Country Profile: New Zealand

New Zealand consistently punches above its weight in music and sport, doing so despite its obvious challenges

New Zealand consistently punches above its weight in music and sport, doing so despite its obvious challenges. None are greater than the tyranny of distance and the costs that stack up as a result of Aotearoa’s position in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Isolation can breed originality, a factor so many NZ acts have proven, from Split Enz and The Chills to Lorde, Six60, and others.

“There’s a lot of confidence around the New Zealand live entertainment market,” explains Guy…