Independent music reviews.

For regularly updated playlists featuring the latest trending and breakout tracks from NZ and abroad.

Brought to you by Muzic.net.nz, the Aotearoa Music Industry Collective's ethos is to support NZ bands and musicians by working together to achieve common goals.

APRA AMCOS promotes the value of music, licenses music users and distributes royalties to music writers.

Tamaki Makaurau is designated a UNESCO City of Music within the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. The designation acknowledges the long, rich musical history of the region and the cities commitment to further strengthening all aspects of music culturally, institutionally and from an industry standpoint.

AudioCulture is the “noisy library” of New Zealand music, a website that tells the definitive story of the country’s popular music history: its people, labels, scenes and places.

Aotearoa’s long-standing underground haven for sonic arts, experimental sound and adventurous music.

Bliss NZ can help with your Jingle Production, Recording, Voiceovers, Guitar Tuition and much more.

Information on Arts & Culture and much more, within the Auckland region.

Auto cue teleprompting and executive speech prompter systems for hire for live speeches or on camera for video/television shoots – in the studio or on location.

Drum Connexions connects NZ drummers & drum related topics & services with drummers around the world, creating an international drumming community of crazy, enthusiastic drummers helping, supporting & inspiring each other.

Lists music that played on air in NZ since 1960. Also other NZ material such as TV programme listings from yesteryear.

Graphic Design and Website design for Small to Medium sized businesses with a special interest in the music industry. We can produce posters, album covers, EPK and various other physical artwork for your band. Give us a call today.

Guitar Association NZ meet regularly on Wednesday evenings at the Ponsonby Crusing Club for a jam night and provide a performance with guest artists on the third Wednesday evening of each month.

Providing a voice for the interests of ­New Zealand independent recording labels and distributors including: ­weekly charts and newsletter, ­negotiating for services, as well as liaising with other independent associations worldwide. IMNZ’s three core goals are to advocate the interests of our members and the independent sector to government and other relevant organisations, aid the development of our members by holding up-skilling workshops and seminars and to provide collective group benefits / discounts.

Jasperwestmusic.com is a collection of the written, audio and visual content Jasper has worked on throughout his career. The site includes artist reviews, artist interviews, music industry opinion pieces, and live sessions from New Zealand and Australia.

Inspiring Kids to Learn!

A site displaying many of the older brewery circuit bands and musicians - a few demos of the songs the band played.

Owners and operators of the Powerstation in Auckland, Muchmore Music also operate the summer touring circuit.

Home of Music Canterbury, including the online version of Music Scene - a calendar of music events in Christchurch.

The MMF ultimately seeks to improve the managers’ capacity to support the careers of the artists they represent. There are four regional areas for the MMF – Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago.

The Music Producers Guild of New Zealand / Aotearoa (MPG NZ) is an advisory service founded to assist producers of recorded music and enable them to sustain a long-term career in the music industry.

The Backline Service is a 24/7 online, on the phone (tollfree 0508MUSICHELP) and in-person counselling service fully funded by the NZ Music Foundation and provided free of charge to those in the kiwi music community who cannot access the help they need due to hardship and other circumstances.

Musician's Map exists to offer real world advice on how to succeed as a musician.

The NZ Music Commission is one of the Government funded arts agencies, focused on growing music businesses at home and abroad, with initiatives including the Industry Internship Programme, NZ Music Month, Education projects, and running the Outward Sound scheme.

The NZ Music Hall of fame recognises the contributions of those who have had a significant impact on the evolution, development and perpetuation of New Zealand music by inducting them into the Hall of Fame.

The NZMU is involved in all aspects of the industrial side of music and assists its members free of charge with contracts, taxation, copyright, royalty and legal advice. The union also provides a comprehensive instrument insurance policy for members.

The union is also active with other like-minded organisations and works alongside actors, writers, composers and others in the creative arts.

Music therapy is the planned use of music to assist the healing and personal growth of people with identified emotional, intellectual, physical or social needs.

Finding band members or joining a band made easy!

OneMusic brings music and business together, offering quick & easy music licences providing the permission needed to play music in public. As well as making the licensing process straightforward for businesses that play music, holding a OneMusic licence also ensures that those who make music are fairly compensated for the use of their work. OneMusic is a joint licensing initiative between APRA and Recorded Music NZ.

Outward Sound has been set up to provide assistance for market development initiatives and to encourage the entry of New Zealand music and musicians into global markets.

Play It Strange Trust runs number of programmes throughout New Zealand to achieve its purpose including; the Lion Foundation Songwriting Competition, Peace Song Competition, Who Loves Who Competition and Band Of Strangers concerts.

New Zealand's only music therapy centre.

Helping New Zealand based women and non-binary people reach their potential in recording and production.

Recorded Music NZ is the non-profit industry representation and licensing organisation for recording artists and their labels.

They also produce the annual Vodafone NZ Music Awards, The Official New Zealand Music Charts and support certain educational and charitable projects through their Music Grants programme.

A place for New Zealand’s composers to connect & share ideas, opinions, recommendations, tips, stories and links to do with composing music for film, TV, web and interactive media.

semidormant - an alternative production music library. A vast collection of somnolent musical textures and unique sonic artefacts created as an alternative to commercial production music. Nothing here is polished to a high commercial sheen, it remains rough hewn.

Songbroker enables production companies and content makers to tap into an extensive network of local songwriters, bands and musicians for original music – existing tracks or songs made to order.

SoundCheck Aotearoa is an action group formed in 2020 with a mission to foster a safe and inclusive culture for the music community. We believe that action is needed to address inequitable representation, challenge systemic discrimination, and advance impactful change across the music industry, and we are looking at ways to work together across the music community to achieve this.

Dedicated to the fostering, supporting and promoting the music of New Zealand composers, SOUNZ is the first place to turn to information, scores, recordings or contacts.

An online resource designed to address line-up disparity specifically.

The Official NZ Music Charts website is the home of the weekly Top 40 singles and albums, Top 20 NZ singles and NZ albums, Hot albums and singles.

The Sync Report is also a comprehensive directory that allows you to find out who's looking after the music licensing for hundreds of current TV Shows, Films, Brands, Trailer Houses and Video Games.

Threshold represents music and art from New Plymouth

Twilight Entertainments has a long history in the entertainment industry. Established in the late 1960s, it was taken over by Beverley and Philip West 16 years ago and is now one of the premier entertainment agencies in southern New Zealand.

The Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc is the premier association for performing artists and entertainers in this country. The club was formed in the 1960s to foster the friendship and cooperation of it's members and promote goodwill in the entertainment industry.

Waiteata Music Press is the largest publisher of music by New Zealand composers with more than 250 scores by 70 composers in its catalogue. In addition, Waiteata Music Press has released 13 CDs to match works in its publication catalogue.

WeCreate is the hub for New Zealand’s creative industries, with the mission to grow and promote the creative sector of New Zealand.

A community group that supports and encourages women in the NZ Music Industry.