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• The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps

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  This intimate portrait follows the eccentric Martin as he reconciles a lifetime’s worth of curious collections, looks back on a catalogue of heavenly pop hits and reclaims his place in the iconic Flying Nun and Dunedin sound.

• The Pa Boys

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  An energetic, uplifitng road movie capturing the best of New Zealand's culture, beauty, talent and music, whilst exploring themes of identity, friendship and discovering your roots.

• In Love With These Times

  My Life With Flying Nun Records

  Shepherd, Roger, 1960-

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  A personal memoir by the founder of the Flying Nun record label based originally in Christchurch, describing the development of the label and the artists and bands associated with it.

• How Bizarre

  Pauly Fuemana and the Song That Stormed the World

  Grigg, Simon, 1955-

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  A single song catapulted 26-year-old Pauly Fuemana from the mean streets of South Auckland to global fame, and more money than he'd ever dreamt of. But behind OMC's huge international hit "How Bizarre" and its singer lurked a darker story, fully…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sharp Left Turn

  Notes on a Life in Music, From Split Enz to Play It Strange

  Chunn, Mike, 1952-

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  A rollercoaster yarn about Mike Chunn's years in the ground-breaking band Split Enz, but also the powerful story of how he dealt with a crippling mental health issue and went on to become one of our most influential music identities.

• Time Flowing Backwards

  a Memoir

  Jefferies, Graeme

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  The fascinating and revealing story of Graeme Jefferies--one of the most inventive and influential musicians to emerge from New Zealand's vibrant independent music scene in the 1980s. This memoir spans over three decades of Jefferies' career spent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blue Smoke

  the Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music, 1918-1964

  Bourke, Chris

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  In Blue Smoke, Chris Bourke recovers the lost dawn of New Zealand popular music in the 20th Century. Bourke brings to life the musical worlds of New Zealanders at home (buying sheet music from Beggs, listening to the radio, learning 'the twist') and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Goneville

  a Memoir

  Bollinger, Nick, 1958-

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  Goneville is at once a coming-of-age memoir and an intimate look at the evolving music scene in 1970s New Zealand. It show how this music intersected - sometimes violently - with the prevailing culture, in which real men played rugby, not rock.

• Kiri

  Maori songs

  Te Kanawa, Kiri. 1944-

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• Tō Tātau Waka

  in Search of Māori Music (1958-1979)

  McLean, Mervyn, 1930-

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  In the engrossing book To Tatua Waka, a leading ethnomusicologist, Mervyn McLean, tells the story of his fieldwork recording waiata and other traditional Maori songs over a span of more than twenty years (1958-79).

• Kiri

  Her Unsung Story

  Jenkins, Garry

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  The biography of Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the most well-known and well-loved personalities in music, revealing for the first time the dramatic story of her origins, career and marital life.

• Making New Zealand's Pop Renaissance

  State, Markets, Musicians

  Scott, Michael, 1971-

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  Since the early 2000s New Zealand has undergone a pop renaissance. Domestic artists' sales, airplay and concert attendance have all grown dramatically while new avenues for 'kiwi' pop exports emerged.

• I Need a Storm

  Jones, Paul Ubana

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• The Gristle of Knuckles

  De Castro-Robinson, Eve, 1956-

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