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Links - arts and literature

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  Recommended links relating to New Zealand arts, literature and music

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• Page 1 - Arts, literature and music linksRecommended links relating to New Zealand arts, literature and

New Zealand Music Month

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  New Zealand Music Month was developed to support the New Zealand music industry by creating a commercially successful platform for local performers. To mark New Zealand Music Month in 2007 we compiled 31 reasons to love New Zealand music.

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  What do Kiri Te Kanawa and 1970s punk legends Suburban Reptiles have in common? Both feature in the 31 daily stories celebrating New Zealand Music Month. It’s a rich mix

• Page 3 – Best New Zealand songs ever?

  In 2001, to celebrate 75 years of its existence, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) invited its members and an academy to vote for what they believed to be

• Page 4 – About New Zealand Music Month

  In 1995 New Zealand songs made up just 1.6% of the airplay on commercial radio. Campaigners began to urge the introduction of a quota system that would force commercial radio

The Beatles in New Zealand

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  When four young Liverpool musicians landed in Wellington on a lazy Sunday afternoon in June 1964, seven days of pandemonium erupted. Young New Zealanders flocked in their thousands to hear or just catch a glimpse of the famous 'Fab Four'.

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• Page 2 – Setting the scene

  The Beatles' 1964 tour occurred as New Zealand was undergoing a cultural shift, and many young people swapped their old image for the new 'mod' look.

• Page 3 – Wellington

  Seven thousand screaming fans waited as The Beatles touched down at Wellington airport on 21 June 1964. As the band stepped off the plane, the fans' shrieks drowned out the

• Page 4 – Auckland

  Auckland fans were as riotous as those in Wellington. The Beatles' music went almost unnoticed as everyone commented on the audience.

• Page 5 – South Island

  The Beatles' concerts in Dunedin on 26 June were some of the wildest of the New Zealand tour.

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  This web feature was written by Redmer Yska and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team. Links The Beatles official website The Beatles (Wikipedia)

Rock music festivals

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  After a hesitant beginning in the early 1970s, rock festivals hit their stride with Nambassa, Sweetwaters and a string of smaller events in the early 1980s. Following a period of decline, festivals are today as popular as ever with Laneway, WOMAD and others catering to a wide range of musical taste.

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• Page 2 – Beginnings

  The early rock music festivals held in Auckland and Ngaruawahia reflected the troubled emergence of teenagers as a distinctive group and economic force in the second half of

• Page 3 – Nambassa

  No-one predicted the success of the 1979 Nambassa Festival which drew over 65,000 fans.

• Page 4 – Sweetwaters and beyond

  Sweetwaters - Festival of Music, Culture and Technology. There was a lot to that new tagline. It had the future in it. A modernity echoed by the band line-up. Having come

• Page 5 – The lights go down

  From the late 1980s into the 1990s small scale and sharply focused rock music festivals would be the norm, though there were some notable exceptions

• Page 6 – Festivals galore

  As the new century dawned it was clear music festivals were now a viable and often long-running proposition. WOMAD, the Big Day Out and others continue to attract huge crowds

• Page 7 – Rock music festivals 1970-2010

  List of the main rock music festivals held in New Zealand from 1970-2010

• Page 8 – Further information

  Links and books relating to New Zealand's rock music festivals

Wellington cafe culture

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  Café culture has become integral to Wellington's identity. This culture began in the 1930s with the emergence of the milk bar, followed by coffee houses in the 1950s. After a period of decline in the 1960s and 70s, the city's café scene has grown in spectacular fashion over the last 20 years.

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• Page 5 - Music and cafe cultureEntertainment generally and music in particular have always been a part of the Wellington cafe scene.

Television in New Zealand

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  New Zealand’s first non-experimental television transmission went to air on 1 June 1960. To mark five decades of TV, in 2010 we presented five snapshots of Kiwi TV history. Explore pre-1960 experiments, TV news, music shows and modern election coverage - and discover how our own history has been showcased on the small screen.

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• Page 4 - Kiwi music shows on TVNew Zealanders can now view music videos over the internet or on music channels C4 and Juice TV. But after TV was introduced in 1960 several generations of New Zealanders kept up

US Forces in New Zealand

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  Seventy years ago, in June 1942, the first American soldiers landed on New Zealand soil, to begin an 'invasion' which would have a profound impact on both visitors and hosts over the next 18 months.

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  For many people of both nations the most memorable aspect of the American invasion was the home visits. Often these were arranged formally, with New Zealand families signing up

The 1960s

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  Five decades ago most Kiwis enjoyed a standard of living that was the envy of other nations. During the 1960s the arrival of TV and jet airliners shrank our world, and New Zealanders began to express themselves on a range of international issues, including opposition to the Vietnam War.

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• Page 11 - 1968 - key eventsA selection of the key events in New Zealand history from 1968