Story: Recording companies and studios

More links and websites

• AudioCulture

  AudioCulture bills itself as ‘the noisy library of New Zealand music’ and contains a growing collection of videos, sound files, writing and images relating to New Zealand music.

• Independent Music NZ

  This non-profit trade association acts as the voice for independent record labels and distributors in New Zealand.

• Recorded Music NZ

  This is the website of the industry representation and licensing organisation for recording artists and their labels.

• SOUNZ

  SOUNZ’s mission is to champion local music by collecting and curating it, and connecting audiences with it.

More suggestions and sources

• Bourke, Chris. Blue smoke: the lost dawn of New Zealand popular music, 1918–1964. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2010.

• Staff, Bryan, and Sheran Ashley. For the record: a history of the recording industry in New Zealand. Auckland: David Bateman, 2002.