May is Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month, and we are excited to offer a series of three listening parties, featuring records from the National Library’s collections.

The records will be presented by experts who have written the book on the vinyl. Listeners will get to hear an introduction to the music, needle drops on the vinyl itself, and be able to ask questions about the music from the presenters afterwards.

In this first instalment of Analogue Aotearoa, Chris Bourke will introduce Poi E by the Patea Māori Club in our adventures on the wheels of steel. Tuesday 5th May, 6-7pm at the Alexander Turnbull Library, level 1, National Library.