Wairere has over 30 years in the music industry, event management and the tech industry. He is involved in a wide range of activities across the music industry which include: Kaitiaki for the Maori Music Industry Coalition, the executive team of Soundcheck Aotearoa, Tech Co-ordinator for Music Managers Forum Aotearoa, Board member for the New Zealand Music Commission and he is the operations manager for Raglan music festival Soundsplash.

Music Manager Lorraine Barry began working with Dave Dobbyn 17 years ago. Avantdale Bowling Club, Team Dynamite Aidan Fine and Aaradhna complete her current roster. She’s a keen mentor for the MMF and a two-times winner of Manager of the Year. She sits on the Board of the Music Commission.

Paula Yeoman is the co-owner and co-director of NicNak Media alongside Nicole Thomas. NicNak specialises in artist management and entertainment publicity, and recently launched a new media initiative, Lil Sister, for emerging acts. NicNak also runs a boutique record label for a small roster of Aotearoa artists.

Silke has been working as "girl for everything" at NZ Musician magazine, Aotearoa's longest-running NZ music-only magazine, for over a decade. Always keen to get her hands dirty, and clearly not someone who sleeps a lot, Silke also spent about a decade working at 95bFM (including 6 years doing classic Kiwi music show Freak The Sheep), and working at most major and minor events around town, interning, lending hands, reading, talking and gathering as much knowledge as possible. (Photo: NZ Musician)

Nicky’s 25-year career has spanned multiple facets of Aotearoa’s music community, and seen her work closely with a wide range of artists, labels, live events and industry bodies. One of the co-founders of SoundCheck Aotearoa, she is the General Manager for Rhythmethod, New Zealand’s largest independent distributor, and currently holds the Independent Director position on the board of Recorded Music New Zealand.

Rachel Harrison lives in Pōneke Wellington and works with organisations and communities across Aotearoa to help prevent sexual harassment, sexual violence, domestic violence and child abuse. Rachel believes that harassment, violence and abuse are preventable and that the best solutions are tailored to each specific community and workplace, making use of their strengths and minimising specific risk factors.

The freshest out of this programming bunch, my radio journey started just over 4 years ago. After ticking off a Bachelor of Broadcasting Communications at the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch, I made the move up to the big smoke and began my internship as a programmer for ZM.

Harry Pali is currently the Music Director for RNZ’s new youth platform TAHI. He has ​previous experience working for NZME as the Music Director for ZM & Flava until 2021.

Hailing from Southland Jack studied radio at the NZBS before moving to Auckland to take on a position at The Rock in 2018. He’s had roles throughout most aspects of radio from producing, announcing, promotions, digital and now radio programming.

Wairere has over 30 years in the music industry, event management and the tech industry. He is involved in a wide range of activities across the music industry which include: Kaitiaki for the Maori Music Industry Coalition, the executive team of Soundcheck Aotearoa, Tech Co-ordinator for Music Managers Forum Aotearoa, Board member for the New Zealand Music Commission and he is the operations manager for Raglan music festival Soundsplash.

Craig Pearce is the manager for The Black Seeds, The Phoenix Foundation, Reb Fountain and Moniker. He has represented the above and other acts such as Lord Echo, Lawrence Arabia and Connan Mockasin since 2006; and is in the process of releasing dozens of LPs and EPs in all territories across the world.

Born in Toronto, Tami Neilson has been performing for as long as she can remember, first alongside her parents and brothers in the Canadian country music family band, The Neilsons.

Shepherds Reign are a Polynesian Metal band from South Auckland. They have created a unique sound by integrating Polynesian culture and language with metal and rock influences. Currently they are sharing their music with Australian audiences as special guests of the rock and metal band Devilskin in their Australian tour.

Based in Auckland, Jonathan Pearce is an in-demand New Zealand producer and recording engineer. He has also lent his performance, vocals, writing and technical skills to some of New Zealand’s finest artists.