Island Base News
Island Base Music Loft Programme ‘Don’t Be A Bully’
Our NEXT GEN September 2024 group from Mangere embarked on a journey to write and record their very own rap song, with a little help from Sam V.
Klaksy Visits Papakura Intermediate
Just a few years ago, Rushil Patel was just like many other kids at school in and around Papakura – learning, studying and messing around with his mates.
What a difference a Year makes…
To celebrate the success of our very first ‘Island Base Masterclass’ Programme, class of 2024 came together for this very special Graduation.
Emerging Artists
Island Base & The Fringe District presents TAKE IT TO THE STREETS
Every Saturday in May, we’re turning Kingsland’s Royal Plaza Train Station into a vibrant hub of local music talent.
Nathan Grey
Before he was introduced to Island Base, Nathan Grey was ‘making tunes and bangers and expressing creativity’ in his garage and bedroom. Since joining our Masterclass, Nate has fast tracked his music knowledge.
RE:News Story
One of our IslandBase Masterclass pairs featured in a recent RE:News story! Amua, or Kumbaya as he is known musically, came to the class wanting learn more about how to turn passion into profession.
Papakura Intermediate School End of Year Wrap Up
This year Island Base FM took podcasting and digital broadcasting to Papakura Intermediate School. The aim was to give tamariki hands on experience in media.
Our Inaugural Master Class Mentoring Programme Has Kicked Off With a Bang!
Eight mentors have been paired with eleven outstanding applicants with the aim to upskill, uplift, and accelerate their music careers.
Island Base FM Master Class
Island Base has pioneered a brand new programme in Aotearoa to serve up and coming musicians with one on one mentoring to fast track their careers.
“In Loving Memory of Ermehn”
Today, we mourn the loss of a true hip hop pioneer, Ermehn’ – 274, who has left an indelible mark on the music scene in South Auckland and beyond.
Manawatia mai a Mataariki
As the winter nights grow longer, we come together to celebrate Manawatia mai a Mataariki, a time when we honor Mataariki, the Maori New Year, and remember our loved ones who have passed on.
2023 Pacific Music Awards Nominees
CONGRATULATIONS to our inspiring Maori and Pacific Sisters and Brothers on their well-deserved nominations for the PMA Awards!
Our new media partner – Pacific Media Network / Niu FM
We are absolutely thrilled to have found a new radio partner with Pacific Media Network and Niu FM Thank you for supporting our vision to uplift and give our Maori & Pacific communities with a voice! Last term Island Base kicked off its new partnership with the...
Back creating with Papakura Intermediate this week
We are very much looking forward to catching up with our rangitahi at Papakura Intermediate this week. Term 2 marked the end of what we dubbed LEVEL 2 of this year's podcast / radio program which takes place each Friday throughout the day! LEVELS 1-2 we were in the...
Beatz Of Māngere 2022
Island Base had a great day down at MCS (Māngere Central School) who hosted Beatz Of Māngere 2022! Celebrating the culture and diversity within the community through all aspects of performing arts. Take a look at the re-cap video below, we're excited for next year!...
Term 4!
Great to be back for Term 4 with the rangitahi from Papakura Intermediate as part of the Island Base Podcast mentoring programme. Confidence has grown so much from when we first started - we are looking forward to sharing what we have been working on. Here are some...
Winners Announced For 2022 Pacific Music Awards
The winners have been revealed for the 2022 Pacific Music Awards, presented last night at Tāmaki Makaurau’s Vodafone Event Centre in Manukau. Acknowledging the success of Pacific artists and celebrating and promoting excellence in Pacific music. The Pacific Music...
Sylas performs “The Life Of A Man” on Take It To The Street
BASE FM hosted Take It To The Steets for NZ Music Month! Sylas represnting Mangere joined us to perform his song "The Life Of A Man" Mentored by the infamous Sunshine Soundsystem and rapper, KP.
Sylas Raps on Take it to Streets Friday Drive
Base FM in partnership with the Fringe District, Ngā Rangatahi Toa & Skinny Jump proudly presents Take it to the streets! To celebrate music month with our local community, we took Base FM’s prime shows, Breakfast & Drive to the streets! – the main road in...
Take It To The Streets FT. Lisi
Island Base has been getting amongst the action for NZ Music Month as part of Base FM presents Take It To The Streets - NZ Music Month Series featuring some of our rising stars performing live on the streets of Kingsland and alongside some of their idols, including...
NEXT Gen: Series 2 – Highlights
'Next Gen' is an event series where we take our young shining rangatahi to the stage. They get to perform alongside their artist mentors and in front of their local communities.
Grateful for the space at Base
We couldn't wait to welcome back our students as part of our Island Base mentoring programme with MAINZ. They have loved being back at Base HQ co-hosting Native Tongues with DJ Yannika Tavai. Big ups to NZ Music Commission for continuing to support us in making it...
Pacific Music Awards
The biggest night for Pasifika music the Pacific Music Awards - NZ took place at the Vodafone Events Centre last night with a live online ceremony. The event delivered a visual and musical spectacle, opening the ceremony with a...
Lisi drops his debut album ‘Perspective’
Samoan Hip Hop artist Lisi4300 has just dropped his latest album "????????????????????????????????????????????" and a music video for "???????????????? ???????? ????????". [ux_video url="https://youtu.be/-RF6Ly_2gAU"] Listen back to the interview from June with Poetik...
Watch this years Pacific Music Awards online
Due to the current alert level status and Covid situation in Auckland, the Pacific Music Awards will be celebrated in an online awards ceremony on Saturday 11 December, 7pm, screened by Tagata Pasifika on TP+ tpplus.co.nz. This will be pre-recorded in line with Alert...
Pacific Music Awards postponed to October
The Pacific Music Awards - NZ were set to be held on Wednesday 1st September. Unfortunately due to the Level 4 status of Auckland, the ceremony will be unable to go ahead as planned. The ceremony will now be postponed and held on Friday 8th October. The format of the...
WATCH – Aspiring artist and mentee ‘Cyprus-Li’ performs live on air
Check out this live performance by one of our Youth Mentees, 'Cyprus Li' performed live on 'For The Ville Radio' hosted by Poetik. Big thanks to @nzmusiccommission & @creativecommunitiesakl for the support.
New music video from the ‘Beat Squad’
Check out the music video from the 'Beat Squad' for their track titled 'Family'. Over five weeks, Joseph, Reggae, Amaira and Destiny poured their hearts and souls into live performing on air, interviewing, learning to DJ, and writing and performing their own original...
Introducing the ‘Beatz Squad’ from Māngere Central School
Round 3 for 2021 of the Youth Mentoring Program with Māngere Central School and the hits just keep on coming! Over five weeks, Joseph, Reggae, Amaira and Destiny poured their hearts and souls into live performing on air, interviewing, learning to DJ, and writing and...
Pacific Music Awards 2021 Finalists Announced
Last Thursday the Pacific Music Awards announced the finalists for 2021 at an event at The Alexander Café, Otara, Auckland. This year the Pacific Music Awards have a record 27 finalists across the 13 award categories, with soul sensation Tree leading the nominations....
2 years since our last epic mission in Samoa. Big things coming soon!
[ux_video url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwSJXkla1Ds"] It's been 2 years since this epic mission of youth workshops, a concert & hit song creation with Australian soul/R&B group DTP over in Samoa. Stay tuned as we have something big in the making!......
Youth Mentoring Programme – ‘LAWS’ and Rei present ‘Navigators’
Introducing our second group of rangatahi from Mangere Central School 'LAWS'. Award winning artist Rei jumped on board to lead an inspiring songwriting workshop and create a beat with the students to produce the original track ‘Navigators’. It’s an energetic track...
Tihei Harawira’s epic Freestyle on Samoa with ‘For The Ville Radio’
If you've been to any of the Auckland markets you might have seen this talented MC Tihei Harawira busking on the side. Give him any topic and he will drop an insane freestyle like this one about Samoa! On the show, he spoke with DJ Bass about his journey with music,...
SAVE THE DATE! Pacific Music Awards 2021 set for the 1st of September
The Pacific Music Awards Trust have announced that the 2021 Pacific Music Awards (PMA), will be held on Wednesday 1 September at the Vodafone Events Centre. Last year the Pacific Music Awards were proudly produced as an online presentation, on 3 October, honouring our...
NEXT Gen: Series 2 – Highlights
Under a cloudless sky on the 20th of February at the wonderful Māngere Arts Centre, NEXT Gen brought together rising talents with established local artists to perform for their community, friends, and family. For the fresh talent of Spooky (Sylas through Ngā...
WATCH The Pacific Music Awards – Saturday 7 October
The Pacific Music Awards will be shared as an online presentation this Saturday 3 October at 7pm (NZT). Watch the awards online at www.tpplus.co.nz or on the Tagata Pasifika Facebook page HERE A Tagata Pasifika special will be screened again on TV1 on Saturday 17...
WATCH Island Base Samoa Documentary Pt.2
Part 2 of the Island Base documentary, the crew are back in Samoa and this time with Australian soul/R&B artists DTP – Downtoplease. Continuing our mission to re-connect the sounds of the South Pacific. This trip is about re-connecting DTP with their homeland,...
WATCH Island Base Samoa Part. 1
In March 2019 the Base FM crew went from little New Zealand to even smaller Samoa to launch Island Base FM. What started as a crazy idea ended up a reality in just 3 months! Our very own sister station Island Base Samoa was created from the ground up, it wasn’t easy...
Island Base documentary Pt.1 out this Thursday 18 June
In March 2019 the Base FM crew went from little New Zealand to even smaller Samoa to launch Island Base FM. What started as a crazy idea ended up a reality in just 3 months! Our very own sister station Island Base Samoa was created from the ground up, it wasn't easy...
2020 Pacific Music Awards finalists announced
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s plenty to celebrate in New Zealand’s Pacific music scene. The finalists for the 2020 Pacific Music Awards were announced today after a record number of entries, resulting in 24 finalists across 13 categories. Island Base FM...
Base Sessions #3
Check out some highlights from our past 2 weeks in Beautiful Samoa. Throwing some gigs, meeting locals & international artists and sports idols. Check it out and you might spot yourself or some of your mates in action! Big thanks to our partners Samoa Tourism...
Base FM
Looking back at some Base FM highlights from the past few years. Here’s a little something about who we are and what we do!
Island Base FM to gain 100% independence and expand into international Music Hub
Island Base FM is expanding officially into an EVENTS & PRODUCTION company and RECORDING studio while separating itself from the 87.5FM frequency and former studio at Matautu, Samoa. The 87.5FM frequency will continue under local management but with a different...
THIS IS LOVE (Youth Music Workshop Samoa)
‘This is Love’, the first Island Base FM project of its kind – an International collaboration between local up and coming artists from Samoa and established RnB Soul group from Australia, Downtoplease – DTP. Thanks to The Australian High Commission Samoa and Island...
Island Base FM Documentary Trailer
[ux_video url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYGEOmfrszU"] What started as a crazy idea ended up a reality in just 3 months! We took over International award winning artists, held back to back launch parties and opened a brand new station all with the intention of...
Island Base Samoa – Launched
Samoa’s newest radio station Island Base Samoa has big plans to become a Pacific music hub and platform for DJ’s, Mc’s and music artist locally and from across the South Pacific. Island Base Samoa is a branch off Base FM in Aotearoa, a radio station renown in the...