Best if NZ Music 2025

You’ve made it to the end of 2025, another year older, another year wiser - or so you’d like to think!

As we jump into 2026, it’s time for our annual reflection, so we present the Best of New Zealand Music 2025.

This playlist is jam packed with the best tunes we heard last year out of Aotearoa. Hopefully some you haven’t heard of too.

So like a Ford Freakout with cheese, there’s old favs with a new twist (👋 Melodownz), sprinkled among new friends like Fan Club, Greta van den Brink, and Borderline.

Find the playlist on Spotify, whack it on, and say Happy New Year!