Artists from Wellington, Christchurch and the South Island’s West Coast are the finalists for New Zealand’s Best Folk Album of 2009.

March 2010 sees the commencement of a new and very special award on the New Zealand music landscape, which will be known as The Taite Music Prize. Named after the late Dylan Taite.

Sixties classic ‘She’s a Mod’ by Ray Columbus and The Invaders has been given a reworking by The Mint Chicks.