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Across The Line
     sailor's memories 1830s
All Black Haka
      unity is strength 1500s
E Ihowa Atua
      Nat. Anthem, in Maori 1875
Apple Pickers' Ball
      end-of-harvest 1950s
Anzac Day Songs
      Honouring soldiers 1915
Ate a Weta
     wildfoods 1980s
Auckland to the Bluff
      sea shanty 1890s
Auntie Alice Brought...
      goodtime band 1960s
Aunty May
      a long-lost baby 1970s
Ballad of Captain Cook
      exploring NZ 1770s
Ballad of Sir Edmund Hillary
      born to climb 1960s
Barb Wire Annie
      rural mail lady 1910s
Battle of the Waikato
      jeering at Brit army 1860s
The Beautiful Coast Of NZ
      whalers 1840s
Big Bad Don
     All Black Don Clark 1960s
Big Bull Yank
      Wellington railway 1880s
Billy the Bus
      Stewart Is. identities 1990s
Black Matai
      a deer-culler's lament 1950s
Black River Mine
     mine disaster 2010
Black Swans
      gum-digging 1870s
Blood Red Roses
      whaling 1830s
Blue Smoke
      troopship dreams 1940s
Bobby with Name Suppression
      Rapist cop 1890s
Boers have got my Daddy
      Boer war 1900
Bright Fine Gold
      miner's wife 1860s
By the Dry Cardrona
      alcoholic's dream 1860s
The Call of the Bellbird
      ring ting-a-ling-a 1950s
The Cattle of New Orleans
      Bush's shame 2005
C'mon Kiwi
      social injustice 1980s
Charlie's Bash
      sly-grogging 1950s
Cheryl Moana Marie
     John Rowles' sister 1960
Chesdale Cheese
      tv jingle 1960s
Chocolate
      the best way up 1980s
Christmas songs
      our down-under 
The Close Shave
      gold-miner trickery 1860s
The Coleridge Run
      traction engine drivers 1913
Come All You Tonguers
      whalers cry 1830s
Crossing the Kaipara Bar
      'the graveyard' 1890s
Damn the Dam
      Save Lake Manapouri 1973
Davy Lowston
      stranded sealers 1810
Day the Pub Burned Down
      Save the beer! 1920s
Dead Red Robin
     Bain family massacre 1994
Don't Be Afraid of the Sky
      confronting dogma 1980s
Don't Dream It's Over
      hope in alienated world 1980s
Down in the Brunner Mine
      65 miners dead 1890s
Down on My Luck
      the great depresssion 1930s
Down the Hall on a Sat...
      rural dance hall 1940s
Down Trou
      student parody 1960s
The Dugout in the True/Matruh
      1910-40s
Dulcie and the Moa
      children's fable 1920s
The Dunstan
      urbanite's dream 1990s
The Dying Bushman/Shearer
      1930s
E Ipo
      Tui Teka love-song 1980s
E Papa Waiari
      stick game
E Pari Ra
      lament 1918
E Rere Taku Poi
      poi song
Epo I Tai Tai E
      He Puru Taitama 1940
Eel Song
      wading waistdeep! 1950s
Farewell to the Gold
      miner's angst 1860s
Farewell to the Gumfields
      bleak house 1890s
Ferdinand
      provincial rugby 1960s
Fiddlers Hill
      Dalmatians dancing 1890s
Fields Of The Gum
      old mates 1890s
Fishfinger song
      sea-shanty parody 1980s
French Letter
      Mururoa nuclear tests 1980s
Ghost Gulls Of Picton
     inter-island ferry 1980s
Gin & Raspberry
      gold-mining 1860s
God Defend New Zealand
     national anthem 1870s
Goodnight Ruby
      tired old soldier 1970s
The Great I AM
      Colin McCahon 1960s
Gumboot Song
      a Kiwi icon 1960s
Gutboard Blues
      freezing-worker 1960s
Hakaru Races
      painted pony scam 1900s
Hamilton
      provincial blues 1970s
He Puru Taitama
     
love song from Otaki 1910
Healing Sound of Water
      expat's dream 1990s
Hills of Coromandel
      nature's return 1960s
Hiwi the Kiwi
      kids' yucky song 1990s
Hoea Rä Te Waka Nei
      WW1 Canoe Poi 1917
Hine E Hine
      Goodnight Kiwi 1907
Hoki Hoki Tonu Mai
      'Come safely home' - 1917
Hungover Liver
      drinker's parody 1970s
I Got You
      Split Enz rock song 1980s
I Only Spoke Portuguese
      whaler's love 1830s
I've Been Everywhere
      all those towns! 1991
In My Little Whare
      whitebaiting 1970s
In The Tararua Ranges
      trampers 1940s
Invercargill
      lonely boy racer 1980s
Just One Little Number
      muso on the road 1980s
Ka Mate
      All Black haka 1810
Kauwara Gold
      chasing a dream 1860s
Kiwi Express
      Ch'ch to Dunedin 1950s
Ko Nga Waka
      regimental haka 1970s
Ko'rareka
      Whaler's R&R 1830s
Kowhai & the Tui
      NZ's national flower 1950s
Lady loader-Driver
    topdressing romance 1970s
Love in a Fowl House
      advice for teenager 1963
Mahurangi Regatta
      Old boaties 1880s
Matua Ned
     Stephen Foster made PC, 2000s
McKenzie
       the sheep-stealer 1860s
Märie Te Pö
      "Silent Night" 1880s
Maori Songs
      150 waiata
Me He Manu Rere
      'If I were a bird I'd fly" 1900s
Mihiwaka
      colonial wife 1860s
Minnie Dean
      Baby killer 1895
Mist on the Waikato
     Arthur Allan Thomas 1970
Momma Told Sally
      lewd marching song 1960s
Mum
      sung by sons overseas 1980s
My Old Man's an All Black
      racial protest 1960s
My Man's Gone Now
      on the swag 1930s
My Tractor
      Don't make it rain today! 1970s
 No Depression in New Zealand
      satirical anthem 1980s
Now is the Hour
      Po Atarau Maori Farewell" 1920s
New Zealand Christmas
       Nativity in back-blocks 1920s
Okaihau Express
      steam cream train 1930s
On The Ball
      bonds of rugby 1880s
One Day A Taniwha
      kids' song 1970s
One on a Tractor
       Fred Daggs Xmas carol 1960s
Opo the Dolphin
      Opononi by the sea 1956
The Orpheus
      ship wreck 1863
Our Homeland Aotearoa
      Tui in the Kowhai 1950s
Our Mates in Australia
     waterside strike 1951
Out to Otago
      Post-war migration 1960s
Packing My Things
      failed gold miner 1860s
Pania of the Reef
      Maori love song song 1950s
Peter Gray
      Bush-clearing contractor 1870s
The Philomena D.
      whaling cruise 1850s
Pillows of the Dead
      Tangiwai disaster 1953
Playground Chants
      skipping
Poi-E
      1984 hit song 1982
Pokarekare Ana
      "Oh, return to me" 1912
Postholes
      virtual rail freight 1984
Pot o' Gold
      Rainbow Warrior 1980s
Pretty Girl
      Hogsnort Rupert 1970
Proud to be a Kiwi
      standing strong 1990s
Pukeko in a Ponga Tree
      Maori Christmas 1980s
Puketapu
      Hanged for murder 1950s
Putting on the Squeeze
      rich b...s 1990s
Rainbird In the Tea-tree
      drover's hopes - 1930s
Right Wing Articulate Rebel
      ACT party song 1990s
River of Life
      independent woman 1980s
Rolling Wheels
      across the desert 1940s
Rugby, Racing & Beer
      pub culture 1960s
Russian Jack
      the last swagger 1950s
The Sands of the Nile
      Griping about Egypt 1940
Scrub and Blackberry
      Farm nostalgia 1981
Sea shanties
      songs of the sea
Seal Children
      Greenpeace 1980s
Send the Boats Away
      French nuclear tests 1980s
Shaky Isles
      seismic politics 1980s
She'll Be Right Mate
      real Kiwi joker 1960s
Small Town
      you pass through me 1990s
Soon May The Wellerman
      Shore whalers 1830s
Spider In The Bath
      arachnid's phobia 1980s
Stable Lad
      goldfields love 1870s
State House Song
      working class bliss 1950s
Suited-calloused-fragile-mystic
      James K Baxter 1970s
Super-Man
      aerial topdressing 1950s
Tahora (Don't Worry Mate)
     folk festival 1990s
Tarakihi, the Locust
      revived by Kiri ancient
Taumarunui
      on the Main Trunk Line 1950s
Taumata......
      longest placename 1960s
Tea at Te Kuiti
      puns about placenames 1960s
Te Harinui
      NZ Christmas 1958
Ten Guitars
      urban Maori singalong 1967
Te Kooti
      And he gets killed... 1870
Te Rina
      Terina Pomare 1974
The 'Terri' Song
      territorials 1970s
Thompson's Bus
      off to Mangamahu! 1940s
Tihori mai te Rangi
      Rain rain go away! 1980
Toia Mai Te Waka
      Haul the canoe!old
Tophouse Lament
      old pub closed 1976
Train Songs
      nostalgia and wrecks 1950s
Tramping Songs
      with billy and pack 1950s
Tuapeka Gold
      astute miner 1860s
Uhi Tai
      regimental haka 1970s
Under the Sun
      all men are equal 1964
Up the Mangapapa
      berko shearer 1940s
Waiata
      more Maori songs
Waiata Poi
      Mara Maori maiden brown 1904
We Don't Know How Lucky
      Fred Dagg irony 1960s
Whakaaria Mai
      How Great Thou Art 1980s
Whanganui - the H sounds fine
      2000s
The Wreck of the Old 2-2-7
      at Taihape 1930s

 

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