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The Mutton Birds, 'Dominion Road', 1992

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The Mutton Birds, led by singer and songwriter Don McGlashan, formed in 1991. Their first single was 'Dominion Road', a story of one man's suffering and ultimate salvation as he rebuilds his life in a halfway house halfway down Auckland's Dominion Road. 

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Chris Bourke, Popular music – The rise of New Zealand music, 1990s to 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/42665/the-mutton-birds-dominion-road-1992 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Chris Bourke, i tāngia i te 16 September 2013.