Song Navigator – Details, episodes & analysis

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Song Navigator

RNZ

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Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 4

Crisscrossing music styles from pop songs to symphonies, haka to hip-hop, each episode takes a theme and explores how New Zealand songwriters and composers have interpreted it over the past century.

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Heroes and Villians

Season 1 · Episode 3

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 • Duration 28:20

Every country has its heroes and villains. Who are ours? What can our songs tell us about them – and ourselves? Featuring songs by Trillion, the Howard Morrison Quartet, Dudley Benson, Helen Henderson, and Sven Olsen’s Brutal Canadian Love Saga. Interviews with songwriters Helen Henderson and Nigel Beckford.

Podcast made with the support of APRA NZ, celebrating a century of NZ songwriting.

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On the Land

Season 1 · Episode 2

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 • Duration 26:53

The land means different things to different songwriters. In this episode we hear songs about rivers, mountains, famous streets, and the spirit of the land itself. Songs by The Warratahs, Anthonie Tonnon, Te Kaahu and the New Zealand Youth Choir, plus interview with composer Tuirina Wehi.

Podcast made with the support of APRA NZ, celebrating a century of NZ songwriting.

Episode image credit: Robin Morrison, Angel at Ahipara, 1992, courtesy of {Suite} Gallery the Robin Morrison Estate

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Utopian Dreams

Season 1 · Episode 1

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 • Duration 22:40

Aotearoa has a long history of people arriving in search of a better life. This episode examines songs inspired by utopian dreams. Featuring songs by OMC, Dave Dobbyn, The Kini Quartet, and Crowded House, plus an interview with Ryan Raggett.

Podcast made with the support of APRA NZ, celebrating a century of NZ songwriting.

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Introducing: Song Navigator

Season 1

Monday, August 31, 2026 • Duration 01:51

Join Nick Bollinger as he takes an elemental New Zealand theme and examines the ways different songwriters and composers have interpreted it over the past century. Part music discovery, part social history, Song Navigator crisscrosses decades and styles from pop songs to symphonies, haka to hip-hop and more.

Podcast made with the support of APRA NZ, celebrating a century of NZ songwriting.

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