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The Quin Tikis

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The Quin Tikis

The Quin Tikis were a 1960s Māori rock-and-roll show band. Formed in Rotorua in 1961, they went on to Auckland before arriving in Australia in 1964. In Sydney they had innumerable changes of personnel as various musicians came and went.

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Carl Walrond, Māori overseas – Emigration to Australia, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4163/the-quin-tikis (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 March 2009.