Rangatahi on Stage matches your event with vetted, paid 16–29 year-old artists from across the motu: live music, MCs, DJs, dancers, spoken word, kapa haka. It is the trading arm of Youth Arts New Zealand, a registered charitable trust (Charities Services CC56306): rangatahi are paid for their work, and all surplus is reinvested into our charitable programmes.
Festival mainstages, council openings, community fundraisers, school halls, marae driveways. A snapshot from our archives.
What you get
Tell us about your event: date, vibe, venue, budget. A few working days later you’ve got a shortlist with fit notes from our team. Approve, and we run the rest.
Our roster lives inside the Youth Arts NZ whānau: mentored, supported, stage-ready. Book someone you can trust!
Outreach, contracts, calendar invites, run sheet, day-of comms, payment: handled. You see the lineup, sign once, show up.
Artists are paid via ROS, on standardised rates, within 7 days of the gig. No race-to-the-bottom quotes, no chasing invoices.
How it works
Send us your brief and we’ll come back with a lineup, usually within a few days. From there we handle the rest: contracts, comms, run sheets, and payment, all the way through to the day of the gig.
Date, venue, vibe, budget, audience. The form is short. We’ll phone if we need more.
4–8 vetted artists, hand-picked. Read why we chose them, watch clips, approve or comment in one click.
Contracts, run sheet, comms, day-of coordination, payment. You get a single PDF the morning of.
Voices
“I wanted to thank you so much for organising our performer for us on Saturday. He was fantastic, so talented!”
“Our performer was wonderful and performed beautifully at our event. It was an absolute pleasure having her on board.”
“We had a great day at Silo Park. Both artists were really well received by the public. Thanks for pulling this together for us.”
Why we built ROS
Rangatahi on Stage exists for the gap between “I make music in my bedroom” and “I’m a working artist.” That gap used to be friends-of-friends. Now it’s us.
We’re a programme of Youth Arts NZ, the charitable backbone that lets us pay fair rates, run pastoral wraparound, and stay free for the artist forever.
“A trusted bridge between clients and rangatahi talent.”
Book talent
Three-minute brief. A few working days. We come back with a shortlist, fit notes, and rates. No commitment until you say yes.
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