John Rowles
AudioCulture: Ike Metekingi & the Maori Show Bands
AudioCulture's Chris Bourke's helps a Kiwi pop pioneer get his moment in the spotlight. Ike Metekingi is as much a New Zealand trail-blazer as Inia Te Wiata, Split Enz and Lorde, but most of us have… Video, Audio
NZ Retro - The Year 1968
Our population was still under 3 million, and Kiwi Keith Holyoake was in his third term as Prime Minister. The opposition benches were led by Norman Kirk and Vernon Cracknell as the only member of our… Audio
Te Ahi Kaa for 9 December 2012
Becoming an All Black or a singer were the two career choices for John Rowles, who grew up in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. While his dad, a former Maori All black advocated rugby Rowles had other ideas… Audio
Eight Months to Mars - John Rowles
He first found fame in Australia where he was known as Ja Ar, but later reverted to his birth name. Next month he's to make one last, farewell tour of the country. But before that we're flying him to… Audio
John Rowles: Musical Chairs
The life and times of one of New Zealand's most internationally successful singers, John Rowles. He talks about being born with a "magical singing voice", shares some of the heady tales of life on the… Audio