Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ), with the support of Founding Partner Recorded Music NZ, announces that nominations are now open for the 2026 Taite Music Prize and associated categories, honouring originality, creativity and integrity across Aotearoa’s independent music community.
A ‘who’s who’ of Pasifika artists and music producers have come together on a powerful project aimed at revitalising the Pacific’s most vulnerable and endangered languages.
The 2025 Aotearoa Alternative Awards celebrate emerging local musicians and the passionate volunteers who breathe life into our stations and communities.
Check out our International Newsletter for October | Oketopa 2025.
Intern applications for the NZ Music Commission’s Industry Internship Programme 2026 are now open!
This report includes information about the domestic sales, streaming and radio play for New Zealand music from July – September 2025, and also includes waiata reo radio and streaming data.
