Essential New Zealand Albums

Nick Bollinger presents picks from his book '100 Essential New Zealand Albums'.

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Aotearoa - Tihei Mauriora & He Waiata Mo Te Iwi

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Aotearoa - Tihei Mauriora & He Waiata Mo Te Iwi

Season 5 / Episode 1
For a band whose underlying mission was to address ideas about what this country could be, there could not have been a more apt name than Aotearoa. This Wellington band made just two albums: Tihei Mauriora and He Waiata Mo Te Iwi, released in 1985 and 1987, and which have since been combined on a single CD. In this episode Nick Bollinger talks to Aotearoa’s founder Ngahiwi Apanui and explores the background to these essesntial New Zealand albums.
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