56: Danny Lemon has been a window dresser, pro roller-skater, child actor, and men's barber. He is one of NZ’s most passionate advocates of reggae music.
Read More55: Sam Scott is a founding member of The Phoenix Foundation. He also works as a composer for screen, storyteller for Radio NZ, & producer for Dave Dobbyn.
Read More54: Dave Benge is general manager of VIce NZ, coming from a career in music management & touring. He managed Fur Patrol, Cut Off Your Hands & Aldous Harding.
Read More53: Andrew Boak formed punk band No Tag in the 1980s while working on Radio B. Now in San Fran, Andrew still plays music while working in Silicon Valley.
Read More52: Lily Chalmers is an organiser, innovator, & advocate who runs the Naenae Clubhouse, a space that encourages the creativity & ambition of Naenae youth.
Read More51: Otis Chamberlain is a painter, illustrator, & musician based in Wellington via San Francisco, Timaru, & Melbourne. His art seeks to harmonise opposites.
Read More50: Frank Booker is Chris Cox; DJ, producer, teacher & family man. He has quietly built a global reputation for his edits, original productions & DJ sets.
Read More49: Chris Chetland is a musician, mastering engineer, & theoretical biologist. He co-founded Kog Transmissions & continues to run award-winning Kog Studio.
Read More48: Andy Vann is an originator in the New Zealand music community. He nurtured much of the talent laid down on 1994’s ‘Proud: Urban Street Soul Compilation’.
Read More47: Alan McElroy is a stand-up comedian, MC, actor and writer from Dublin. He immigrated to Auckland in 2010 and been on the local pro comedy circuit since.
Read More46: Theo Gibson is a theatre, film, and video technician who turned a 1990 Toyota Sera into an electric vehicle & made a documentary about it along the way.
Read More45: Tobi Muir operates Auckland’s Jafa Mafia sound system. Tobi’s folks were activists, which led to a sudden move from Dunedin to London when he was 10.
Read More44: King Kapisi is an award-winning rapper, music producer, clothing designer, screen printer, record label founder, video director, and community worker.
Read More43: Mike Weston is a musician, print maker, videographer, promoter, and painter. Before becoming one half of Weston Frizzell, he toured Detroit techno DJs.
Read More42: Scott Blanks is the Don of the NZ stand-up comedy scene. Scott was one of the original pioneers of the early '80s, before opening The Classic in 1997.
Read More41: Elizabeth Allan is a novelist, bartender, journalist, editor, ESL tutor, and sub editor who has self-published three of the six novels she has written.
Read More40: Dylan Chase is an Auckland DJ stalwart by night & Programme Director for Base FM by day. Base’s large roster of DJs aims to bring the funk to Auckland.
Read More39: Jeremy Parkinson has produced prime-time talkback radio since 1998. Over the last few years he’s produced Michael Laws, Sean Plunket, & Mark Sainsbury.
Read More38: Leon Dahl is a musician, audio engineer, producer, & Hitech DJ/PA Product Manager for the NZ Rockshop stores. He was one half of house duo Cuffy & Leon.
Read More37: Simon Sweetman is a freelance music writer & critic, former blogger @ On The Tracks, webhost @ Off the Tracks, and host of the weekly Sweetman Podcast.
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