Steve Newall: entertainment correspondent on Christchurch’s One NZ stadium hosting first concert

Over 37,000 people were welcomed to Christchurch's new One New Zealand Stadium for the venue's first concert.

The Once in a Lifetime show was headlined by Six60, Kaylee Bell, Cassie Henderson and Synthony, among others.

Entertainment correspondent Steve Newall explained further. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News talks 'b It is Times.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Talking Entertainment Now and Steve Neil joins us.

Speaker 3 (00:15):
Good morning, good morning, and happy New Zealand Music and
to you too. Also know if anyone wants to fly
us down to christ Church to check out the state,
would be happy? Would I mean my eyes my ears
are open out look.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
I could I could you know if I have to,
I could set the front row or I could you know,
have a perfect prime position maybe just at the back
looking straight at the stadium and just next for America,
next well next to soundas is where you should be.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
Thanks and advance. Okay, yes, but yes it's New Zealand
Music Month, roaring along at full steam. I can't get
elders Harding's new album Train on the Island off heavy
rotation in my household. But looking forward to what else
is happening for the rest of May. The big news
this week was that Shane ness A ka Chaffu is
going to be inducted into Tafara Tangu, the New Zealand

(01:06):
Hall of Fame for the second time. So first his
work as part of Supergroove was recognized, but this I
think is, you know, there's Shaw's impact and contribution to
Alto music culture is far more than super Groove. Chains
albums to be specific, and the Navigator. There's a huge
landmark records Navigators, I think four times platinums, huge selling

(01:28):
records and also a real kind of gateway period which
opened up, sort of opened the floodgates to the New
Zealand hip hop renaissance that was to come.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
In the early two thousands, we played a little bit
of chains, were had time to pay a time a
little bit before news and sport, and gosh, it just
took me back to a time in an error and
how dominant he was, Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:48):
And really infused these different sounds, like it's the sound
of Grayln Auckland, you know, I think Chaffeur really like hugely.
There's just all these different things feeding in, you know,
the history of the Polynesian Panthers to Regator hip hop.
So just it's music of a time in the collection
of influences, it's uniquely Auckland, uniquely.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
In New Zealand. Yeah, I have vision. I can remember
going and interviewing him in his studio in Graylyn, absolutely right.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
So that's gonna be awesome. That's taking place on the
twenty eighth of May at Auckland Civic at the AMA Awards.
Marlon Williams and Tom Scott lead the Nums, have got
seven nominations each. I can catch each of them live.
So Marlon is at himself at the Civic Theater for
a couple of shows this week, then Wellington, Nelson and
christ Church before taking a bit of a hiatus from performance,

(02:37):
and Tom Scott as a present with his hip hop
group Homebrew at the Oakland Town Hall on May thirty one.
Marlon and Tom are joined in the sort of top
nominations list by Lord and Tammy Nilson, nominated for four
categories each, and they're all up for Album of the Year,
alongside Geneva Am Kayley, Bow Lady Six, Mocham, Mokeye, Rep Fountain,

(02:58):
The Beths and Troy King.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
Have you got an in qing who might take that
out best Album?

Speaker 3 (03:02):
I mean it's the feels like it's the Marlin Sweet
right Like it's such an incredible album. And just the
fact that he keeps winning awards doesn't mean that he
shouldn't be considered for winning more Awards. Absolutely on a
slightly different note, well, it's part music. I guess Tonight
in Wellington at the Opera House is the Pornicky House Party.
This is a sort of collaborative event by the New

(03:24):
Zealand International International Comedy Festival in New Zealand Music Month,
a night have described as a massive night of jokes,
songs and special surprise guests. It's headlined by Toughing for
PULII and Tammy Neilson and yet it's just a mix
of comedy and music performance that's designed to be a
really great show but also raise money for the Meryl
Relief Fund to support those affected by the recent flooding.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
There's no reason why we can't get out in all
joy a bit of live music this month, right.

Speaker 3 (03:52):
Totally, and like if you've got you know, if you've
got some comedy alongside, it's kind of non excuse, right,
I mean some of it is like music's pretty comedy
and Jason already I see Sam Flynn, Scott and Luke
Ba from the Phoenix Foundation of playing on the show.
They're pretty funny. Guys were right in the middle there.
And I can't skip over this even though it's not
New Zealand music iconic band Sparks, after nearly six decades

(04:14):
of finally coming to Alta for live shows next week.
You might have seen Edgar writes to twenty twenty one
documentary with the Sparks Brothers. You might know this song's
number one song in Heaven or this talent big enough
for the Both of us truly are iconoclastic and unique.
Brothers playing Crushes town Hall on May twenty one and
Auckland on May twenty three.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
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