Story: Popular music
Page 13. All images & media
From page 1 -Origins of New Zealand popular music
From page 2 -Early settlers, 18th and early 19th centuries
From page 3 -Shows, musical groups and songwriting, 1860s–1910s
From page 4 -Recorded music, radio and dance music, 1900s to 1930s
From page 5 -Wartime music and early recording, 1930s and 1940s
From page 6 -New recordings and genres, early 1950s
From page 7 -Rock ’n’ roll and the Howard Morrison Quartet
From page 8 -New sounds, late 1950s and 1960s
From page 9 -Pop-music scene, 1970s and 1980s
From page 10 -Māori and Pacific music, 1980s and 1990s
From page 11 -The rise of New Zealand music, 1990s to 2000s
How to cite this page
Chris Bourke, Popular music, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/229471/media (accessed 25 November 2025).
Story by Chris Bourke, published 9 October 2014.