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New Zealand Music Month

A selection of New Zealand Music movies and ebooks and songs available online

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14 items

  • 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.
    Book, 2019New Zealand : Notable Pictures, 2019. — FILM
  • 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.
    Streaming Video, 2015[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015. — DIGITAL
  • In Love With These Times

    My Life With Flying Nun Records

    Shepherd, Roger, 1960-
    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.
    eBook, 2016Auckland : HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.
  • How Bizarre

    Pauly Fuemana and the Song That Stormed the World

    Grigg, Simon, 1955-
    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…
    eBook, 2016Wellington : Awa Press, 2016.
  • A Sharp Left Turn

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

    Chunn, Mike, 1952-
    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.
    eBook, 2019[Sydney] : Allen & Unwin, 2019. — DIGITAL
  • 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…
    eBook, 2018Oakville, Ont. : Mosaic Press, 2018.
  • Blue Smoke

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

    Bourke, Chris
    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…
    eBook, 2013Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2013.
  • 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.
    eBook, 2018Wellington, New Zealand : Awa Press, 2018. — DIGITAL
  • Tō Tātau Waka

    in Search of Māori Music (1958-1979)

    McLean, Mervyn, 1930-
    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).
    eBook, 2013Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2013.
  • Kiri

    Her Unsung Story

    Jenkins, Garry
    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.
    eBook, 2016Auckland : HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. — 782.1092 TE
  • 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.
    eBook, 2014Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2014.