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Eric Kong

Jun 6, 2026

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Tell me about them.
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So one was during COVID, I started up a music management company with my uncle, DJ Shan.
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He runs Aotearoa DJ Academy over on Cuba Street, down the end here.
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And I created this platform which was to help young musicians and students get into the music industry.
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So I was training them up as DJs and then throwing them into bars like Lulu Bar, and Red Square, and Meow, and just putting them out there so that they could have an opportunity to play for a bigger crowd, and hopefully get noticed, then get taken somewhere else.
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So I've had a lot of quite well-run DJs that have gone on to play Sound Splash, and RNV, and all sorts, so it's-

9 MINS LATER

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... and how that all plays a part.

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