List of New Zealand musicians explained

This is a list of New Zealand musicians of any genre.

See also the categories:

• New Zealand musical groups
• New Zealand musicians
• New Zealand songwriters

0-9

• 1814
• 3 The Hard Way – hip-hop band; "Hip Hop Holiday" (1994) reached #1^[1]
• The 3Ds
• 48May
• 8 Foot Sativa

A

• Aaradhna
• Able Tasmans
• Chris Abrahams
• Richard Adams
• Adeaze
• Rudy Adrian
• Age Pryor
• The Fan Club
• Alien Weaponry
• Steve Allen
• Anderson and Wise
• Annah Mac
• Antagonist A.D.
• Ardijah
• Atlas
• Autozamm
• Avalanche City

B

• Bailter Space
• Bang Bang Eche
• Christopher Banks
• The Bats
• Beastwars
• Daniel Bedingfield
• Benee
• Betchadupa
• The Beths
• Carly Binding
• Birchville Cat Motel
• Bird Nest Roys
• Black River Drive
• The Black Seeds
• Blacklistt
• Ginny Blackmore – singer, songwriter
• Blam Blam Blam
• Bleeders
• Blerta
• Blindspott
• Jack Body – composer
• Kevin Borich
• Boyband
• John Christopher Bradshaw
• Graham Brazier
• Breaks Co-Op
• Breathe
• Jonathan Bree
• Bressa Creeting Cake
• Bridgette Allen
• Broods
• The Brunettes
• Rosina Buckman – opera singer
• Richard James Burgess – drummer
• Bulldogs Allstar Goodtime Band

C

• The Cakekitchen
• Edwin Carr
• Shayne Carter
• Cassandra's Ears
• Che Fu
• The Checks
• The Chicks
• The Chills
• Clap Clap Riot
• Jemaine Clement – member of folk/pop/comedy duo Flight of the Conchords
• Darcy Clay
• The Clean
• Chanel Cole
• Coconut Rough
• Confessor
• Ray Columbus – Invaders singer, TV presenter
• Concord Dawn
• Ashley Cooper
• Crowded House
• Annie Crummer
• Cut Off Your Hands

D

• The D4
• David Dallas
• Maria Dallas
• Dam Native
• Dance Exponents
• The Datsuns
• Mark de Clive-Lowe
• Julia Deans
• Delaney Davidson
• Dawn of Azazel
• DD Smash
• Leo De Castro
• The Dead C
• Dead Famous People
• Deep Obsession
• Dei Hamo
• Deja Voodoo
• Demoniac
• Devilskin
• Johnny Devlin
• Lynette Diaz
• Die! Die! Die!
• Dimmer
• Bill Direen (Bilderine)
• Disasteradio
• DLT (Darryl Thomson)
• Dave Dobbyn – singer, songwriter
• The DoubleHappys
• Graeme Downes
• Dr Kevorkian & the Suicide Machine
• Dragon
  • Drax Project Dribbling Darts
• Brooke Duff
• The Dukes

E

• Electric Confectionaires
• Elemeno P
• The Enemy
• The Enright House
• Evermore
• The Exponents
• Eye TV

F

• Andrew Fagan
• The Fan Club
• David Farquhar – composer
• Fast Crew
• Fat Freddy's Drop
• Annabel Fay
• Fazerdaze
• The Feelers
• Liam Finn
• Neil Finn – singer, songwriter
• Tim Finn – singer, songwriter
• Flight of the Conchords
• Fly My Pretties
• Foamy Ed
• The Fourmyula
• Brooke Fraser
• Fred Dagg (John Clarke)
• From Scratch
• The Front Lawn
• Frontline
• Ruby Frost
• Fur Patrol
• Futurians

G

• Garageland
• Steve Gilpin
• Golden Harvest
• Goldenhorse
• Goodnight Nurse
• Goodshirt
• GST

H

• Nathan Haines
• Ria Hall
• Mika Haka
• Hallelujah Picassos
• Joan Hammond – violinist, soprano
• Hammond Gamble
• John Hanlon
• Aldous Harding
• Headband
• Headless Chickens
• Hello Sailor
• Jan Hellriegel
• George D. Henderson
• Herbs
• Herriot Row
• Hieronymus Bosch
• High Dependency Unit
• Head Like A Hole
• Hogsnort Rupert
• Paul Holmes
• Home Brew
• Calum Hood – from Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer
• Horomona Horo
• House of Downtown
• House of Shem
• Howard Morrison Quartet
• Fanny Howie
• Al Hunter
• Marc Hunter – singer (moved to Australia)
• Human
• Human Instinct
• Luke Hurley

I

• I Am Giant
• In Dread Response
• Ivy Lies

J

• J.Williams (Joshua Williams) – singer, dancer
• Jakob
• Billy T. James
• Mitch James
• Jean-Paul Sartre Experience
• Peter Jefferies
• Jennie – singer and member of Blackpink (lived in New Zealand for some years)
• Greg Johnson

K

• K'Lee
• K.One
• Katchafire
• KERI
• Kerretta
• Kids of 88
• Kidz in Space
• Alphonso Keil
• Eliza Keil
• Freddie Keil
• Herma Keil
• Olaf Keil
• David Kilgour
• Kimbra
• Kimo
• Ken Kincaid
• King Kapisi
• Knightshade
• The Knobz
• Chris Knox
• Kora
• Kraus

L

• L.A.B.
• The La De Da's
• Ladi6
• Ladyhawke
• Shona Laing
• Larry's Rebels
• Dinah Lee
• Like A Storm
• Douglas Lilburn – composer, educator
• Jody Lloyd
• Look Blue Go Purple
• Lorde
• Eddie Low
• Low Profile
• Jordan Luck
• Luger Boa
• Ben Lummis
• Bruce Lynch
• Suzanne Lynch

M

• Tim Maddren
• Malvina Major – opera singer
• Moana Maree Maniapoto
• Midge Marsden
• Dennis Marsh
• Elizabeth Marvelly
• Massad
• Renee Maurice- singer musical playwright
• Ma-V-Elle
• Ricky May
• Dave McArtney
• Jamie McDell
• John McGough
• Bret McKenzie – member of folk/pop/comedy duo Flight of the Conchords
• Ryan McPhun and the Ruby Suns
• Merekotia Amohau
• Max Merritt
• Bruno Merz
• Metal Fusion
• Midnight Youth
• The Midnights
• Mild Orange
• Minuit
• The Mint Chicks
• Mi-Sex
• Misfits of Science
• Anika Moa
• Moana and the Moahunters (also known as Moana and the Tribe)
  • Connan Mockasin The Mockers
• Monte Video and the Cassettes
• Roy Montgomery
• Willy Moon
• Moorhouse
• Jenny Morris – singer, songwriter
• Sir Howard Morrison – entertainer
• Mother Goose
• Motocade
• Mt Eden (formerly Mt Eden Dubstep)
• Mumsdollar
• Muroki
• Michael Murphy
• Warwick Murray
• The Mutton Birds

N

• The Naked and Famous
• The Narcs
• Nash Chase
• Oscar Natzka – opera singer
• Tami Neilson
• Nesian Mystik
• Netherworld Dancing Toys
• Ngaire
• Mike Nock
• Nocturnal Projections
• Nurture

O

• OMC
• Sharon O'Neill
• Simon O'Neill – opera singer
• Openside
• Opensouls
• Opshop

P

• Pacifier – See Shihad
• Emma Paki
• Parachute Band
• Rosy Parlane
• Parmentier
• Pātea Māori Club
• Suzanne Paul
• Payola
• Peking Man
• Abe Phillips
• The Phoenix Foundation
• Pitch Black
• Pluto
• P-Money
• The Politicians
• Pop Mechanix
• Peter Posa
• Suzanne Prentice
• Anita Prime
• Dalvanius Prime
• Prince Tui Teka
• Princess Chelsea
• The Puddle
• Push Push

R

• The Rabble
• The Radars
• John Rae (musician)
• Randa
• Rapture Ruckus
• Nadia Reid
• The Renderers
• Jordan Reyne
• Don Richardson
• The Rising Stars
• Dean Roberts
• Rosé – singer and member of Blackpink (was born and lived in New Zealand until at the age of 7)
• John Rowles – singer
• Rubicon
• The Ruby Suns
• Mike Rudd
• Dane Rumble
• The Rumour
• Bic Runga
• Bruce Russell

S

• Salmonella Dub
• Satellite Spies
• Savage
• Screaming Meemees
• Craig Scott
• Scribe
• The Shadracks
• Shapeshifter
• Rhian Sheehan
• Shihad – Also known as Pacifier
• Shocking Pinks
• Shoes This High
• The Simple Image
• Sinate
• Sisters Underground
• Six60
• SJD
• Skallander
• The Skeptics
• Slim
• Smashproof
• Snapper
• Sneaky Feelings
• Southside of Bombay
• Space Waltz
• Spacifix
• Split Enz
• Nigel Stanford
• Stellar*
• The Stereo Bus
• Steriogram
• Frankie Stevens
• Jon Stevens
• Straitjacket Fits
• Strawpeople
• Suburban Reptiles
• Superette
• Supergroove
• Surf City
• The Swingers

T

• Tiki Taane
• Tadpole
• Tahuna Breaks
• Tall Dwarfs
• Dame Kiri Te Kanawa – opera singer
• Inia Te Wiata – opera singer
• Th' Dudes
• This Kind of Punishment
• The Tigers
• Tiny Ruins
• Benny Tipene
• Aaron Tokona (Also known as AHoriBuzz)
• Tomorrow People
• Jon Toogood – lead singer of the band Shihad
• Topp Twins
• Toy Love
• TrinityRoots
• TrueBliss
• Truth
• The Tutts
• Two Lane Blacktop

U

• Ulcerate
• Unity Pacific
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• Upper Hutt Posse
• Keith Urban – singer
• Margaret Urlich

V

• Rosita Vai
• Peter van der Fluit
• The Veils
• The Verlaines
• Villainy
• Voom

W

• Miho Wada – jazz flautist and saxophonist, founder of Miho's Jazz Orchestra
• Stan Walker
• Bunny Walters
• Dean Wareham – singer and guitarist with Galaxie 500, Luna and Dean & Britta
• The Warratahs
• Darren Watson
• Waves
• Hayley Westenra – singer
• Weta
• When the Cat's Away
• Annie Whittle
• Gin Wigmore
• Pere Wihongi
• Marlon Williams
• Pixie Williams – singer
• Martin Winch – guitarist
• Working With Walt
• Dion Workman
• Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos

Y

• The Yandall Sisters
• Yulia
• Yumi Zouma

Z

• Zed
• Zowie

Notes and References

1. https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=3+The+Hard+Way&titel=Hip+Hop+Holiday&cat=s charts.org.nz – 3 The Hard Way – Hip Hop Holiday