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Kia ora to our evening crew. Graham Reid is our quizmaster this week, and people seem to be enjoying his questions.
How did you fare score-wise?
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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For no other reason than that it just came up in a conversation ...
I love CCS, but especially this song.
RIP, Dave, one of the most gentle and generous humans I've ever known.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-iX...

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November 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Happy Rāhina Monday - it's AudioCulture Quiz time! Grab a cuppa and have a break. This week's questions are by Graham Reid - how did you get on?
www.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, 17 November 2025 Paul, Jason and Anthony Ioasa in 1996. 1. The I...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Happy Rāhina Monday - it's AudioCulture Quiz time! Grab a cuppa and have a break. This week's questions are by Graham Reid - how did you get on?
www.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, 17 November 2025 Paul, Jason and Anthony Ioasa in 1996. 1. The I...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Metal Monday! Devilskin won the People's Choice award at this year's Aotearoa Music Awards. “I’ll tell you what, we looked shocked and that’s because we were shocked,” Nail told Gareth Shute... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/devi...
Devilskin - AudioCulture
Bass guitarist Paul Martin took the trip west to scope the place out and it was exactly what they were after. “I was looking through the windows and it was gorgeous,” he said. “It was perfect.” He cal...
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November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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In our newsletter: DD Smash by @GlenMoffatt, and Andrew Fagan (who's on tour right now) by Bee Trudgeon. Rob Mayes covers Otautahi 70s/80s faves Bon Marche/The Newz; and NZ On Screen farewells Lee Tamahori. Prize-wise... mailchi.mp/c27fc6eebdef...
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
In our newsletter: DD Smash by @GlenMoffatt, and Andrew Fagan (who's on tour right now) by Bee Trudgeon. Rob Mayes covers Otautahi 70s/80s faves Bon Marche/The Newz; and NZ On Screen farewells Lee Tamahori. Prize-wise... mailchi.mp/c27fc6eebdef...
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Ka rawe Corrella, last year’s Best Māori Group, who picked up 2 awards at last night's 2025 Waiata Māori Music Awards: Best Māori Urban Roots Reggae Album and Best Pop Album by a Māori Artist for their LP Skeletons. Rising star Makayla Purcell-Mainini...
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Corrella - AudioCulture
They not only got their festival slot, but became one of our foremost local reggae acts with their top five chart hit, ‘Blue Eyed Māori’. Pīpīwharauroa “Pipi” Campbell (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Hē, Ngāti ...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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One of Tāmaki Makaurau's firiest punk bands, Dick Move, yesterday released their new album Dream, Believe, Achieve. They head out on a NZ tour today, joined by great bands from each region. "Unless you are lucky enough... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/dick...
Dick Move - AudioCulture
Dick Move formed in 2019, in the depths of Karangahape Road’s Whammy! bar, a natural segue of late-night political discourse into musical action. The bar is co-owned by bassist Lulu Macrae, and every ...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
One of Tāmaki Makaurau's firiest punk bands, Dick Move, yesterday released their new album Dream, Believe, Achieve. They head out on a NZ tour today, joined by great bands from each region. "Unless you are lucky enough... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/dick...
Dick Move - AudioCulture
Dick Move formed in 2019, in the depths of Karangahape Road’s Whammy! bar, a natural segue of late-night political discourse into musical action. The bar is co-owned by bassist Lulu Macrae, and every ...
www.audioculture.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The first time they jammed, Devilskin wrote 3 songs that became cornerstones of their live show; one of them was ‘Fade’. ⁠There's quite a story about how they made the video for 'Fade' in Glen Moffatt's brand new profile of the Hamilton metal legends...⁠ www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/devi...
Devilskin - AudioCulture
Bass guitarist Paul Martin took the trip west to scope the place out and it was exactly what they were after. “I was looking through the windows and it was gorgeous,” he said. “It was perfect.” He cal...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It's your last chance to enter the draw to win the brilliant Kiwi Music Scene 1963 2-CD set, with a whopping 71 tracks, by Ray Columbus and the Invaders, Herma Keil and the Keil Isles, Jay Epae, The Māori Hi Five, and many more. Enter by midday today :) mailchi.mp/42a0ea49b158...
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The Variety Artists Club of NZ has awarded its highest honour, the Benny Award for lifetime achievement, to NZ’s top female pop artist of the 1960’s, and Ōtautahi Christchurch’s own Queen of the Mods, Dinah Lee.
Scroll of Honour awards were... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/dina...
Dinah Lee - AudioCulture
Dinah Lee emerged out of the creative maelstrom of the Swinging Sixties. Post-war conservatism had exploded into full-scale cultural revolution, and since the mid-1950s popular music punctuated the ai...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Variety Artists Club of NZ has awarded its highest honour, the Benny Award for lifetime achievement, to NZ’s top female pop artist of the 1960’s, and Ōtautahi Christchurch’s own Queen of the Mods, Dinah Lee.
Scroll of Honour awards were... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/dina...
Dinah Lee - AudioCulture
Dinah Lee emerged out of the creative maelstrom of the Swinging Sixties. Post-war conservatism had exploded into full-scale cultural revolution, and since the mid-1950s popular music punctuated the ai...
www.audioculture.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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King Kapisi's debut LP 'Savage Thoughts' was released this week in 2001, hitting the Top 10. A groundbreaking record for Aotearoa hip-hop, it cleverly combined Pacific flavours with hip-hop beats. www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/king...
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
King Kapisi's debut LP 'Savage Thoughts' was released this week in 2001, hitting the Top 10. A groundbreaking record for Aotearoa hip-hop, it cleverly combined Pacific flavours with hip-hop beats. www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/king...
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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This something I'm very proud to have done, in partnership with NatLib and @jingajik.bsky.social's team.

In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...

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November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Bon Marche and The Newz from Ōtautahi Christchurch: one of the untold stories of NZ rock'n'roll. ⁠Rob Mayes (Failsafe Records) spent a year researching and writing this story, and we're so pleased to share it. ⁠
www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/bon-...
Bon Marche/ The Newz - AudioCulture
The two bands were unusual in that they wrote and performed many of their own songs, and they strived for technical excellence to rival international touring bands. Bon Marche formed in 1977 when Brya...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Bon Marche and The Newz from Ōtautahi Christchurch: one of the untold stories of NZ rock'n'roll. ⁠Rob Mayes (Failsafe Records) spent a year researching and writing this story, and we're so pleased to share it. ⁠
www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/bon-...
Bon Marche/ The Newz - AudioCulture
The two bands were unusual in that they wrote and performed many of their own songs, and they strived for technical excellence to rival international touring bands. Bon Marche formed in 1977 when Brya...
www.audioculture.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's Rāhina Monday evening - unwind with the AudioCulture Quiz. We've had a range of scores today, some rather good. How did you fare?
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Kia ora - Rāhina Monday has rolled around again! In good news, it does bring the AudioCulture Quiz. This week's questions are by Renee Jones (um, me). How did you get on? www.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, 10 November 2025 Golden Harvest. - Photo by Murray Cammick 1. Go...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Kia ora - Rāhina Monday has rolled around again! In good news, it does bring the AudioCulture Quiz. This week's questions are by Renee Jones (um, me). How did you get on? www.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, 10 November 2025 Golden Harvest. - Photo by Murray Cammick 1. Go...
www.audioculture.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Exciting news: An exhibition showcasing the making of Fat Freddy's Drop's legendary album Based On A True Story will run at Te Waka Huia o Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho Wellington Museum from Saturday November 22nd... www.museumswellington.org.nz/whats-on/
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Ka rawe to Crystal Chen, and everyone in the Te Whiringa Toa 2025 ki a Te Pou Hononga - The SRN Top 10 of 2025! We at AudioCulture | Iwi Waiata love sponsoring this award:
1. Crystal Chen - Kiss It Better
2. Ringlets - Street Massage
3. Cindy - Big Summer Blowout
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The AudioCulture SRN Top 10 Award goes to Crystal Chen ‘Kiss It Better’ ! Ka rawe and we are stoked to be involved :)
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM