Top Half - Rip it Up

This story from regional news show Top Half celebrates the tenth birthday of music magazine Rip It Up. Aucklanders Murray Cammick and Alastair Dougal published the first copy in 1977 (just as punk hit the mainstream). By 1987 the free magazine had hit a circulation peak of 100,000 copies per month, its writers covering and reviewing local and international rock and pop music. Reporter Dylan Taite introduces the story with a 'Stayin' Alive' pavement strut to the 1956 Little Richard song that gave the magazine its name. Publisher Murray Cammick reflects on the mag becoming an established player in the Kiwi music scene.

Still listening to Anne Murray, John?

– Natalie Brunt questions the taste of co-presenter John Hawkesby

Key Cast & Crew

Natalie Chetkovich (née Brunt)

Presenter

John Hawkesby

Presenter

Chris Bourke

Subject

Murray Cammick

Subject

Dylan Taite

Reporter