Toi Māori Aotearoa* is proud to announce the line-up of contemporary Māori musicians selected to play at PAO PAO PAO 2008.

The artists are Whirimako Black, Brannigan Kaa, Ariana Tikao, Pacific Curls and Ruia. For profiles on these artists, go to www.maoriart.org.nz

Ariana Tikao, a Kāi Tahu singer-songwriter will perform as a featured soloist in the 2008 Montana WOW® Awards show that opens tomorrow night in Wellington. She'll perform in front of more than 35,000 people over ten days.

Performing arts stars of the future will again flock to Tauranga, when the Mazda Foundation National Young Performer Awards, are staged at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre on the 18th and 19th October 2008.

18 SEPTEMBER 2008 - After the unfortunate postponement of their August NZ date, Liberation Music are delighted to announce that Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson will perform one show only in Auckland on October 29.

18 September 2008 - MySpace.com and The Rock have announced a partnership to find an opening act for The Rock main stage at Southern Amp 2008.

18 September 2008 - Last night (Wednesday 17 September 2008), Avebury House Community Trust's Hugs All Round Patchwork Quilt Programme won the New Zealand Recreation Association (NZRA)'s Outstanding Community Recreation Programme Award 2008.

17 September 2008 - The Walt Disney Company's international TV distribution arm, Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific), and New Zealand's leading free-to-air broadcaster, TVNZ, announced today a landmark agreement to make a selection of ad-supported U.S.

17 SEPTEMBER 2008 - DUE TO overwhelming demand, an extra show has been added to Hi-5's amazing Circus Stage Show in Palmerston North, Hamilton, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

A broadcasting veteran and a former Taranaki farm girl will be the new faces of the Country Channel when the rural issues based news and information channel launches on Sky Channel 99 on October 1.

16 September 2008 - HE'S been leaping into the hearts of audiences for five decades.