31 Aug 2025

Bryan Crump reports on 2025's The Big Sing

From Culture 101, 3:18 pm on 31 August 2025

Nearly a thousand choir singers converged on Ōtepoti Dunedin over the last few days as the Big Sing competition finished.

More than 8000 students from 200 secondary school choirs had pitched for a position in Aotearoa's biggest choral singing event - that got a whole lot more exposure this year thanks to featuring in the hit movie Tinā

The top 24 have been competing for gold, silver and bronze awards with the gala concert last night. And its compere, our colleague, RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump was there