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Pre-European
life
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Toi Tu Te Hoe! (steering
toward Aotearoa) - Tua
Tua Koi Ranginui (a storm at
sea) - Te Matuku i Hea? (guard
birds) - He
Tangi te Kiwi (portaging)
- Ruia Ruia (godwits)
- Taku Toki
(greenstone) -
Turou Whakataha (psychotherapy)
- Pinepine Te Kura
(medical training) - Kaore
Mohukihuki (desire)
- Nga Tai o Kawhia (farewell
to paradise)
- He Aha Ra Te
Manu (psychotherapy)
- Kai Tangata
(warfare)
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Sealing,
Whaling
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Po!
Po!
- Davy
Lowston - Blood
Red Roses
- Come
All You Tonguers -
Beautiful Coast
of NZ
- Ko'rareka
- Soon
May the Wellerman Come - I
Only Spoke Portuguese - Across
The Line -
The Philomena D -
Seal Children - O'Brien and The Whale
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Gold
mining
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Gin
& Raspberry - Bright
Fine Gold - By
the Dry Cardrona - Farewell
to the Gold
- Hills
of Coromandel - Kauwara
Gold - Stable Lad -
Packing My Things - The
Close Shave - Looking
for the Yeller -Digger's
Farewell
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Colonial
land wars
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E
Pa Te Hau - He Kau Ra
- Hine E Hine - Hoea
Ra Nga Waka - Ra
Ana Te Whenua -
Battle of the Waikato
- E Tu Stand
Proud - Jackie's
Song
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| Maori
King Movement |
Turongo
-
Tui
Tuia -
He
Kau Ra -
E Noho E Rata/Ata/Tuheihia |
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Te
Kooti
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Kaore
Hoki Te Manukanuka - Takato
Rawa Iho (modified)
- Pinepine
Te Kura (modified)
- Military Reports
- Engari Te
Titi - Hunting
Te Kooti
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| Gum
digging |
Farewell
to the Gumfields - Black
Swans - Apple
Pickers' Ball -
The Old
Gum-diggers' Bar - Bohemian
Polka
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Back-country
settlers
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Dulcie
and the Moa - MacKenzie
- The Talking Dog -
Hakaru Races -
Mihiwaka - Stable
Lad - Scrub
and Blackberry
- Rainbird
In the Tea-tree - Barb
Wire Annie - Down
the Hall on a Saturday Night - Eel
Song - Russian
Jack
- The
Lost Chinaman - The
Waipu Settlers -
Mail Coach Line - Bert's
Biplane
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Coastal
sailing
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Tua
Tua Koi Ranginui -
Toia
Mai Te Waka - He
Tangi te Kiwi - Ngahuru's
Lament for his Waka - The
Ship the Buffalo - The
Orpheus
-
Auckland
to the Bluff - 65-ton
Hooker - The Rena
- Crossing
the Kaipara Bar - Mahurangi
Regatta - Matangi
- Ghost
Gulls Of Picton - Fishfinger
song |
World
War One
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I
Runga o Nga Puke -
Promises to Keep -
Hoea Ra Te Waka Nei - Te
Ope Tuatahi - Tipirere
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Hoki Hoki - Pokarekare
Ana -
In Memoriam -
Karangatia Ra - Rua
Kenana - Knitting
-
The Kid from Timaru
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| Alcohol
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Pounamu
Rama Nei - Poropeihana
- The Shanty by the
Way - The
Day the Pub Burned Down
- By the Dry
Cardrona - Charlie's
Bash - Dominion
Road
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| Sir
Apirana Ngata |
Karangatia
Ra - Kia
ora ra koutou - Te
Kirimi - Poropeihana
- Te Ope Tuatahi |
| Hunting
- fishing |
In
My Little Whare - Eel
Song - Black
Matai - Ka Ru
Ka Ru -
She'll Be Right Mate - Five
for a Bob - Te Manu
Titi -
Fishfinger song |
1930s
Depression
Swaggers |
My
Man's Gone Now - Mihiwaka
- Down on My Luck -
Sergeant Small -
Long and Friendly
Road - Walking
on My Feet
- My Man's Gone Now -
Russian Jack |
Coal
mining &
Drilling for Gas
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Down
in the Brunner Mine - Run
to the Brunner - Coaltown
Blues - Black
River Mine - Hard
Oil
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Politics,
protest songs
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He
Kau Ra - Kaore
Hoki Taku Manukanuka - Hitara
Waha Huka - Poropeihana
- Shaky Isles - My
Old Man's an All Black - Damn
the Dam - Pureora - E
Tu Stand Proud
- Hoea
Ra Nga Waka - Under
the Sun - Our
Mates in Australia -
Right
Wing Articulate Rebel - No
Depression in New New Zealand -
Send the Boats Away - Trickle
Down - Me and
Convoy 22 |
Train
& plane travel
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Big
Bull Yank - Okaihau
Express - My Man's
Gone Now - Kiwi Express
- The Hole in the Hill
- Pillows of the Dead
- Taumarunui - The
Wreck of the Old 2-2-7 -
The Rimutaka Line - The
T.T. Line - Fairlie
Flyer - Postholes - Sergeant
Small - Bert's
Biplane - The
Coleridge Run
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Animals
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Paikea
- Ruia Ruia - Kaore
Hoki Taku Manukanuka - Tahora
Nui - Ki Ko Ki Ko
- Spider In The Bath
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Remember Young Opo - Pelorus
Jack - Tangaroa
Whakamautai -
Love
in a Fowlhouse
- Dulcie and
the Moa - Tarakihi
the Locust - Tihori
mai te Rangi - Pukeko
in a Ponga Tree - One
Day a Taniwha
- Purerehua
- Hiwi the Kiwi
- Sticky Beak
the Kiwi - Damn
the Dam - Ate a
Weta - Five
for a Bob - Te
Manu Titi -
Opo the Dolphin
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Sheep
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The
Life of a High-country Shepherd - McKenzie's
Ghost - The Old
Mackenzie Trail
- Up
the Mangapapa - Gutboard
Blues
- Scourer
From Mataura -
Wartime Knitting
- The Peavey Song
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Farming
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Apple
Pickers' Ball
- This Woolshed!
- Rainbird
In the Tea-tree - Te
Kirimi - Gumboot Song
- Thompson's Bus - Super
Man - Lady loader-Driver
- My Tractor - Postholes
- Puketapu - Mist
on the Waikato -
Black Billy
Tea - Big Yellow Paddock of
Gorse-
Fixin'
To Drown (Cyclone
Gabrielle) -
The Talking Dog |
Personalities
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Captain
Cook - Jock McKenzie
- Richard 'King Dick'
Seddon -
Minnie Dean - Rima
Wakarua - Bert
Mercer - Ngarimu VC
-
Sir Edmund
Hillary - Opo - Sir
Walter Nash - Don Clark
- Norman Kirk
-
Arthur
Thomas
- A
Gravedigger's Lament
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World
War Two
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Now
is the Hour - The
Dugout in Matruh - E
Te Hokowhitu A Tu - Au,
E Ihu - Arohaina Mai
- Kiwi Weka -
Maori Battalion - Blue
Smoke - Matangi -
Hitara Waha Huka - The
Sands of the Nile - Kiwi
Weka - Rolling
Wheels (More
to be added - Saida Bint - Dear Mr Fraser) |
| Urban
drift |
Matangi
- Isa Lei - She'll
Be Right Mate - Ten
Guitars - Poi-E - State
House Song - Kia
Kaha Nga Iwi - Working
for the Roads Board |
| Pasifika |
Isa
Lei - Tofa My
Felini - Ka Rū Ka Rū
- Si'i
Lili Viola - Fa'ama'i
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Rugby
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On
The Ball - Ei
Takari Mai - Ko Niu
Tireni - Rugby, Racing &
Beer - Big
Bad Don - Ka
Mate Ka Mate
- My
Old Man's an All Black - She'll
Be Right Mate - Ferdinand
- Kapa o Pango - Black
Ferns haka |
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Tramping
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In
the Tararua Ranges - No
Boots at All - A
Fast Pair of Skis - No
More Double-Bunking
- The
Marathon Song - On
the Slopes of Mt Alpha - The
Terror of the Teraneek -
Black Billy Tea
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| Post-war
emigration |
Now
is the Hour - Out to
Otago - Matangi - Oh
Mum |
Courtship,
young love
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Si'i
Lili Viola -
Pretty Girl - Ara!
Ka Titiro - Love
in a Fowlhouse -
He Puru Taitama - I
Only Spoke Portuguese
- Kotiro
Maori - Pakete
Whero - Te
Piriti - Mum
- Pokarekare
Ana Kiwi
Weka - Matua
Whangai - Minnie Dean
- Rainbird in the Teatree - Kaore
Hoki Koia Te Rangi Nei - Poia
Atu Taku Poi
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| Lost
love, babies |
Black
Matai - Lonely
Lonely Blues - Minnie
Dean - Taumarunui
- Invercargill
- Hamilton
-
Puketapu
-
By
the Dry Cardrona -
Aunty May |
| Protests |
He
Kau Ra - Poropeihana
-
French Letter -
Send the Boats Away -
Merry Minuet - How High's the Vai
Tinana? -
Me & Convoy 22
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| Grieving |
Tiaho
Mai Ra - He Wawata -
Te Tai o Kawhia - Hine
E Hine - Ho-ki Hoki
- Rimurimu - Pillows
of the Dead |
| Anzac
Day |
God
Defend New Zealand - Goodnight
Ruby - In Memoriam
- Promises to Keep
- Kiwi Weka |
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Hymns
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Au,
e Ihu - E Te
Hokowhitu A Tu - E
Te Tamaiti - E
Toru Nga Mea - Koutou
Katoa Ra - Marie
Te Po
- Tama
Ngakau Marie - Whakaaria
Mai - Aio ki
te Aorangi |
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Towns
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Nga
Tai o Kawhia - I've
Been Everywhere Man - Hamilton - Tea
at Te Kuiti - Taumarunui
-
Invercargill - Billy
the Bus (Stewart
Is)
- Scourer
From Mataura
- The Kid From Timaru |
Recitations
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The
Day the Pub Burned Down - Postholes
- Geraldine
The Kiwi Express - The
Hole in the Hill -
The
Lost Chinaman
The Coleridge Run
-
O'Brien & the
Whale - The Kid
From Timaru
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| Epidemics |
E
Timu Ra Koe (Tb
epidemic)
The Railwayman's Daughter -
Tofa My Feleni - (1918
flu)
Soon
May the Needleman Come (2020s
covid pandemic) |
Accidents
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Ngahuru's
Lament for his Canoe - Eel
Song
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Get
Our Alive - The
Wreck of the Old 2-2-7 |
| Disasters
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The
Wreck of the Rena -
Black River Mine
- Level Two & Rising -
Fixin'
To Drown (Cyclone
Gabrielle) |
| Crimes |
Minnie
Dean - Walter Bolton
- Arthur Allan
Thomas - Robin
Bain - Clint
Rickards
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Matariki,
Christmas
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Nga
Tamariki o Matariki - To Aroha, Matariki
- Pukeko in a Punga
Tree - Upside
Down Christmas - Te
Harinui - Sticky
Beak the Kiwi
- Marie Te Po - Kiwiana
Christmas - Christmas
Begins With You - One
on a Tractor - Jersey
Cow Came Mooing - The
Southern Cross Looks Down |
Global
Warming
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Merry
Minuet - How
High's the Vai, Tinaana? - The
Canary Song - Fixin'
To Die Rag - God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - We
Don't need Another Hero -
Level Two & Rising - The
Late Great Planet Earth
- Fixin'
To Drown (Cyclone
Gabrielle) |