Erny Belle Matariki Show Announced

Erny Belle aka Aimee Renata (Ngāpuhi) welcomes the return of Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea (‘The eyes of the god Tāwhirimātea’) to our night skies this coming winter, hosting a very special Matariki event with band at Double Whammy on 20th June — her debut headline show at St Kevin's Arcade's new underground hub. Erny Belle's most recent Flying Nun album Not Your Cupid was hailed as the Best New Zealand Album of 2023 by Rolling Stone Australia, and the Aotearoa songwriting star has since released standout collaborative singles with Semisi Ma'ia'i (Marlin's Dreaming) and Adam Hattaway. A time for renewal, reflection, wānanga and celebration, usher in the Māori new year with Erny Belle and friends...

Erny Belle Matariki Show
Friday 20th June - Double Whammy, Auckland
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Watch director Anna Brajkovich's video for Erny Belle's new single 'Boudoir', featuring Semisi Ma'ia'i...

Press release:

In celebration of Matariki (The Māori new year) Join Erny Belle and the band for their first headliner show at Double Whammy.

Erny Belle is a singer-songwriter from Aōtearoa (New Zealand) known for her genre-defying sound, blending pacific-pop, folk, and country influences with deeply personal and poetic lyricism.

Her meteoric rise followed the independent release of critically acclaimed debut record ‘Venus is Home’ (2022) with singles ‘Burning Heaven’ and ‘Hellhole’. A sublime album recorded in the summer of 2019 at her fathers home (an old bus shed, north of Auckland), the nine-song voyage of graceful ruminations, was a stunning introduction to the neorealism yet rich world of Erny Belle.

In 2023, Erny Belle signed to legendary New Zealand label Flying Nun Records and released her highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Not Your Cupid’. Co-produced by herself and De Stevens at Roundhead Studios. The album was nominated for the Taite Music Prize and Album Of The Year at the Aotearoa Music Awards in 2024. It was ranked No.1 New Zealand album of 2023 by Rolling Stone Australia. ‘Not Your Cupid’ is described by Renata as her Te Ao Mārama era, stepping into a world of light. “It’s more about the future & imagining than painting scenes of life around me. Less narrative, more cryptic, less thought, more intuition. Plucked from the clouds or stars somewhere & brought to life by many talented hands.”