NZHistory, New Zealand history online - music festivals
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enRock music festivals map 1970-2010
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><iframe src="http://maps.google.co.nz/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=100772887458220186279.00048a0cdbdc8b9c4edb2&t=p&ll=-40.21556,172.982161&spn=8.963733,7.76609&output=embed" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="490" height="500"></iframe><br />View <a style="color: #0000ff; text-align: left;" href="http://maps.google.co.nz/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=100772887458220186279.00048a0cdbdc8b9c4edb2&t=p&ll=-40.21556,172.982161&spn=8.963733,7.76609&source=embed">NZ Music Festivals</a> in a larger map, including index. You can also <a href="/files/documents/NZMusicFestivals.kml">view this map in Google Earth</a> (right click on link and save to your computer to launch).</p><p>This map shows the location of most rock music festivals held in New Zealand between 1970-2010. Please email us at [email protected] or leave a communnity contribution below this if you think we have missed something, or you are able to supply more accurate geo-location information.</p></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/styles/fullsize/public/images/big-day-out-2008-ticket.jpg?itok=4e54LGDn" width="500" height="268" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>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.</p>
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<p>Andy Palmer, 2008.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/styles/fullsize/public/images/brown-trout-festival.jpg?itok=ffUUFs_s" width="500" height="332" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Lynella Furby and her daughter, Rebecca, at what was to be the last Brown Trout music festival, held near Dannevirke from 23 to 25 January 1983.</p></div></div></div>
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<div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://natlib.govt.nz/">Alexander Turnbull Library</a><br /> Reference: EP/1983/0288/25-F <br /> Photographer: Ross Giblin<br /> Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.</p></div>
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<a href="/media/photo/housetruckers-brown-trout-festival"><img src="/files/styles/mini/public/images/brown-trout-festival.jpg?itok=1wdWOHTN" alt="Media file" /></a>Tents at the 1979 Nambassa festival
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<div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/styles/fullsize/public/images/nambassa-1979-tents.jpg?itok=s9KIhbsL" width="453" height="679" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Tents were standard accommodation for the more than 65,000 'Nambassadors' who attended the festival at Golden Valley, near Waihi, in January 1979.</p></div></div></div>
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<div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.natlib.govt.nz">Alexander Turnbull Library</a><br /> Reference: EP/1979/0382/34-F <br /> Photographer: Brett Richardson<br />Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.</p></div>
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<div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/styles/fullsize/public/images/nambassa-main-stage-1979.jpg?itok=dGYfExAF" width="500" height="399" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Negative Theatre perform on Nambassa's main stage in 1979. The three-day music, crafts and alternative lifestyles festival in Golden Valley, north of Waihi, attracted over 65,000 fans.</p>
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<p>Image: Nambassa Trust and Peter Terry, <a href="http://www.nambassa.com/">http://www.nambassa.com.</a> Sourced from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nambassa_1979_Main_Stage,_Negative_Theatre.jpg">Wikipedia</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/styles/fullsize/public/images/ngaruawahia-festival-headline.jpg?itok=Ony0GRaL" width="500" height="679" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Newspaper clippings:</p><p><a class="colorbox-load" title="This headline and article was accompanied by images of nude women at the festival" href="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-2.jpg" rel="great-ngaruawahia-festival"><img title="Newspaper article" src="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-2-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Newspaper article" width="120" height="90" /></a> <a class="colorbox-load" title="From NZ Herald 20 Dec 1972" href="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-4.jpg" rel="great-ngaruawahia-festival"> <img title="Newspaper article" src="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-4-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Newspaper article" /></a> <a class="colorbox-load" title="From the Dominion 6 Jan 1973" href="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-5.jpg" rel="great-ngaruawahia-festival"> <img title="Newspaper article" src="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-5-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Newspaper article" /></a> <a class="colorbox-load" title="From NZ Herald 8 Jan 1973" href="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-6.jpg" rel="great-ngaruawahia-festival"> <img title="Newspaper article" src="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-6-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Newspaper article" /></a> <a class="colorbox-load" title="From NZ Sunday Times 14 Jan 1973" href="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-7.jpg" rel="great-ngaruawahia-festival"> <img title="Newspaper article" src="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-7-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Newspaper article" /></a> <a class="colorbox-load" title="From NZ Sunday Times" href="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-3.jpg" rel="great-ngaruawahia-festival"> <img title="Newspaper article" src="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-3-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Newspaper article" /></a> <a class="colorbox-load" title="From Dominion 6 June 1975" href="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-8.jpg" rel="great-ngaruawahia-festival"> <img title="Newspaper article" src="/files/images/newspaper-great-ngaruawahia-picture-8-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Newspaper article" /></a></p><p>Newspapers and magazines were largely positive in their reporting of the 1973 Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival, although those of a tabloid bent tended to focus on the nudity rather than the festival itself. Other issues covered included the potential dangers of drug use and the eventual liquidation of the festival company.</p></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/styles/fullsize/public/images/mountain-rock-3.jpg?itok=ppXIw456" width="500" height="386" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The third Mountain Rock festival was held at Ballance, near Woodville, in 1994.</p>
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<p>WOMAD (World Of Music, Art and Dance) first appeared as a biennial event in Auckland in 1997. It ran there until 2003, then two years later successfully relocated to New Plymouth, where it is now an annual showcase.</p>
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