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ExQUIZite New Zealand Music Month

Celebrate New Zealand Music Month this May with this edition's quiz

A quiz that highlights New Zealand music in all its forms. There are 5 rounds, with a total of 25 points up for grabs. (You'll find the answers later in this issue)

Māori Music

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  1. What is the name of the song from 1982, sung in Te Reo Maori which reached #1 in New Zealand charts every decade since its release?
  2. What is the title of the album, released in 2019, which is a compilation of New Zealand artists re-recorded hit songs from English to Māori language?
  3. In Kapa Haka, what is the name of the facial expression that serves as a challenge, typically displayed at the end of a Haka?
  4. In 1999, singer and songwriter Hinewehi Mohi stood in front of 70,000 people at a 1999 Rugby World Cup pool stage match in Twickenham and sang the New Zealand national anthem. Why was her performance controversial?
  5. What was the name of the song, released in 2014, sung by Stan Walker and featuring Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika for te Wiki o te Reo Māori?

NZ Music Awards

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  1. The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously called the New Zealand Music Awards) have been presented annually since what year?
  2. How many Aotearoa Music Awards has the Wellington rock band Shihad won?
  3. The Pacific Music Awards were first awarded in what year?
  4. Who was the first New Zealander to win a Grammy in 1984?
  5. What is the stage name of award winning New Zealand artist Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor?

Match the Lyric

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Match the lyric to the song title and artist.

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Music Festivals

  1. In which year did the Nambassa hippie-conceived music festival host 60,000 people- making it the largest music festival held in New Zealand?
    a. 1975
    b. 1990
    c. 1979
    d. 2005
  2. Which Dunedin-based festival is taking place on the 1st, 15th, and 29th-31st of this month?
  3. Big Day Out, an annual music festival in Auckland since 1994, is held in which stadium?
  4. What is the name of the infamous rock festival, held at Ngāruawāhia on the Waikato River January 1973, which Black Sabbath performed at?
  5. Which annual music festival takes place over New Years in the Cardrona Valley near Wanaka, New Zealand?

Dunedin Music

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  1. What is the name for music created by a collective of bands from Dunedin, New Zealand beginning in the early 1980s?
  2. Singer-songwriter Martin Phillipps formed which iconic Dunedin band in 1980 after the demise of his punk rock band, The Same?
    a. The Enemy
    b. The Chills
    c. The Clean
    d. The Frozen
  3. Which Christchurch-based record label achieved national recognition by becoming the label of emerging music from Dunedin?
  4. Which popular New Zealand band was formed in Dunedin, having met while attending the University of Otago?
  5. Which Dunedin-based radio station hosts the show The Library Mix on Saturdays at 1pm? 

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