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New Zealand Music Month
Find 31 reasons to love New Zealand music through text, images, sound and video. more...
New Zealand Book Month
Kiwis love books. To celebrate New Zealand Book Month, we have come up with 30 reasons to love New Zealand books and writing. Check back each day in September for a new story about books, writers and their work. more...
The Beatles in New Zealand
Revolution in the form of four young Liverpool musicians hit New Zealand for a seven-day tour in June 1964. For some New Zealanders, it was the moment the 1960s began in earnest. more...
Making of New Zealand literature
Discover how and why New Zealand literature burst into flower in the middle of the 20th century. more...
