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.
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.
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)
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.
