Another Kiwi chick successfully hatched, Operation Nest Egg, Auckland Zoo Photo: Peter Young / Fisheye Films
In the last of his shows for NZ Music Month, Nick checks out brand new releases from across the country. Tracks include guitar trio from Alex Honey Boulton, and moody piano from Duncan Haynes, Elia Gaitau and Darren Pickering; and Jess Deacon fronts the NZSM Big Band in a new arrangement of Neil Finn's 'Better Be Home Soon'.
MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | Alex Honey Boulton | Minor Operation | Boulton | Honey | private | 03:03 |
| 2 | Alex Honey Boulton | Brief Encounter | Boulton | Honey | private | 04:23 |
| 3 | Darren Pickering | Simple Ballad | Pickering | Small Worlds Vol 1 | Rattle | 07:06 |
| 4 | NZSM Big Band ft Jess Deacon | Better Be Hone Soon | Finn | On Control | private | 04:03 |
| 5 | Duncan Haynes Trio | December Wood | Haynes | Live at Alex's | Live at Alex's | 05:15 |
| 6 | Elia Gaitau | Mr O.K. | Gaitau | New Dream | private | 05:04 |
| 7 | Rodger Fox Big Band | Magic What She Do | Dobbyn | Reimagined: the Rodger Fox Big Band plays Dave Dobbyn | private | 04:41 |
| 8 | Rodger Fox Big Band | Welcome Home | Dobbyn | Reimagined: the Rodger Fox Big Band plays Dave Dobbyn | private | 06:22 |
| 9 | Liam Ryan | Cosmic Lounge | Ryan | Woven Not Stranded | private | 06:03 |
