Prog rock group Airlord arrived in Australia in 1977 as an unknown New Zealand band. Originally formed in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1975 by guitarist…
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Born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 24 May 1950, Allison Anne Durbin joined New Zealand’s popular Uncle Tom’s Friendly Road Children’s Choir (a radio and…
Set in the early days of World War II and based on a true story, Australian actor Jack Thompson stars as Stanley Graham, a poor…
An Alien Investigation and Defence team are dispatched to hunt down some extra-terrestrial aliens who have depopulated a small town, using the humans as stock…
1 9 9 0 (New Zealand) 13 x 30 minute episodes This action-packed children’s drama from New Zealand introduced four street-smart kids – Mick (Anthony Samuels),…
1 9 8 1 – 1 9 8 6 (New Zealand) 36 x 30 minute episodes 1 9 9 0 (New Zealand) 26 x 30 minute…
1 9 6 7 – 1 9 6 9 (New Zealand) 30 minute episodes Debuting on 4 February 1967 and airing on Saturday nights, this…
As The Chicks, New Zealand sisters Judy Donaldson (born 1950) and Suzanne “Sue” Donaldson (born 1952) became a teenage pop sensation and one of the…
1 9 7 9 (New Zealand) 13 x 25 minute episodes Tom (Paul Airey) and his friends – Davie (Ian Narev), Hema (Ross Duzevich) and Kiri…
1 9 8 4 (New Zealand/UK) 6 x 25 minute episodes When budding 12-year-old astronomer Gretchen Kierney (Sarah Dunn) goes to stay at her uncle’s farm…
This New Zealand guitar-pop band was formed in 1980 by singer, guitarist and songwriter Martin Phillipps from the remains of a school punk group. For…
Neil Finn – a native of Te Awamutu, a small town in the volcanic region of New Zealand – decided to form what would become…
In a bid for independence, red-haired country girl Meg (Heather Bolton) moves from the New Zealand countryside to the city of Wellington, where she is…
Led by the highly respected singer/songwriter Dave Dobbyn, DD Smash was one of the most popular New Zealand bands of their era. Formed in 1981,…
In the 1960s, Dinah Lee was the most successful female singer in her New Zealand homeland (and “next-door” in Australia). Born Diane Jacobs, she began…
Iconic Maori singer Howard Morrison starred in this lighthearted, low-budget, poor cousin of A Hard Day’s Night (1964) from New Zealand. Howard invites drummer Gary…
Arriving in Australia from New Zealand in 1975, Dragon adopted a hard image that was somewhat at odds with their genius for creating classic Top…
Based on a popular long-running New Zealand comic strip by cartoonist Murray Ball, Footrot Flats showcases the kind of gentle laconic humour the Kiwis do…
Fred Dagg was actually New Zealand-born comedian and political satirist John Clarke, who appeared as Dagg on television always wearing a black singlet and gumboots.…
1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 3 (New Zealand) This weekly family-entertainment variety programme from NZBC was created as a mild-mannered replacement for C’mon…