The 2025 contenders are Pōneke R&B act A.R.T; the chart-topping lads from the same town – DARTZ; and Ōpōtiki artist and 2024 Tā Te Iwi | People’s Choice Tūī winner Hori Shaw.

Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? has now spent 250 weeks on the U.K.'s Official Albums chart, a first for the singer.

Revisiting the 1979 bush fire which engulfed the Los Angeles home of British blues legend John Mayall, taking with it his unparalleled record collection.