Chris Bourke Boeken

They left their Southern Lands,They sailed across the sea;They fought the Hun, they fought the TurkFor truth and liberty.Now Anzac Day has come to stay,And bring us sacred joyThough wooden crosses be swept away -We'll never forget our boys.- Jane Morison, `We'll never forget our boys', 1917Be 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 Zealand's experience of the First World War. In Good-Bye Maoriland, the acclaimed author of Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music introduces us the songs and sounds of World War I in order to take us deep inside the human experience of war.

Bringing to life the musical worlds of New Zealanders both at home and out on the town, this history chronicles the evolution of popular music in New Zealand during the 20th century. From the kiwi concert parties during World War I and the arrival of jazz to the rise of swing, country, the Hawaiian sound, and then rock’n’roll, this musical investigation brings to life the people, places, and sounds of a world that has disappeared and uncovers how music from the rest of the world was shaped by Maori and Pakeha New Zealanders into a melody, rhythm, and voice that made sense on these islands.

Jack O'Shea's best friend, Brady Collins, brother of Father Tony Collins, has gone missing. The day after Brady filed a missing person report with the police, he is found dead and, after the coronial enquiry, the verdict is death by suicide. But Jack just can't accept that his friend would commit suicide. He engages a private investigator, Christine Bouchard, and her business partner, Joe (who, in her words, is the most dangerous person on the planet), to investigate the circumstances surrounding Brady's death.Their investigation will take them to Boston where they discover another priest has been murdered in a most macabre manner, with 31 silver coins inserted into cuts in his body, one more coin than Judas betrayed Jesus Christ for 2000 years ago.Next, their investigation takes them to Italy; here they are drawn into a conspiracy involving the arcane world of the Holy Roman Catholic Church and modern science. Should the conspiracy come to fruition, it certainly would change the fortunes of the Holy Roman Catholic Church if not the course of history.