every day. Before the first track spins, NZ On Air… Audio
Live: Jenny Mitchell at The Piano - 21 August 2025
Listen to award-winning singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell performing live at the Piano in Otautahi Christchurch as part of her homecoming Forest House tour in August 2025. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 4 January 2026
Summer Hymn Requests gets off to great start this week with Charles Wesley's well-loved hymn, And can it be. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 3 January 2026
On this week's summer edition of Nashville Babylon, there's classic blues from Hound Dog Taylor and Big Mama Thornton, reggae courtesy of Jackie Mittoo, garage rock from the Standells, Jimmy Cliff… Audio
The Logg Cabin: 2 January 2026
It's a special Summer Edition of the Logg Cabin this week as Mark Williams aka Loggy Logg quickly discovers that not only is it hard to fit all his selection of soul jams into an hour, there's also a… Audio
On & On: 2 January 2026
On this week's show Christopher Tubbs heads to the deep end of the dancefloor with a cosmic classic courtesy of Red Rack'em, Balearic bliss by A Man Called Adam, infectious funk from South Africa and… Audio
NZSO - Four Seasons
Exciting Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto performs Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and conducts the Third Symphony by early Romantic composer Louise Farrenc.
Recorded at the Michael Fowler Centre… Video, Audio
Essential New Zealand Albums: The Warratahs - The Only Game In Town
This 1987 album launched Kiwi country institution The Warratahs on a career that has spanned four decades.
Beyonce declared a billionaire by Forbes magazine
The 44-year-old entertainer joins a select club that includes her husband, rapper Jay-Z, as well as Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna.
Essential New Zealand Albums: Strawpeople - Broadcast
If any Auckland band caught the zeitgeist of the mid-'90s, it was Strawpeople.
NZSO - Pictures at an Exhibition
Enjoy a concert where music and art converge. Internationally acclaimed flautist Emily Beynon makes her New Zealand debut in the world premiere of Danses Concertantes - a dazzling flute concerto by… Audio
Lakes Festival delivers a one-day rave marathon in Hagley Park
Review - The festival delivered a high-BPM, drum-and-bass-heavy day that felt both like a post-Christmas purge and a warm-up for a crowded festival summer, writes Adam Burns.
Essential New Zealand Albums: Collision
Tokoroa band Collision's one self-titled album is regarded as an Antipodean classic of lost '70s funk.
Essential New Zealand Albums: Bressa Creeting Cake
Out of West Auckland in 1997 came an album full of sonic and songwriterly surprises.
Hymns on Sunday, 28 December 2025
Hymns on Sunday Summer Requests starts today – throughout January you can hear listener choices. Favourite hymns in this week’s programme include Be thou my vision, Stuart Townend’s setting of Psalm… Audio
What makes Shona Laing's South an essential album
If there's one Shona Laing album that's outlived all the others, it's 1987's South.
