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        <title>LEGAL music downloads and streaming options in New Zealand</title>
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            <name>Mauricio Freitas</name>
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        <updated>2022-08-04T08:21:50+12:00</updated>
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                    Below is a list of LEGAL music streaming options in New Zealand. Some are free or free with adverts, others require registration and some are paid content (or a mix). Pick your choice from this list of music services available in New Zealand, and be legal: This list was originally published on Geekzone.
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<p>Below is a list of LEGAL music streaming options in New Zealand. Some are free or free with adverts, others require registration and some are paid content (or a mix).<br><br>Pick your choice from this list of music services available in New Zealand, and be legal:</p>
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<li><a href="https://nz.7digital.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"></a><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.7digital.com/" target="_blank"></a><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.apple.com/music" target="_blank">Apple Music</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.beatport.com/" target="_blank">Beatport</a></strong></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://bleep.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Bleep</strong></a></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://boomkat.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Boomkat</strong></a></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.chosic.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Chosic</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="http://www.deezer.com/en/" target="_blank">Deezer</a></strong></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.di.fm/" target="_blank"><strong>DI.FM</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="http://www.fingertipsmusic.com/" target="_blank">Fingertips</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="http://www.fishpond.co.nz/music" target="_blank">Fishpond</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Free Music Archive</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.hdtracks.com/" target="_blank">HDTracks</a></strong></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.iheart.com/" target="_blank"><strong>IHeartRadio</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.apple.com/itunes" target="_blank">iTunes</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://jamendo.com/" target="_blank">Jamendo</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.junodownload.com/" target="_blank">JunoDownload</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://blog.archive.org/2012/08/07/over-1000000-torrents-of-downloadable-books-music-and-movies/" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://last.fm/" target="_blank">Last.fm</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="http://www.linnrecords.com/" target="_blank">Linn Records</a></strong></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.livexlive.com/" target="_blank"><strong>LiveXLive</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.myspace.com/music" target="_blank">Myspace Music</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.openculture.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Culture</a></strong></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.qobuz.com/nz-en/discover" target="_blank"><strong>Qobuz (HD music)</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/" target="_blank">Pitchfork</a></strong></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://radioparadise.com/home" target="_blank"><strong>Radio Paradise</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.rova.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rova</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.spotify.com/" target="_blank">Spotify</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="http://www.stereogum.com/music/" target="_blank">Stereogum</a></strong></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://thecheese.co.nz/" target="_blank"><strong>The Cheese</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://tidal.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Tidal</a></strong></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://tunein.com/" target="_blank"><strong>TuneIn</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a rel="ugc noopener" href="http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3" target="_blank">XLR8R</a></strong></li>
<li><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/musicpremium" target="_blank"><strong>YouTube Music</strong></a></li>
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<p>This list was originally published on <strong><a href="https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=151&amp;topicid=165677">Geekzone</a></strong>.</p>
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        <title>LEGAL video, movies and TV download and streaming options in New Zealand</title>
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            <name>Mauricio Freitas</name>
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        <updated>2022-08-04T08:17:03+12:00</updated>
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                    Below is a list of LEGAL video, movies and TV streaming options in New Zealand. Some of these services are free or free with adverts, others require registration and some are paid content (or a mix) The following services are available as add-on subscriptions on Amazon Prime Video: This list does not include legal sites that require geo-restrictions being disabled (VPN or other methods) to work in New Zealand. This list was originally published on Geekzone.
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                <p>Below is a list of LEGAL video, movies and TV streaming options in New Zealand. Some of these services are free or free with adverts, others require registration and some are paid content (or a mix)</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/live" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>ABC News</strong></a> (TV only)</li>
<li><a href="https://ondemand.academycinemas.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Academy Cinemas on Demand</strong></a> (movies)</li>
<li><a href="https://acorn.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Acorn TV</strong></a> (British TV)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.adventurereelstv.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Adventure Reels</strong></a> (adventure film festival)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/watch_now" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Al Jazeera</strong></a> (TV only)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.primevideo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Amazon Prime Video</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.amcplus.com/countries/newzealand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AMC+</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://www.apple.com/nz/apple-tv-plus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Apple TV+</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://ondemand.arovideo.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>AroVision</strong></a> (Aro Video DVD store Wellington)</li>
<li><a href="https://plus.baseball.com.au/en-int/page/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Baseball Australia</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://beamafilm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Beamafilm</strong></a> (free movies with library or university card)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/live/us" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Bloomberg TV</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.britishpathe.com/groups/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>British Pathe TV</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://watch.brollie.com.au/"><strong>Brollie</strong></a> (Australian movies and TV shows)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.classiccinemaonline.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Classic Cinema Online</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.crunchyroll.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Crunchyroll</strong></a> (Anime, Manga)</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://curiositystream.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CuriosityStream</a></strong> (documentaries, multi geo-location content)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Disney+</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://vc.docedge.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Doc Edge Virtual Cinema</strong></a> (documentaries)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.docplay.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Docplay</strong></a> (documentaries)</li>
<li><a href="https://dreamracer.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Dreamracer TV</strong></a> (sports documentaries)</li>
<li><a href="https://etv.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>ETV</strong></a> (Education, video learning, documentaries, TV)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.formula1.com/en/subscribe-to-f1-tv.html#en-NZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>F1 TV Pro</strong></a></li>
<li><span class="_f_message"><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://fawesome.tv/" target="_blank"><strong>Fawsome</strong></a> </span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.plus.fifa.com/en/?gl=nz"><strong>FIFA Plus</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://filmzie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Filmzie</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.france24.com/en/livefeed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>France 24</strong></a> (TV only)</li>
<li><a href="http://hustwit.vhx.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Gary Hustwit</strong></a> (documentaries: Helvetica, Urbanized, Objectified)</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://play.google.com/store/movies?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google Play Movies</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.heihei.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Heihei</a></strong> (Kids programmes, NZOnAir)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.hoopladigital.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Hoopla</strong></a> (with Library registration)</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.imdb.com/trailers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDB Trailers</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.archive.org/2012/08/07/over-1000000-torrents-of-downloadable-books-music-and-movies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Internet Archive</strong></a> (movies, music, books)</li>
<li><a href="https://iwonder.com/nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>iWonder</strong></a> (documentaries)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.kanopy.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Kanopy</strong></a> (free movies with library or university card)</li>
<li><a href="https://kino.studio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Kino</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.kungfury.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kungfury</a></strong> (full movie)</li>
<li><a href="https://gg.letsplay.live/watch"><strong>Letsplay.live</strong></a> (esports) </li>
<li><strong><a href="https://letterboxd.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Letterboxd</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://loadingdocs.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Loading Docs</strong></a> (New Zealand documentaries)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.magellantv.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Magellan TV</strong></a> (documentaries)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/"><strong>Māori+</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.mlb.com">MLB</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://mood.live/home"><strong>Mood Live</strong></a> (Juice TV)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.mubi.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Mubi</strong></a> (movies)</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://watch.nba.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA TV</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://nebula.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Nebula</strong></a> (documentaries)</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.neontv.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Neon</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.netflix.co.nz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Netflix</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://gamepass.nfl.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>NFL Game Pass</strong></a> </li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NHL</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://ondemand.nzfilm.co.nz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>NZ Film On Demand</strong></a> (NZ movies)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nzonscreen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>NZ On Screen</strong></a> (TV only)</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.openculture.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OpenCulture</a></strong> (movies)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/AboutParl/SeeHear/PTV/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Parliament TV</strong></a> (TV only)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.plex.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Plext TV</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.publicdomaintorrents.info/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Public Domain Torrents</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.redbull.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Redbull TV</a></strong></li>
<li><span class="_f_message"><a href="https://www.rtp.pt/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>RTP Rádio e Televisão de Portugal</strong></a><a rel="ugc noopener" href="https://www.rtp.pt/"></a> (live and on-demand, Portuguese)</span></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.shinetv.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ShinePlus</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://www.shudder.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Shudder</strong></a> (horror movies)</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.skygo.co.nz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SKY GO</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://www.skysportnow.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Sky Sport Now</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://sovietmoviesonline.com/"><strong>Soviet and Russian movies</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.streamingmusicals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Streaming Musicals</strong></a> (stage musicals)</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://thedailyshow.cc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Show with Trevor Noah</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://thoughtmaybe.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thought Maybe</a></strong> (incl <strong><a href="https://thoughtmaybe.com/citizenfour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Citizenfour</a></strong>)</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.toongoggles.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Toongoggles</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Top Documentary Films</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://tubitv.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Tubi TV</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://apac.tv5monde.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TV Monde</strong></a> (French, paid subscription)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.threenow.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TV3 On Demand</strong></a> (TV only)</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.tvbanywhere.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TVB Anywhere</a></strong> (Chiunese TV content)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.tvnz.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TVNZ On Demand</strong></a> (TV only)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.twitch.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Twitch</strong></a> (video games)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.viddsee.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Viddsee</strong></a> (short Asian movies)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.viki.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Viki</strong></a> (TV shows, movies)</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://wikiflix.toolforge.org/#/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WikiFlix</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://youtube.com/movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>YouTube Movies</strong></a> (movies only)</li>
<li><a href="https://yupptv.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Yupptv</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<p>The following services are available as add-on subscriptions on Amazon Prime Video:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>beIN Sports</strong></li>
<li><strong>CrunchyRoll</strong></li>
<li><strong>DocPlay</strong></li>
<li><strong>Hayu</strong></li>
<li><strong>wonder</strong></li>
<li><strong>Lionsgate+</strong></li>
<li><strong>Love Nature</strong></li>
<li><strong>MGM+</strong></li>
<li><strong>Mubi</strong></li>
<li><strong>OutTV</strong></li>
<li><strong>PlayKids</strong></li>
<li><strong>Rialto</strong></li>
<li><strong>Stingray</strong></li>
<li><strong>The Great Courses</strong></li>
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<p>This list does not include legal sites that require geo-restrictions being disabled (VPN or other methods) to work in New Zealand.</p>
<p>This list was originally published on <strong><a href="#INTERNAL_LINK#/post/null" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Geekzone</a></strong>.</p>
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        <title>Moving this blog to the edge</title>
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        <updated>2021-07-28T21:31:50+12:00</updated>
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                    For many years I have hosted this blog using my own software, a fork from the base blog software I run on Geekzone. Yesterday I decided to move the blog away from that platform and use a combination of Publii (a static site generator), Github Pages and Cloudflare Pages. After looking around for different static site generators (and there are many), I settled on Publii because it’s easy to install, configure and integrates well with the rest of the stack. Cloudflare Pages is a Jamstack architecture integrating Git workflows, build tools and pre-rendered content that is served directly from the&hellip;
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                <p>For many years I have hosted this blog using my own software, a fork from the base blog software I run on Geekzone.</p>
<p>Yesterday I decided to move the blog away from that platform and use a combination of <a href="https://getpublii.com/">Publii</a> (a static site generator), <a href="https://pages.github.com/">Github Pages</a> and <a href="https://pages.cloudflare.com/">Cloudflare Pages</a>.</p>
<p>After looking around for different static site generators (and there are many), I settled on Publii because it’s easy to install, configure and integrates well with the rest of the stack.</p>
<p>Cloudflare Pages is a Jamstack architecture integrating Git workflows, build tools and pre-rendered content that is served directly from the edge.</p>
<p>This mean the blog can be served independently from my server – actually completely let go of the web server, logic, database and more stuff I had on my collocated hardware.</p>
<p>This reduced the amount of time I need to spend maintaining my code, released server resources and reduced attack surface on that box.</p>
<p>All changes are made on my computer and stored locally. When I am happy with changes (settings, theme or new posts) I can just push the button to generate and synchronise a static version of the website to a private GitHub repo and from there wait a few seconds to have Cloudflare automatically build and deploy a new version of the static site to the network edges.</p>
<p>What’s more, this means the total cost to run a website is zero (limited by 500 builds per month on the Cloudflare side).</p>
<p>I made a decision to not migrate my old blog posts – the exception being only my <a href="#non-existing-post-with-id-1">Technology Disclosure</a>, where I list the products/devices I have been given by different companies on short- or long-term loan for reviews.</p>
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