Exploring the world of NZ On Air music video funding

I’ve set myself the challenge of watching every music video made as part of NZ On Air's $5000 music video funding scheme from 1991 to 2011.
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Missing videos from October 1995

Missing videos from October 1995

After Bailter Space‘s triumphant video for “Splat” and with the band’s fanboy following, it is surprising that the “Retro” video isn’t online. Perhaps it’s the song’s title, voted down by people searching for the Love Shack video. “So Low” was a track off Dead Flowers‘ third album, and by this stage they were ruling the...
Missing videos for August 1995

Missing videos for August 1995

There’s a Barry Saunders song called “Little Things”. I can’t even figure out what album it was on. It’s so… little. Another sweet Emma Paki song, but “Don’t Give It Up” is another one that’s not as beloved as “System Virtue” and so misses out on being digitised. Another of Ermehn‘s early tracks is “Nuttin...
Missing videos from June 1995

Missing videos from June 1995

YouTube user annjoel1 reports that the video to Ermehn‘s single “Walls of Steel” featured Tha Feelstyle and King Kapisi before they were famous. Commenter Dean reports that this video shoot can be seen in the background of Dam Native’s “Horrified One” video (and vice versa). The googles turned up an Italian punk band called Fun...
Sulata "Never"

Sulata “Never”

There was something odd with this video and I couldn’t work out what. Then suddenly I realised – there are only two close-ups of Sulata. Most of the video is a wide show of Suluta and her band – a double-bassist, drummer and oboe player. And it’s an awkward wide shot. The oboe player doesn’t...