It’s been a hot minute since we had Paige Julia in the Neck of the Woods basement.. 15 MONTHS worth actually 😱 So save the date now - SAT 8TH OCT. Aotearoa’s reigning Queen of Bass is back, this time on the GHOST Soundsystem 👻 🔊👻🔊 #electricpanther ticketfairy.com/event/electric…

Careers from Music to Music Tech Vanessa Radich sat down with Crystal Choi, Indira Force and Aria Jones from @melodicshq to discuss the career pathways and opportunities for creatives looking to enter the music tech sector. youtu.be/DGQPhvci6DQ #perfectloudness2022

Just put the vid from our perfectloudness CEO panel live today. With Melodics's Sam Gribben; Serato's Young Ly & InMusic NZ's morgandonoghue it was such a good way to finish the MusicTech day programme. Check all the goodness out: youtube.com/watch?v=5YM4kj…

Our final session from 2022 was the CE’s Panel with Sam Gribben from Melodics, Young Ly from Serato and InMusic NZ’s morgandonoghue reflecting on insights and learnings from building their companies from Aotearoa. youtu.be/5YM4kjOYCPo

Update: The Twitter wildfire is at 44 billion acres and 0% contained.

#PrimeMinister Jacinda Ardern resigned today. I am not surprised nor do I blame her. Her treatment, the pile on, in the last few months has been disgraceful and embarrassing. All the bullies, the misogynists, the aggrieved. She deserved so much better. A great leader. Thanks PM!

Apart from wartime, no New Zealand Prime Minister has faced the challenges Jacinda Ardern has handled. And certainly none has had to govern through the kind of deranged abuse and threat to which she has been subject in the past two years.

The Mayor of Auckland has declared a state of emergency. NEMA can now provide additional support and resources from other regions. I’m continuing to receive live updates from NEMA, liaising with Auckland based MPs and updating the Prime Minister as needed /1

Now would be a great time for the mayor to fix something thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-01…

Long thread everyone, please bear with us! MetService has confirmed that yesterday was Auckland’s wettest day on record – and today we start the clean-up. We understand Aucklanders will be anxious to return to their homes to survey the damage, please do so with caution.

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A very long and detailed update. I hope you’re all doing ok. Thanks to emergency services, clean up crews, volunteers, civil defence workers, council staff & contractors and all essential workers doing a massive and amazing job right now. Go aucklandcouncil.govt.nz for updates.

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And finally - this is also why public funding of the arts is so important, because we can't let the market be the only determinant of what art makes it onto a stage. 5/

FINAL UPDATE: ✨ Cyndi Lauper ✨ wanted me to pass on a message to you all: She loves and supports the transgender community of New Zealand

Emerging from the PL bunker at this news! Like everyone in the musictech industry, we'll be watching closely to see what this means as the details and implications become clearer, but no question this is a BIG DEAL! Good or bad for the NZ musictech cluster... hmm, time will tell!

Last year, working in Ireland, having a pint in the cold outside a Dalkey pub with some new friends, a woman with purpose strode past us. Puffy parker zipped to the nape and her bowed head covered in a scarf. One of my new friends muttered an exclamation, jumped up

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