Nest Fest 2024 5th + 6th January 2024 Tomoana Showgrounds, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen FitzGerald, Rob Harbers & Hayley Osterfield. Photography by Hayley Munro, Jessie Broad & Felix Goetze. Right at the place where Hastings changes from rural to urban, TomoanaContinue Reading
Theia X Te Kaahu – Girl In A Savage World 22nd October 2023 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Like a superhero, Em Walker leads something of a professional double life. Except both ofContinue Reading
Machine Wreckers, An Introduction to the Native Birds of Aotearoa 20th October 2023 St Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Adrian Thornton is an ideas man. Anyone who has had the pleasure ofContinue Reading
Arahi – After Hours at Vinci’s 20th January 2023 Vinci’s Pizza, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald, photography by Jessie Broad. A narrow corridor of a pizza parlour is not an obvious choice for a gig venue. But byContinue Reading
Nie! 15th November 2022 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald. Photography by Ricky Dunphy. One only need open a newspaper, or one’s bank statement for that matter, to know that times are hard. There is an inescapableContinue Reading
Deep Fried Funk 9th November 2022 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald. Feature photograph by Kevin Bridle. Soul is a double edged sword, one side is sex, the other revolution. – Jimmy Rabbitte, the Commitments How much moreContinue Reading
Arahi – The Revelator 30th October 2022 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. Photography by Andrew Caldwell. And now, the end is here, and so we’ve faced the final curtain. Yes, after a fortnight of flurry, the 8thContinue Reading