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Aaradhna performing, PMN+ November 2025 cover feature

MUSICAaradhna: The Soundtrack of Our SoulsBack on US stages for the first time in nearly a decade, the Porirua singer talks Sam Cooke, the Apollo, and the cave studio where she layers Samoa and India into every song.Queenie Taua'a

Sam V, Cook Islands-New Zealand R&B artist

MUSICSam V: Child Prodigy to Independent ArtistThe Cook Islands-Kiwi singer on being signed at 12, going independent at 15, and the breakup that set off his biggest year yet.Keilani Mayo

An artist performing at The LOGIN concert

MUSICThe LOGINFans flew in from America, Australia and Aotearoa. Revus’ intro video — from gang culture to the stage — was the night’s moment.Aliyah Tautuhi-Fraser

The Johnson siblings — Shania, Batchlor and Corey — with their grandmother Barbara Lynn pictured

MUSICDreams to FruitionShania, Batchlor and Corey Johnson — three siblings, a Samoan mother, a rapper father and a grandmother who cut “You’ll Lose a Good Thing” in 1963.Tyler Pasa

Hales, the South Auckland singer, songwriter and producer

MUSICHales: The 22-Year-Old Musician Defying Expectations and Creating His Own PathThe Otara singer-producer on church as a training ground, a million streams in 18 months, and the EP that cost him everything.Queenie Taua'a

Keniye Moala, Tongan and Chamorro singer-songwriter from Hayward, California

MUSICKeniye Moala: FlavorsThe Hayward singer-songwriter on the ten-song EP that pulled her back into music, and taking the risk to just do it.Keilani Mayo