49: Chris Chetland is a musician, mastering engineer, & theoretical biologist. He co-founded Kog Transmissions & continues to run award-winning Kog Studio.
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48: 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’.
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47: 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.
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46: 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.
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45: 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.
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44: King Kapisi is an award-winning rapper, music producer, clothing designer, screen printer, record label founder, video director, and community worker.
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43: Mike Weston is a musician, print maker, videographer, promoter, and painter. Before becoming one half of Weston Frizzell, he toured Detroit techno DJs.
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42: 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.
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41: 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.
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40: 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.
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39: Jeremy Parkinson has produced prime-time talkback radio since 1998. Over the last few years he’s produced Michael Laws, Sean Plunket, & Mark Sainsbury.
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38: 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.
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37: 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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36: Bobby Brazuka is a São Paulo-born DJ, radio host, gig promoter, & NZ Music Award nominee. He is NZ’s unofficial Brazilian music & culture ambassador.
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35: Julian Boshier has spent the past decade completing Swagger of Thieves, a film about friendship, ageing, addiction, relationships, & Head Like A Hole.
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34: Nick Atkinson plays sax for Supergroove & Hopetoun Brown. He has also produced & presented for RNZ, written for The Herald, & globetrotted on yachts.
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33: Rob Warner is a DJ, public relations consultant, and dance music culture advocate. Rob has successfully campaigned against lockout laws in Auckland.
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32: Greg Churchill is a DJ, producer, and radio host. He is arguably the Don Dada of New Zealand house music, having cut his teeth in the early 1980s.
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31: Guy Capper is a clay animator, actor, writer, filmmaker, stand-up comedian, and teacher. He and Jemaine Clement are The Pen’s ovine duo, Robert & Sheepy.
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30: David Ridler is the Head of Music & Radio at NZ On Air, coming to the role after a period as Content Director of Radio Hauraki, and a career in music.
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