The music of New Zealand has been influenced by a number of traditions, including Māori music, the music introduced by European settlers during the nineteenth century, and a variety of styles imported during the twentieth century, including blues, jazz, country, rock and roll, reggae, and hip hop, with many of these genres given a unique New Zealand interpretation.
Māori culture group at the 1981 Nambassa festival.
Split Enz performing in June 2006
Lorde is one of the most internationally successful New Zealand artists
NZSO playing at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1985. Its founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Later band members included Finn's brother Tim who was in their former band together Split Enz, sons Liam and Elroy, as well as Americans Mark Hart and Matt Sherrod, with Neil Finn and Seymour being the sole constant members.
Crowded House, August 2007 (L–R) Liam Finn, Matt Sherrod, Mark Hart, Neil Finn, Nick Seymour
Crowded House, San Francisco, April 1987. L to R: Paul Hester, Neil Finn, Nick Seymour
The band at the Montreux Pop Festival, May 1988. L to R: Seymour, Finn, Hester
Multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart