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95bFM

95bFM

95bFM is Auckland’s student and independent radio station, broadcasting on 95.0FM from the University of Auckland since 1969 — first as the pirate Radio Bosom and then as the licensed 95bFM from 1990. New Zealand’s longest-standing independent broadcaster, it championed Flying Nun Records and first broke Sister Underground, OMC, Che Fu and Savage on Auckland radio, founded the bNet NZ Music Awards in 1999, and in 2005 conducted the interview in which Don Brash admitted foreknowledge of the Exclusive Brethren’s election campaign.

State Trinity Centre

The building at 124 Worcester Street was designed by Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort and opened in 1875 as Trinity Congregational Church, whose congregation included suffragist Kate Sheppard. Converted to the State Trinity Centre in 1975 — a theatre, bar and restaurant — it hosted The Axemen’s landmark recording session for Three Virgins before earthquake damage in 2011 closed it for over a decade. It reopened in 2023 as The Church Brew Pub, retaining Mountfort’s famous double barrel vault ceiling.

Ghost Wave

Auckland psychedelic rock duo formed c.2009 by Matthew Paul and Eammon Logan. Known for blending Flying Nun jangle-pop with krautrock, drone, and 1960s psychedelia. Released two albums on Arch Hill Recordings and Flying Nun Records, with mastering by Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3.

Aldous Harding

Auckland-born singer-songwriter whose gothic folk and surrealist pop has brought her international acclaim on 4AD Records. Winner of the 2018 Taite Music Prize (for Party) and 2019 APRA Silver Scroll (for ‘The Barrel’). Her 2022 album Warm Chris reached number one in New Zealand.