Good-Bye Maoriland : The Songs and Sounds of New Zealand-s Great War

Be it Tipperary or Pokarekare, the morning reveille or the bugle's last post, concert parties at the front or patriotic songs at home, music was central to New Zealands experience of the First World War.

In Good-Bye Maoriland, the acclaimed author of Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand PopularMusic introduces us to the songs and sounds of World War I in order to take us deep inside the human experience of war.

"Chris Bourke's Good-bye Maoriland is an impeccably researched account of the influence of music in World War I from military bands and concert parties to Maori music and patriotic song writing. Profusely illustrated and highly readable, it will attract anyone interested in war and the cultural history of New Zealand" , Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Christopher Pugsley.