It's Waitangi Day, so let's celebrate our wonderful country with these 10 songs that epitomise our love for a long weekend...

This weekend is Auckland Anniversary Weekend, so everybody in Auckland (full disclosure: that includes us) has a day off on Monday, which is awesome for us, but sucks for everyone else. So we've come up with the Top 10 songs that epitomise Auckland and the people who come from there...

Get yourself a free download of Mayer Hawthorne singing a holiday song staple.

Rihanna visited her family in Barbados recently, and filmed part of it to share with her fans (one of whch is pictured with her and her Grandmother above).

Watch the family bonding here...

Lady Gaga has released a surprise holiday themed EP, called A Very Gaga Holiday (Live).

Click through for details, and to find out what having a Gaga holiday actually means.

A bunch of artists and songwriters (including Gin Wigmore) got flown to Bali for a week to come up with some songs.

Life must be fun when you're a musician...