The Beatles New Zealand Tour 1964

The Beatles in Christchurch. The Beatles play their final two concerts in Christchurch, and call New Zealand audience "tame" despite having eggs, jellybeans and marbles thrown at them. The following… Read more Audio

The Beatles in Dunedin. The Beatles play two concerts in Dunedin. The Police begin to take Beatlemania seriously as Lennon is injured by fans and a group of locals provide a decoy to enable the band… Read more Audio

The Beatles in Auckland. The Beatles play four concerts in Auckland City, attend a Mayoral Welcome, crowd control becomes a serious issue and schools are hit by mass absenteeism. A bomb threat delays… Read more Audio

The Beatles play their first four concerts in Wellington. Screaming overpowers the local sound system while hotel security is breached by a group of female fans. The group play the same set of songs… Read more Audio

The Beatles have landed! The Beatles arrive in Wellington on 21 June 1964. 7000 fans turn up at the airport. Ringo names his gift Tiki "Fred". The group make their famous appearance of the balcony of… Read more Audio

In Things We Said Today, music journalist Nick Bollinger talks to New Zealand songwriters Tim Finn, Lawrence Arabia and Princess Chelsea about the influence of The Beatles on their work, and the… Read more Audio