Entertainment

Maori metal dominates Spotify chart

New Zealand thrash metal band Alien Weaponry have just entered their second week at the top of the Spotify NZ Viral 50 Music Chart with their song Ru Ana Te Whenua. Spotify... Read More

Young filmmakers behind the camera

A group of up-and-coming young filmmakers have produced a short silent film, thanks to a four-day workshop provided by Baycourt Community & Arts Centre. The... Read More

White Island airs in Brazilian show

Around 37 million people are expected to tune into an hour long show dedicated to New Zealand's most iconic tourist spots, one of which is White Island. Brazilian... Read More

Rotorua group performing in Korea

Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Maggie Barry says two cultural exchanges between New Zealand and Korea this year will have cultural and economic benefits for... Read More

What’s On? Squash & Herman’s Hermits

It's Sunday, and you're looking for something to do, aren't you? The MetService is predicting a cloudy final day of the school holidays, with south-westerlies and... Read More

Inspiring Bay YouTubers

The hunt is on for New Zealand's next big YouTube stars. Aspiring storytellers from the Bay of Plenty can apply for a share of a new joint $300,000 Skip Ahead fund... Read More

Special documentary screening

Two residents took matters into their own hands and have organised a special screening of a new documentary in Tauranga. The film, Winter at Westbeth directed by... Read More

Teen premieres second short film

A young Tauranga filmmaker has premiered her second short film, and has set her sights on completing a feature-length film in the near future. Rose McMahon's short... Read More

NZ women composers recognised

A London-based pianist is coming to Tauranga to showcase her unique programme, which highlights music by New Zealand women composers. Pianist Xenia Pestova, who... Read More

Missing music sheets found in Tauranga

Missing for more than 100 years, two manuscripts of music by the renowned English composer Gustav Holst have been rediscovered in the library of the Bay of Plenty... Read More

A 1920s silence cinema experience

Be sent back in time to the roaring 20s with Night Owl Cinema's Tauranga silent cinema experience. Night Owl Cinema and Baycourt, for the third year, are presenting... Read More

Clarion call for a new trumpet

'I cannot explain in words how much it means to me.” A passionate, gifted 16-year-old expressing her connection with music, with her trumpet. 'I love that... Read More