{"id":2444666,"date":"2026-06-04T13:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2444666"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:20:01","slug":"universal-music-new-zealand-supports-emerging-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/universal-music-new-zealand-supports-emerging-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Music New Zealand Supports Emerging Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-270958\">\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emerging artists in Aotearoa (the M\u0101ori-language name for New Zealand) are facing \u201cincreasing challenges\u2026 cutting through both locally and internationally\u201d according to Universal Music New Zealand.\n\n\n<aside>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now it\u2019s doing something about that: an initiative called\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextwav.co.nz\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nextWAV<\/a>. It\u2019s a year-long artist development program focused on young, emerging artists \u2013 specifically \u201cmentorship and development opportunities for secondary school students pursuing careers in music\u201d.\n\n\n\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program will cover songwriting, production, branding, live performance and digital strategy, while giving its students experience in studios, venues and \u2018creative development spaces\u2019.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also a focus within the program on diversity, including reserved places for students \u201ccreating music in te reo M\u0101ori and for those drawing on Pacific culture in their artistic expression\u201d.\n\n\n\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funding for the initiative is coming from NZ On Air and Creative New Zealand, with a range of other partners involved: APRA Amcos, Big Fan, Live Nation New Zealand, The Tuning Fork, New Zealand Music Commission, Launchpad and Play It Strange.\n\n\n<section id=\"block-35\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\"><nav class=\"jp-relatedposts-i2 wp-block-jetpack-related-posts\" data-layout=\"grid\" aria-label=\"Related Stories\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Stories<\/h3><\/nav><\/section><section id=\"block-32\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\"><aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/section><section id=\"block-25\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n\n<\/section><\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<!-- .author-bio -->\n\t\t\t\n<\/div>\r\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source musically.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emerging artists in Aotearoa (the M\u0101ori-language name for New Zealand) are facing \u201cincreasing challenges\u2026 cutting through both locally and internationally\u201d according to Universal Music New Zealand. Now it\u2019s doing something about that: an initiative called\u00a0nextWAV. 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