International Newsletters

Coming to you live from the Going Global Music Summit …

Today, we’re at Going Global: our boutique music conference in collaboration with Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ). By the end of the day, we will have completed two days of conferences with our international delegates and two nights of showcases featuring a total of 24 homegrown artist performances.

Read on for our Day 1 Going Global recap, BIGSOUND news, Bret McKenzie’s Freak Out, The Beths’ fourth studio album (it’s out today!), Cassie Henderson’s Voice, Crowded House’s pop-up shows, Indie-Con highlights and Outward Sound pānui.

As per usual, we’re polishing the Newsletter off with our Soundbites digest and the updated International Gig Guide.
Heoi anō tāku mō nāianei and see some of you folks at BIGSOUND!

Read our International Newsletter for August | Ākuhata 2025 here.

We’ve realised the button for our International Gig Guide links to an old version – please see the International Gig Guide for August 2025 here.

If you know of any great news we can include in future editions, please let us know. We are always keen to know more about what Aotearoa artists are up to overseas. Just email info@nzmusic.org.nz with the details.

Pictured: The Beths | Photo credit: Frances Carter