My 10 favourite New Zealand songs, give or take three

Grant Harding wrote an editorial in my excellent local paper, the Wairarapa Times-Age, on Thursday marking the start of New Zealand Music Month. His reminiscences about the songs that had left a lasting impression on him reminded me that in an idle moment long ago, I began compiling a list of my own 10 favourite New Zealand records. I got only as far as seven, but for what it’s worth, here they are:

■ Tears (The Crocodiles)

■ Have You Heard a Man Cry (Corben Simpson)

■ E Ipo (Prince Tui Teka)

■ Outlook For Thursday (DD Smash)

■ Glad I’m Not A Kennedy (Shona Laing)

■ Time Makes A Wine (Ardijah)

■ I Hope I Never (Split Enz)

One of these days I might get around to deciding on the other three.