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Lilburn Lecture 2023: Unknown Country: Listening for the Sound of Aotearoa New Zealand - Nick Bollinger
Award-winning writer, musician, and broadcaster Nick Bollinger delves into diverse corners of Aotearoa's musical past and present to investigate what it is that differentiates New Zealand pop music… Video, Audio
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Whanganui cat rescued from tree after two-weeks marooned
A Whanganui moggie has used up one of its nine lives after being rescued from a Phoenix palm in Goneville where it's been stuck for about two weeks.
Rio was plucked from the tree this morning after a… Audio
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Nick Bollinger: the rise and fall of counterculture in Aotearoa
Music writer and reviewer Nick Bollinger traces through a somewhat turbulent time in our past with new book Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of Counterculture in New Zealand Aotearoa. Video, Audio, Gallery
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Nine great music books to read during lockdown
The RNZ Music team present their favourite music books for your isolation reading pleasure!
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Goneville Ep 9
Audio 9 Apr 2020The constant touring, lack of income and trials of a life on the road begin to take their toll on Nick and the other band members. Audio
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Goneville Ep 8
Audio 8 Apr 2020Rough Justice have been building their audience and polishing their act while other Kiwi bands are playing bigger venues and finding success. But a change is just around the corner which will shake-up… Audio
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Goneville Ep 7
Audio 7 Apr 2020Life as a musician on the road in a rock band is short on glamour, long on hard work ... and there is next to no chance of making a dollar. Audio
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Goneville Ep 6
Audio 6 Apr 2020Nick finds himself out on the road with Rick Bryant's band Rough Justice - which proves to be an eye-opening experience! Audio
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Goneville Ep 5
Audio 3 Apr 2020Nick gets a 'phone call. It sets him on a path to an exciting but uncertain future. Audio
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Goneville Ep 4
Audio 2 Apr 2020School ends for Nick, he leaves home, gets a flat and follows the beat. Life however throws up some sobering shocks and forces him to grow up fast. Audio
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Goneville Ep 3
Audio 1 Apr 2020Nick takes us back to the 1970's as he is lured deeper into the world of rock'n'roll. Audio
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Goneville Ep 1
Audio 30 Mar 2020Nick Bollinger, who could be described as a music obsessive, or more charitably perhaps as a devotee, has been living and breathing music his whole life. Audio
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Nick Bollinger on Rick Bryant and Arthur Baysting
Nick Bollinger remembers blue eyed soul man, raconteur Rick Bryant and poet, songwriter, screenwriter and stand up Arthur Baysting, both of whom died earlier this week. Nick and Yadana Saw reflect… Audio
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Blue-eyed counter-culture soul man Rick Bryant has died
Rick Bryant's 50 year career in local bands such as The Jive Bombers, Rough Justice, The Neighbours, BLERTA, Mammal, and the Jubilation Choir stands as a testament to the US soul, R&B and gospel… Video
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The best music books of 2016: a rock’n’roll reading list
With summer holidays ahead, Nick Bollinger and Kiran Dass recommend eleven recent music books worth keeping beside your hammock.
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Nick Bollinger on his memoir 'Goneville'
Nick Bollinger is a writer, musician, record producer and host of RNZ’s The Sampler. His new memoir Goneville is both a coming of age story and an insiders take on the 1970s New Zealand music scene. Audio, Gallery
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Goneville - a new music memoir by Nick Bollinger (extract)
Music journalist Nick Bollinger's memoir Goneville is out today. Read this exclusive extract while listening to the never-before-available song which inspired this chapter. Audio, Gallery
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Nick Bollinger - Goneville
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Music Books 2015 with Nick Bollinger
Writer, broadcaster, musician and record producer who was awarded the 2015 Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing at Victoria University of Wellington for Goneville, his music memoir about the… Audio
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