We're nearly halfway through New Zealand music month, and Wellington Mornings' look back on the greatest Kiwi songs ever released continues. 

This week; what was the first New Zealand number one single entirely in te reo Māori? And what was the first number one from a female artist?

Also, our music man James Irwin takes a look back at the TV shows of old that celebrated Kiwi music. 

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