6:00am Thursday 23 Jun, 2022
The only thing I’ve got to say this week about the Port of Tauranga 59th National Jazz Festival is a reminder. Here’s that reminder: there... Read More
6:00am Friday 17 Jun, 2022
Tauranga’s been in the news a bit recently; you’ve got to be proud. As only the fifth-largest city in the country we tend to get a little... Read More
6:00am Friday 10 Jun, 2022
Okay. Through the downpour and drizzle, I think I see a jazz festival approaching... It’s not long now till Matariki and, being the first time... Read More
6:00am Friday 03 Jun, 2022
Sometimes you come across a bit of information that you’ve just got to share. Because one of life’s great pleasures is sharing; be it sharing... Read More
6:00am Friday 27 May, 2022
And just like that New Zealand Music Month comes to an end. Not that you’d notice… Perhaps I have become cynical but the whole ‘music... Read More
6:00am Friday 20 May, 2022
It’s still NZ Music Month, so this week is more of last week: local music, live and elsewhere... First of all, how about starting your day with... Read More
6:00am Friday 13 May, 2022
And we’re off! Yes, New Zealand Music Month is up and running… So, as promised, I’ll be looking at a few upcoming shows this week... Read More
6:00am Friday 06 May, 2022
If April, as T.S. Elliot proclaimed, really is the cruellest month then let’s be thankful it’s over and move straight on to New Zealand Music... Read More
6:00am Friday 29 Apr, 2022
Prolific local singer Shirley Ryder has been at it again: she has a new album and it is ready for release during NZ Music Month. This will be her fifth... Read More
6:00am Friday 22 Apr, 2022
OK! Orange is here and with it music and we are absolutely indubitably rolling again. Some starts immediately, some will arrive after a predictable... Read More
6:00am Thursday 14 Apr, 2022
We live in a divided country; it’s sad to see and I don’t know what can be done to solve the problem. I’m not talking about Covid... Read More
6:00am Friday 08 Apr, 2022
Welcome to another week of things not quite happening. It is, as pretty much everyone I run into says, a bit weird at the moment. Not that I’m... Read More
6:00am Friday 01 Apr, 2022
All of us have wished, sometime, for a time machine. It would come in handy for many a situation: the brief instant you realise you have just fallen... Read More
6:00am Friday 25 Mar, 2022
Let’s start this week with some birthday wishes. It happens that one of the Bay’s more famous residents, the very fabulous Richard O’Brien,... Read More
6:00am Friday 18 Mar, 2022
Is it too early to get nostalgic for CDs? I must confess to being slightly baffled by still-flourishing vinyl revival. What is it people hear in vinyl? “The... Read More