NZ Herald and NZ On Air have given new life to a cartoon strip from the Herald’s now defunct music magazine Volume, taking it from paper to an animated web series called Hook Ups on the Herald website.
APN launched its weekly street-zine Volume on September 6, 2011 and started competing head-on with Groove Guide and a host of other online outlets. But the tough music/youth/pop culture media market has claimed another victim, because APN has decided to discontinue the print edition after just 33 issues—and on the first day of NZ Music Month.