AUCKLAND, Friday: This week, Kiwi music lovers can celebrate the life and death of Ian Magan, one of the key figures in the history of New Zealand showbiz and rock’n’roll.
Magan was a deejay (or as RNZ once called them, “announcers”) and programme director, and one of the original founders of the station that broke the monopoly of State-owned broadcasting, Radio Hauraki, and changed the way all NZ governments did business.
“Magan died Friday. He was clear and sharp to the end.”
After 16 years in radio, he went on to become a hugely successful concert promoter.
“At the heart of everything he did was his passion for music,” said Hauraki co-founder David Gapes.
Magan died Friday after a long illness, surrounded by his family in Auckland. He was clear and sharp to the end.
His funeral will be held at 1pm this Wednesday 14 August at Anglican Holy Trinity Church, Devonport.
- For an up-to-date take of his life and times, it’s hard to go past this post on the NZ On Air-funded Audio Culture site audioculture.co.nz/ian-magan
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