Dave Dobbyn

Today we're joined by a living legend of the New Zealand music scene, Sir Dave Dobbyn. Video, Audio

Dave Dobbyn joins Kara Rickard and Mark Williams in the RNZ Studio to celebrate Matariki with words and song.Accompanied by long time drummer and friend Ross Burge, Dave delivers a magical performance… Audio

Its the last week of New Zealand Music Month and we thought we'd ask a New Zealand music to come on the show and choose some of his favourite New Zealand songs. Audio

Dave Dobbyn's Slice of Heaven has been called New Zealand's unofficial anthem. Thirty five years after its release Yadana Saw's explores how the song made in two days with Herbs, rejected by radio and… Video, Audio

Dave Dobbyn was recently knighted and to celebrate the occasion NZ on Screen has created an online library of his working life. Gabe McDonnell is a playwright, actor, TV and fiction writer and many… Audio

For Good Friday, Sir Dave Dobbyn shares his mixtape of songs especially for the Easter season Video, Audio

The year was 1986, for the first time New Zealand was taking a tilt at sailing's most coveted and elite titles: The America's Cup. In the Oral History of Sailing Away we'll hear from the singers, the… Audio

Professors Anne Salmond and Mason Durie have been appointed to the Order of New Zealand - the country's highest honour in the New Year Honours 2021 list, announced today. They're among 154 people to… Audio

It's been dubbed Canterbury's little seaside community who never gave up.

Nine years in the making, it was Redcliffs School''s grand re-opening today after earthquake damage rendered the old site… Video, Audio

Kiwi music legend Dave Dobbyn has been using his lockdown time to pin down some new songs. He joins the show to discuss the beauty of limitations when writing music, the search for truth, and the… Audio

Simon Sweetman looks at a trilogy of albums by Dave Dobbyn that saw him make his name as more than an 'anthem-writer', by exploring deep, dark, personal issues. Audio

On this week's Pocket Edition we celebrate Th' Dudes' induction into the NZ Music Hall of Fame with Peter Urlich and Dave Dobbyn, and SideKickNick explains the eleven year gap between his debut album… Audio

A bit of Bliss this morning for Th' Dudes, with news band members will be inducted into the Music Hall of Fame this year. The band was formed in 1976 out of friendships forged by Dave Dobbyn, Peter… Audio

Kiwi music legend Dave Dobbyn talks about writing and composing his 1998 album The Islander, which reached number 1 on the charts. Audio

Mark Vanilau is this week's mixtape selector. A keyboardist and singer in his own right, Mark has work with Dave Dobbyn, Warren Maxwell, Hollie Smith and Ladi6. He shares his songs and stories with… Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition, Yadana Saw talks to two of New Zealand's top live music photographers and we take a look back at some of the best NZ albums of 1994. Audio

 Murray Thom on the inspiration behind The Offering Project. It's an album of hymns performed by New Zealand artists and accompanied by original art works -- an idea that originally came to Murray… Audio