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August 2025 I have just made this home page open a lot faster by changing the images to the much smaller .webp format. Alas, these don't open on old browsers. My apologies. Email me, John Archer


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        that ran away 
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Counter, started Jan 2024





TOP KIWI SONGS

LATEST BALLADS

LATEST WAIATA

TOP MAORI SONGS



Wellerman

offshore whaling epic


Pillows of The Dead

The Tangiwai disaster


Lonely Lonely Blues
an old party singalong


The Gumboot Song
Fred Dagg


Our Homeland Aotearoa


She'll Be Right Mate

  Don't worry mate!


Chesdale Cheese
it's cheddar, made better


Dance, dance, dance
to my
Ten Guitars

Don't Dream
It's Over


Damn the Dam

cried the fantail

Blue Smoke
goes drifting by

Taumarunui OTMTL

took me on as fireman

Love in a Fowlhouse

with a pretty little hen

Minnie Dean

baby farmer

Spider in the Bath

marooned spider

Gin & Raspberry

Cardrona gold mine







A Woman of
a Certain Age



Expressly Refreshed

a cuppa & a pie


King Dick

a huge black tusker


September n Ohakune

Oh what a thrill!


This Woolshed!

a rotten disgrace


The Old Bruce Road

Whakapapa bliss


Going dn to Gorlem

anti-nuclear action


The Gravedigger's Lament

The Peavey Song

C&W for Simcha Delft

Blood Red Roses
a fake halyard shanty

The Talking Dog

marry in haste, and...

Tank Yank from
the West Bank

Five For a Bob
an old rabbiter's son

Half-way down
Dominion Road


The Late Great
Planet Earth


Me & Convoy 22
protest at the Beehive
 




He Waiora Te Wai U

let's reduce SUDIs


He Honore He Kororia

revised webpage


Mangumangu Taipō

defiant ngeri of Pirihaha


Nga Hoe o te Waka

children's song


E Rima Nga Manu

children's song


Arohatia



Taku Mokopuna

hug my energetic wee one


Aunty Dovey's Songs

sung by everybody

Isa Lei

Farewell to Paradise

Fa'ama'i

1918 Samoan pandemic

He Aka Kei Taku Uma

young new Maori MP

He Korōria
Ratana's core principles

Toi Tu Te Hoe !
steering the Aotea

Tofa My Feleni

Farewell to rescued sailors

Ko Uhia Mai

the Black Ferns' haka

Pinepine Te Kura

healing with seafood



Tutira Mai Nga Iwi

line up all together


Pokarekare Ana

WW1 soldier's song


Purea Nei

Fly O free spirit !


E Te Iwi E

the land is shaking


Tiaho Mai Ra

a light in the dark


Whakaaria Mai

Sir Howard Morrison


Ka Pioioi

Welcome home


Tai Aroha

love is a bubbling spring

He Kakano Ahau

I'm a seed from Rangiatea

Whakataka Te Hau
Hopeful kakakia

E Minaka Ana

learn to speak Maori!


He Honore He Karoria

sung at powhiri

Toia Mai Te Waka Nei

support the Treaty

Hoki Mai e Tama Ma

returning warriors

Paikea

waverider

Ka Waiata ki a Maria

the sacredness of women


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