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Q & A with Richard von Sturmer.

July 15, 2025
Q & A with Richard von Sturmer Richard von Sturmer — is a writer, performer, and filmmaker. Best known for penning the lyrics to Blam Blam Blam’s There is No…
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This Is How We Do Hand Painted.

July 14, 2025
This is how we do hand painted. Adidas X Phantom, one of the greatest murals Aotearoa has ever seen. There’s a new player on K Road. Impossible to miss, a…
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Q & A with C. K. Stead.

July 9, 2025
Q & A with C. K. Stead. C. K. Stead is an award-winning novelist, poet, literary critic, and essayist. He served as New Zealand’s Poet Laureate from 2015–2017, has received…
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Bollards, Posters, and Art That Sticks.

June 30, 2025
Bollards, Posters, and Art That Sticks: How Our Network Powers Music and Creativity on the Streets. If you’ve walked through Christchurch’s Arts Centre or wandered along Cuba Street in Wellington,…
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Poet Spotlight: Emma Neale

June 25, 2025
Blog. Poet Spotlight: Emma Neale Emma Neale — is a novelist, short story author, poet, and editor based in Ōtepoti Dunedin. Her seventh poetry collection, Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit (Otago…
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Face the Music: Lipstick

June 25, 2025
Blog. Face the Music: Lipstick. From our start back in 1982, Phantom Billstickers has been all about celebrating NZ music. Word is, Lipstick is a band to watch, and their…
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Fleur Wickes – It’s beautiful here.

June 11, 2025
Fleur Wickes - its beautiful here Fleur Wickes makes art that speaks quietly—but lands deep.Her words are the kind you want to pin to your wall, carry in your pocket,…
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Poet Spotlight – David Merritt

June 9, 2025
NZ’s renowned contrarian street poet gifted us his thoughts in a recent interview exclusively for Phantom Billstickers. Howdy David! Where are you and what are you up to? Howdy back…
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Face The Music: Ruby Kush – One Year On.

June 9, 2025
Meet Ruby Kush. Christchurch’s own Rebecca Robin is the voice behind the name — a singer-songwriter blending raw emotion with cosmic vibes. Her debut album Stardust dropped last year, a…
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Poet Spotlight – Chris Tse

June 4, 2025
You’re about to wrap up three years as New Zealand Poet Laureate. What has the experience been like? It’s been a dizzying, heart-filling, unexpected and joyous experience that I’ll be…
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The Buster Stiggs Story – Part Two

May 20, 2025
As published in Phantom Billstickers Cafe Reader Vol. 10, Winter 2016.  The Swingers auditioned a lot of drummers. I was playing rhythm guitar, but none of the drummers seemed right.…
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The Buster Stiggs Story – Part 1

May 20, 2025
By Buster Stiggs As published in Phantom Billstickers Cafe Reader Vol. 09, Autumn 2016 Buster Stiggs was a member of The Suburban Reptiles, The Swingers, Models and played with the…
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An Interview with Geoff Cochrane.

May 13, 2025
By Richard Langston As published in Phantom Billstickers Cafe Reader Vol. 16, Summer 2017 For years Geoff Cochrane has sat in a chair in his small city council flat in…
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My Time In New Zealand Music. Part One

May 13, 2025
By Jim Wilson, as published in Phantom Billstickers Cafe Reader Vol. 10, Winter 2016. I was fourteen when my parents moved from Dunedin to Christchurch in 1966. We rented a…
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An Interview with: Peter Jefferies

May 5, 2025
By Richard Langston As published in Phantom Billstickers Cafe Reader Vol. 15, Spring 2017  Peter Jefferies released his last solo album 16 years ago. After more than two decades in…
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