"O young James Cook was a sailor bold..." June 2004
"I must be off to the isles of the south to observe the transit of Venus " The Ballad of Captain Cook

"A soldier's statue stands..." April 2004
Three new songs for Anzac Day.
In Memoriam - Promises to Keep - Goodnight Ruby

Whale Rider Nov 2003
"Whakakau Paikea. Hei!", the action song about the legendary Maori voyager, Paikea.

"Tutira Mai Nga Iwi" Sept 2003
At a time when Americans capitalists and Islamic fundamentalists are hell-bent on destroying each other, the unifying message of this song has become significant. - Tutira Mai

"Pokarekare ana
I was smoking marijuana..." September 2003
Schoolyard songs are keeping up with the times
- Playground Rhymes

"Pretty Girl... August 2003
...Can I take you home, On a bright and sunny morning? Hogsnort Rupert's bouncy goodtime song from 1970. Pretty Girl - MP3
Why not form your own skiffle band and sing songs like this? Hints.

  Johnny ate a weta..." July 2003
a wildfoods song for kiwi children - Ate a Weta

"Haere Mai!" June 2003
Maori greeting chants and songs.
I've assembled about five versions here -
Haere mai
Karanga mp3 - Ngata mp3 - Cara mp3 - Inia mp3

"Maori Battalion march to glory..." Anzac Day 2003
We salute World War II's legendary warriors.
Maori Battalion - midi

"He couldn't find no work..." April 2003
50,000 New Zealand men were forced onto the roads in the 1930s Depression - My Man's Gone Now - mp3

Soon may the Wellerman come
Weller Brothers supplied NZ shore whalers with "...sugar, tea and rum" in the 1830s.- Soon May The Wellerman Come - midi

Come where duty calls! March 2003
This 1917 canoe poi was a heart-breaking song of support for Kiwi troops in the trenches of France. - Hoea Ra - midi

Lemmi Sticks? Mar 2003
Girl Scouts of the USA, please don't refer to our Tïtï Törea song E Papä Waiari, or to your Native American Slahal gambling game chants, as "lemmi stick tunes" - E Papa & Slahal, get them right!

Big Bad Don Jan 2003
We mourn the passing of All Black Don Clarke, "The Boot," who died recently.
- Big Bad Don - mp3

Haere ra, Dalvanius Oct
Dalvanius Prime, whose hit song Poi-E gave hope to Patea people, has passed away. - Dalvanius's life - Poi-E - mp3

Fiddler's Hill Oct
19th century Bohemian settlers at Puhoi had a passion for dancing up on Fiddler's hill - midi - mp3

Spider in the Bath Sept
I'm down beside the plughole and I can't get out... - music score - midi

Minnie Dean Sept
They hanged Southland's baby farmer - music score - midi

Opo the "crazy" dolphin August
Or was the boatie who killed her the crazy one? - Opo the Friendly Dolphin - Remember young Opo - Pelorus Jack - midi.

Leaking at the seams June
Sea-shanty about an Auckland sailor's stormy voyage. - Auckland to the Bluff - midi.

- Also NZ folk song quiz