Rhyme Summit Aotearoa is a brand new annual event on the NZ Spoken Word, Rap & Lyrical-Music map that will see some of the country’s finest hip-hop and reggae wordsmiths take the stage alongside our most well respected spoken word and poetry performers, with special international flavors including ‘Grime’ and ‘Latin’. Join us for one outstanding night of lyrical entertainment in the style of Def Jam poetry.The event will be covered by Maori Television and broadcast in New Zealand.
______________________________95bFM Presents:In association with Anahera PressAn Obese Squirrel Event
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KAPA HAKA GROUP (12 Piece)
SOUL STATION (5 Piece)
EASY (8 Piece)
HOLLIE SMITH (Tyson Smith: Guitar)
KING KAPISI
MC H-ONE (The Kingites)
DUB TERMINATOR + MC MANA
SILVA MC
THE SOLOMONIX
JAH RED LION

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A Capella Performances from:

KING KAPISI
QUEEN SHIRL’E
GLENN COLQUHOUN (Kapiti Coast)
WORDPERFECT
UPTOWN SWUITE (USA) {1st Place 100k Battle}
K-ONE
ROBERT SULLIVAN
TYSON TYLER
KARLO MILA (Wellington)
SELINA TUSITALA MARSH
ERMEHN (King Of The Doors)
JAI MACDONALD {Winner: Poetry Idol 2010}
PENNY ASHTON
BILL E-FLUID (Optimus Gryme Recordings)
CARRIE RUDZINSKI (USA) {14th in the world 2011 Women Of The World Poetry Slam}
DAREN KAMALI (South Auckland Poets Collective)
RUIA APERAHAMA
CRONIK RE
RESIN
JAY ROACHER (Christchurch)
LEIANA ROBERTSON
KAY POETA
JINETERO MC (Cuba)
BEN BROWN (Christchurch)
GUS SIMONOVIC (Serbia)
DEMI KAHN (USA)
JAH RED LION (Chili)
PHD (NZ / USA)
DLAR {Winner: Bar 4 Bar 2}
BRIGHT SPARKS (Scotland)
BIG SMYLE {Winner: Subject 2 Verse}
BELLA SHANTI
NOWROZE NAYAR (Bangladesh)
MICHAEL RUDD
MATTHEW HARVEY (UK)
IRON WILL
DOUG POOLE
THE FEELSTYLE (Samoa)
EMMA HAND (Queenstown)
ZANE SCARBOROUGH (South Auckland Poets Collective)
PAKKZ THE GENERAL (Borough Kings)
PROJECTILE (England)
LAPSE (Evol P Music)
BELLA MAFIA
GRACE TAYLOR (South Auckland Poets Collective)
STUNTMAN
SPEARMAN (President: 1 Out Street Battles)
RAZOR CHEST
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
CHRISTIAN JENSEN (Norway)
KIRI PIAHANA-WONG {Winner: 2011 Kupu Rere Matariki Slam}
SIMONE KAHO
FLUENT
BOXX (Mind Molestaz)
RISING VOICES SLAM WINNER (tba)
J-KUPA (Kamo Collective)
BADU KID (Kamo Collective)
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Hosted by AMANDA ASHTON (Maori Television)
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TICKETS – TICKETS – TICKETS

1 Night ( www.1-night.co.nz/browse-campaigns/view/605 )
Real Groovy (438 Queen St),
Beat Merchants (555 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn),
Conch (115A Ponsonby Rd)
1-night iphone app

● $20 Presales (Limited)

● $29.90 First Release

● $35 Second Release

● $40 Door (Subject to availability)
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Doors open ……………………..……………. 6:30 pm

KAPA HAKA ……………………..……………. 7:00 pm

SILVA MC / SOLOMONIX / JAH RED LION ……. 7:30 pm

HOLLIE SMITH ……………………..…………. 7:45 pm

Part 1: Performers ……………………..…….. 8:00 pm

EASY ……………………..…………………… 8:30 pm

Part 2: Performers ……………………..…….. 9:00 pm

SOUL STATION ……………………..………… 9:30 pm

MC H-ONE [The Kingites] …………………… 10:00 pm

Part 3: Performers ……………………..……. 10:10 pm

KING KAPISI ……………………..………….. 10:30 pm

Part 4: Performers ……………………..……. 10:40 pm

DUB TERMINATOR + MANA………………….. 11:10 pm

Part 5: Performers ……………………..……. 11:40 am

Finish………………..………………… 12:30 am / LATE
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*Original Artwork ‘Tawhirimatea’ by Rewi McLay
*Graphic Design by Kameron Hollis & Darryl Jones

Big Thanks to:

Maori Television
K Rd Business Association
Bill Gray Photography (1 Snap Music)
Rockstar New Zealand
Central Promotions
South Auckland Poets Collective
1 Out Street Battles