Tahuna Breaks is a funk/reggae/roots band from New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, formed in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 in January 2005, by school friends Tim Gemmell and James Winkle. The band got its name from its first practice space on Tahuna Street in Auckland.

As of 2009, Tahuna Breaks have released two albums, Reflections, and Black Brown & White. Elsewhere called Black Brown & White "beautifully crafted, well written", "but... too much of something-for-everyone."

In May 2009, the band toured New South Wales

New South Wales

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 and Queensland

Queensland

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