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New Zealand Music Award For Album Of The Year
Album of the Year () is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand music artists for outstanding album. The award was first awarded in 1973 as part of the Recording Arts Talent Awards (RATA). Singer-songwriter Bic Runga has won the award twice, in 1998 and 2006, while singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn has won once as a solo artist in 1998 and twice with his band DD Smash in 1982 and 1983. The award is sponsored by NZ On Air. Recipients References

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''Runga'' is a genus of Polynesian Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. Species it contains five species, found on the Polynesia, Polynesian Islands: *''Runga akaroa'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand *''Runga flora'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand *''Runga moana'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand *''Runga nina'' Forster, 1990 (Type species, type) – New Zealand *''Runga raroa'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand See also * List of Physoglenidae species References

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Live At Mainstreet
''Live At Mainstreet'' is the 1983 album by the New Zealand band The Dance Exponents, recorded live at a May performance at the Mainstreet Cabaret for the ''Radio with Pictures'' TV show. The B side of the album has songs by The Legionnaires. The album charted at #3 and spent nine weeks on the New Zealand Album Chart. In May 2013, Universal Music re-released the six Dance Exponents tracks as a digital only ''Live At Mainstreet'' EP. Track listing Side 1 # "Airway Spies" # "Perfect Romance" # "My Date With You Was A Date With No One" # "All I Can Do" # "Gone Forever In Another Car" # "Poland" Side 2 # "I'm A Texan" (The Legionnaires) # "No Mystery" (The Legionnaires) # "Billy Bold" (The Legionnaires) # "Blue Lady" (The Legionnaires) Band members *Jordan Luck Jordan William Hunter Luck (born 15 October 1961) is the former lead singer and songwriter of the New Zealand rock band the Exponents. He was born in Vanderhoof in the province of British Columbia, Ca ...
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South (Shona Laing Album)
''South'' is a 1987/1988 album by New Zealand musician Shona Laing and her most commercially successful release to date. It was released twice; in 1987 as a worldwide release, and again in 1988 in the United States. Laing reprised four of the tracks from her 1985 album ''Genre'' (" (Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy", "The Migrant and Refugee", "Neat and Tidy" and "Day Trip" retitled as "Your Reputation") for the U.S. release of ''South'' (only "Kennedy" was included on the international release). Three singles from the album reached the charts in New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S.; "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy", "Drive Baby Drive" and "Soviet Snow". "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy" became the biggest hit of Laing's career, reaching number 2 in New Zealand and number 9 in Australia. The song also charted in the U.S. on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart at number 14, the first of two singles to chart in the U.S.; the other being "Soviet Snow" which reached number 32 on the Dance Club So ...
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Loyal (album)
''Loyal'' is a 1988 album by New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ... singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn. After the Footrot Flats album, Loyal moved him further away from the pub rock of DD Smash and into contemporary pop rock. The album "confronts love, loyalty and the power of personal politics." The album reached number 9 on the New Zealand music charts. The hit single " Slice of Heaven" from the Footrot Flats soundtrack was also included on the album, despite it being nearly two years old at the time of the album release. Dobbyn commented that the song fitted in with the general theme of loyalty. Track listing Charts Awards 'Loyal' was awarded 'Best Album' at the 1988 New Zealand Music Awards. Dobbyn was also awarded 'Best Male Vocalist' (for the sec ...
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Ardijah
Ardijah is a music group from Auckland, New Zealand, that formed in 1979. History Ardijah formed in 1979 and spent the early part of the eighties playing the Auckland pub and club scene honing their skills as a covers band. They released their first single in 1986, " Give Me Your Number" which was followed in 1987 with " Your Love Is Blind". A re-vamp of the 1st album came out in late 1988 titled '' Take a Chance''. From this came the singles " Watchin' U" and "Which Way Is Up". ''Take a Chance'' held a top 20 position on the sales charts for four months and achieved platinum status in New Zealand. In 1990, Betty-Anne (lead singer) and Ryan Monga (producer, musical director & bass) along with the band moved to Sydney, taking their sound throughout the pubs and clubs of Australia. In 1995, after an extensive touring schedule and some worldwide success with their song titled "Gimme Time" in the New Zealand film ''Once Were Warriors'', the band returned to New Zealand. In 1 ...
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The Dog's Tale (soundtrack)
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ...
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Sensitive To A Smile (album)
''Sensitive to a Smile'' is a 1987 album by New Zealand reggae band Herbs. It reached number 10 and spent 30 weeks in the New Zealand album chart and was awarded Album of the Year at the 1987 New Zealand Music Awards. The album included the four singles " Sensitive to a Smile", "Rust In Dust", "Listen" and "No Nukes (The Second Letter)", all of which charted. ''Sensitive to a Smile'' was re-released digitally in 2012 with extra tracks from Herbs' 1984 album ''Long Ago'' and their 1982 single "French Letter (A Letter To France)". The album was launched at Mangahanea marae in Ruatoria, as a gesture of unity to Ruatoria after it had seen conflict between local Rastafarian groups and the community, as well as arson attacks. The launch concert was filmed by director Lee Tamahori and became the basis of the music video for the first single " Sensitive to a Smile". Fred Faleauto and Dilworth Karaka first recorded a version of " E Papa" with the Pātea Māori Club who released it as a r ...
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Hallelujah All The Way Home
''Hallelujah All the Way Home'' is the debut album by New Zealand group, The Verlaines. First released in 1985 by Flying Nun Records, it was re-released by Homestead Records Homestead Records was a Long Island, New York–based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading that operated from 1983 to 1996. While the record label was renowned for releasing work of artists such as Sonic Youth, Big Black, a ... in 1989. Track listing All songs written by Graeme Downes. #"It Was Raining" #"All Laid On" #"The Lady and the Lizard" #"Don't Send me Away" #"Lying in State" #"Phil Too?" #"For the Love of Ash Grey" #"The Ballad of Harry Noryb" Chart positions Reception 1985 debut albums The Verlaines albums Homestead Records albums Flying Nun Records albums {{1980s-punk-album-stub ...
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The Verlaines
The Verlaines are a New Zealand rock band from Dunedin. Formed in 1981 by Graeme Downes, Craig Easton, Anita Pillai, Phillip Higham and Greg Kerr, the band went through multiple line-ups. Formed at the beginning of Dunedin sound, The Verlaines were a key figure in the early history of Flying Nun Records. History The band was named after French poet Paul Verlaine — not, as is occasionally suggested, Tom Verlaine, who also took his stage name from the poet. "I had just been reading some of his poetry," Downes told Paul A. Harris in 1993, "and threw the name at the head of the row, and we thought it sounded cool." Their recorded debut was on the seminal ''Dunedin Double (EP), Dunedin Double'' EP, which was released by Flying Nun Records and was the debut of several bands who would go on to be central to the mythology of the Dunedin sound. The Verlaines are noted for their angular, "difficult" song structures, wordy and downbeat lyrics, unusual subject matter, all contained in ...
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Peking Man (band)
Peking Man were a 1980s New Zealand new wave band made up of Margaret Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ... and Pat Urlich, Tim Calder, Perry Marshall, Jan Foulkes, Neville Hall, John Fearon and Jay F-bula. The band had a number of hits in their homeland. Discography Studio albums Singles Awards References External links Room That Echoes music video New Zealand on Screen Peking Man New Zealand on Screen {{Authority control APRA Award winners New Zealand pop music groups New Zealand new wave musical groups Musical groups established in 1985 Musical groups disestablished in 1988 1985 establishments in New Zealand 1988 disestablishments in New Zealand ...
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Shona Laing
Shona Laing (born 9 October 1955) is a New Zealand musician. She was raised in Eastbourne, a suburb of Lower Hutt, and was a student at Hutt Valley High School when her musical talents first came to public notice. Laing had several folk hits in her native country and in the 1980s became internationally popular for her alternative music, most notably " (Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy" and "Soviet Snow" which was based on the Chernobyl disaster. Various alternative radio stations in the US such as WLIR played songs from her "South" album and she became internationally known. Laing contributed to Manfred Mann's Earth Band album '' Somewhere in Afrika'' and contributed music to, and appeared in, the 1985 action film '' Shaker Run''. Musical career Laing first came to prominence in 1972 as a 17-year-old schoolgirl, coming runner-up in the television talent show '' New Faces'' with her song "1905". She signed a recording contract with Phonogram. Her first two singles, "1905" and "Sho ...
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Netherworld Dancing Toys
Netherworld Dancing Toys, often simply known as The NDTs, was a New Zealand band from Dunedin formed in 1982. In 1985, their single "For Today" reached number 3 in the New Zealand singles chart. History The group formed at the University of Otago. The band members included Malcolm Black, Nick Sampson, Graham Cockroft, Brent Alexander and later Annie Crummer and Kim Willoughby. The original brass section was composed of Otago students including Alistair Perry, Matthew Trbuhovic and former chief information officer for NSW health Michael Rillstone (Mick Rillstone). The band's name is from a Roxy Music song "Spin Me Round" from their ''Manifesto'' album: "A nether world dancing toy/I'm wired for sound..." . The band drew full houses frequently at Dunedin venues, notably the Captain Cook and Oriental Taverns, and were a popular student dance band. Musical influences were varied ranging from Dexy's Midnight Runners-styled brassy new soul, to classic Motown and ska. The band quick ...
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