Lorde (Ella Yelich-O'Connor) performs to a packed crowd at Horncastle Arena during the Christchurch leg of her first New Zealand tour.
Conductor with children rehearsing in the town hall for the Christchurch schools music festival
Band rotundas were built in many public spaces across Christchurch to create permanent outdoor locations for the numerous bands to play in and to help to project their music into the surrounding area...
Conductor, Don Whealan, of St Bede's College, with choir of Christchurch secondary school pupils.
Remember that band from your high school? You might find them here in this selection of photographs from our collection. Christchurch has produced many musicians, including some who turned their...
Members of the New Zealand Community Trust Woolston Brass band performing outdoors.
Children sitting in rows, rehearsing for a music festival performance.
Anika Moa at New Zealand Music Month launch party, Christchurch Polytechnic, May 1 2012.
Japanese drumming at Upper Riccarton Library.
Neville Barry singing to children at New Brighton crèche to celebrate its first anniversary.
Hoghton Hughes sat in the studio of Music World in Sydenham.
Views of The Female Intrusion, an all female pop band.
Views of the members of the band, Section (Sandy Inglis, Paul Lewis and Dale Avery).
Portraits of Barbara Kirby-Mason, lecturer of music and broadcaster.
Two children, one with a cello and the other with a violin, busking on New Brighton Mall at the Saturday Seaside Market. Sports Bar is visible in the background with public art of a surfer to the...
Two children learning to play the guitar with teacher Josiah Dayo from the Youth Alive Trust at the Grace Vineyard Beach Campus at 111-113 Seaview Road, New Brighton.
Local kapa haka teachers and librarians perform a welcome for all of the visitors at the opening of Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library.
Band, The Androidss, performing at the Arts Centre in the courtyard to an audience of 500.
The stereo lounge, located upstairs at the Record Room.
View of crowds at the Little River Band concert held at Queen Elizabeth II Park. The Little River Band were supporting Willie Nelson during his tour.
Philip Oldfield holds a ticket for Sweetwaters South music festival. The queue stretches behind him.
Children from Addington School rehearsing for the Christchurch South schools' music festival. Girl at top left: Selena Rattray; to her right, Amanda Rattray. Girl in centre, holding paper: Rachel...
Views of Susan Back playing the accordion for Christine Fidler before the accordion competition in the Buchan Street hall.