Mike Chunn

Three of our most prominent youth music charities - Play it strange, Big Fan and Crescendo - have teamed up this week to put on a free showcase event Tomorrow night Big Fan in Morningside will host… Audio

Get ready to dive deep into music history with a special guest on this week's music feature. Revolver, the groundbreaking album released in 1966, marked the inception of The Beatles' psychedelic era… Audio

Making music has always been "integral, integral, integral" to the life of Mike Chunn – founding member of Split Enz and creator of the youth songwriting charity Play It Strange. Video, Audio

For this week's music feature we're looking at some of the best bass players in the world. Bassist Mike Chunn was a founding member of Split Enz and played with group alongside his brother Geoff from… Audio

In 1989, Double J & Twice the T brought the hip-hop genre to the mainstream with their hit "She's a Mod [Mod Rap]," featuring Ray Columbus. Video

AUT Radio Student Aimee Way discovers in songwriting a pathway out of the anxieties which affected her teenage years. Audio

The lockdown mid-year resulted in an explosion of entries to the Play It strange songwriting competitions, with the secondary school age musicians having time to pour their thoughts into their tracks… Audio

Spark Arena is turning into a giant pub tonight for one big night of pub rock when five of New Zealand's best-known pub rock bands will flood the stage with beer spilling anthems. In amongst it all… Audio

Kiwi music icon Mike Chunn talks to Trevor Reekie about his long career, and shares some of his favourite songs. Audio

Musician, CEO of the Play it Strange Trust and former Split Enz guitarist Mike Chunn has a new memoir A Sharp Left Turn. He'll share some of his favourite songs with Kim. Audio

The producers of the Broadway and West End blockbuster musical, are calling for talented New Zealand kids to seize the chance to write their very own rock song that will be played live in front of the… Audio

50 years ago today The Beatles released Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Yes really… half a century. Nick Bollinger explores why it was such a revolutionary record, examines who contributed to…

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is not just one of the biggest-selling albums in history; it might also be the most culturally significant. To mark the 50^th anniversary of The Beatles’ classic… Audio

A new School of Imagination has opened at Sacred Heart College in Auckland. And some are calling it the creative model for the future. Former Split Enz'er, Mike Chunn, is the chief executive of the… Audio

From 2017 songwriting will be added as a Level 3 NCEA subject. Play It Strange CEO, Mike Chunn, has been part of the campaign to bring in the new NCEA qualification. Audio

The music industry is mourning the death of the man known as the Modfather of New Zealand pop music, Ray Columbus. We talk to Mike Chunn about Columbus's legacy. Audio

Play it Strange is the foundation encouraging school aged kids to write songs and develop as musicians and is still going strong in its thirteenth year.  Founder Mike Chunn talks Alex Behan through… Audio, Gallery