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Righto, 10 New Zealand songs whose craft has inspired me. So, in no particular order aside from the first one, here we go. -- Yes, We'll Leave Th...
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Ross Cunningham interviews Moana Maniapoto
There's something about Moana Maniapoto's music that keeps me coming back. I first heard it in the late 1980s, and have been happily listening to t...
