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Te Papa - Maori Showbands

Te Papa’s first ever, online exhibition – a wealth of information on a distinctly NZ musical phenomenon.

  • Contents Screen

    Contents Screen

    There are 3 main sections to the Showbands site.

  • Archive Footage

    Archive Footage

    The site contains hundreds of amazing photographs and videos, many of them from the private collections of the people who were there.

  • Showbands Parade

    Showbands Parade

    Within the site was a gallery of some of the important people in the Showbands scene.

  • Timeline

    Timeline

    Users can flip through a timeline of Showbands history.

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The Project:

During the 1950’s a musical phenomenon emerged from the small Pacific nation of New Zealand. Blending elements from popular entertainment as well as traditional Maori culture, a generation of multi-talented singers and musicians developed a unique musical style that spread throughout the world. The Maori Showband was born and continued for over twenty years.

Taking the visitor on a journey from 50’s New Zealand through to the present day, The Maori Showbands site is an immersive experience, using video, audio, archive imagery and interactivity to tell the Showband stories. A fantastic amount of content was sourced from members of the bands, their recollections and photographs, and the end result was a uniquely New Zealand site – bilingual of course.

Built in Flash, with the content being served via XML, the site is available in both Maori and English, and was highly commended in the 2006 Best Design Awards in the Interactive Media & Website Design category.

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