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Auckland Town Hall
Auckland Town Hall is one of the city's architectural successes.
'Join together' song, 1974 Commonwealth Games
The 10th Commonwealth Games, held in Christchurch in January 1974, was an odd coupling of 1970s cosmic harmony and cut-throat competition. The song that caught the mood of this was Steve Allen’s ‘Join together’.
Rock music festivals map 1970-2010
Google map showing location of forty years of NZ rock music festivals
Tex Morton
Tex Morton was a Kiwi country and western singer, also known as the ‘Yodelling Boundary Rider’. A prolific songwriter and recorder, as well as hypnotist and whip-cracker, his pioneering style eventually led him to Hollywood, and the Australasian Country Music Awards Hands of Fame.
Tex Morton
Tex Morton was a Kiwi country and western singer, also known as the ‘Yodelling Boundary Rider’.
Frank Hofmann
Biography of photographer and musician Frank Hofmann
Mavis Rivers
Mavis Rivers was a notable cabaret and jazz singer, who attained success in Hollywood, where she recorded for major record labels
Mavis Rivers
Mavis Rivers was a notable cabaret and jazz singer, who attained success in Hollywood, where she recorded for major record labels
Douglas Lilburn
Douglas Lilburn was an influential composer and music teacher who inspired and promoted later generations of local composers.
Douglas Lilburn
Douglas Lilburn was an influential composer and music teacher who inspired and promoted later generations of local composers.
The Finns of Te Awamutu - roadside stories
Video about musicians Neil and Tim Finn - Te Awamutu's most famous sons.
Oswald Cheesman
Oswald Cheesman and the Kiwi Concert Party
Oswald Cheesman
Oswald Cheesman was a pioneer of music radio broadcasting who directed the Kiwi Concert Party in the Second World War before helping to establish New Zealand's first national orchestra.
Beatles programme from 1964
Pages from the Beatles programme for their tour of New Zealand in 1964
Rugby, racing and beer
Cover of Rod Derrett's classic 1965 record, Rugby, racing and beer.
Big Day Out ticket
Big Day Out ticket from the 2008 festival. Headline acts included Rage Against The Machine, Bjork, Arcade Fire, LCD Sound System, Dizzee Rascal and Carl Cox.
Housetruckers at Brown Trout festival
Housetrucking family at the 1983 Brown Trout music festival near Dannevirke
Tents at the 1979 Nambassa festival
Accommodation for some of the more than 65,000 people who attended the Nambassa festival at Golden Valley, near Waihi in January 1979
Main stage at the 1979 Nambassa festival
The colourful main stage and the 1979 Nambassa festival
Reporting the Ngaruawahia music festival
Newspapers and magazines were largely positive in their reporting of the 1973 Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival, although those of a tabloidbent tended to focus on the nudity rather than the festival itself.

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