I am thinking of moving to New Zealand and wonder if any soulies know if there is much of a soul scene there? Will probably be near Wellington if I go. Any views?

I am thinking of moving to New Zealand and wonder if any soulies know if there is much of a soul scene there? Will probably be near Wellington if I go. Any views?

Whatever it aint gonna' be as good as here........wellington....probberly play boots anyway good lukc tho'.

Whatever it aint gonna' be as good as here........wellington....probberly play boots anyway good lukc tho'.

Cheers Ken! My mate went there for 2 years and came back, thought it was crap, so may have to tell the wife it's a no go!

MY best mate lives out there ,he loves to fight,infact the culture he moved to suites him down to the tee,last i heard he was flirting with becoming a mongrell [new zealands most feared street gang!!!]heD welcome you with open arms [then put you i a heaD lock lol

BAZ A

MY best mate lives out there ,he loves to fight,infact the culture he moved to suites him down to the tee,last i heard he was flirting with becoming a mongrell [new zealands most feared street gang!!!]heD welcome you with open arms [then put you i a heaD lock lol

BAZ A

Sounds like I would have liked it when I was 17 then! Now I'm 45 and hate the outdoors it's probably not for me!

I am thinking of moving to New Zealand and wonder if any soulies know if there is much of a soul scene there? Will probably be near Wellington if I go. Any views?

I don't think there much there, even in the conurbations. My mate moved there a couple of years ago and has only been interested into Northern recently, but seems to be even finding difficulty getting northern comp Cds!

quote from a email from last week

"How is the Northern Soul DVD thing coming on, we are all desperate for some soul down here

in the southern ocean. It is very difficult to get here, though I have bought a few through ebay,

which is a bit hit and miss, I have been lucky with hits mainly, The In Crowd and Connoisseurs

Vol 1&2. Do you have any recommendations for other compilation CDs? I like tracks like

Tony Clarke's Landslide, The Originals Suspicion and The Excitors Blowing up my mind".

G,day Cobber check https://www.northernsoul.co.nz

the scene is small but some quality soulies live there. I emigrated 21 yrs ago & u can always go back not many do best john in sunny Brisbane 22c & winter

Whatever it aint gonna' be as good as here........wellington....probberly play boots anyway good lukc tho'.

Top sound is The Lord Of The Ringleaders .......

Seriously , I would love to visit NZ : good luck .............

Malc Burton

Been itching to reply to this, only took 24hrs to get activated.

I lived in Wellington for 20 years. I also presented a Soul program on Radio Active (student radio station) for close on 10 years.

Wellington as most of NZ is Soulless. But you don't moved to NZ for the music, rather the life-style. The Reggae scene isn't too bad in Wellington, my mate from London is involved in a lot of gigs. When it comes to NS or rare groove it just isn't happening.

Oz has a respectable number of NS followers (all ex-pats), I heard there was one couple just outside Wellington who occasionally fly over.

There is a boss record shop in Cuba Street called slow boat, you will occasionally pick up some hard to find vinyl at very cheap prices. Also you could spend days going through Real Groovy records in Auckland, I used to make a regular pilgrim north to check out the bins.

Once you get settled, Sydney is only a few hours away a rtn trip setting you back about £250, each State in Oz hold NS gigs.

But as I say, you move down-under especially NZ for the out-door life style, weather, healthier food, friendly people. Obviously returning to the UK after 25 yrs is was a bit of a culture shock for me. The social issues down-under are miniscule compared to the UK, just my opinion.

Living in Wellington won't stop you from enjoying or getting hold of the music.

Edited August 29, 200816 yr by Nick2008

Top sound is The Lord Of The Ringleaders .......

Seriously , I would love to visit NZ : good luck .............

Malc Burton

another top sound is " Windy City - Windy City Theme" in Wellington that is

They do have something going on. Chae originally from Aberdeen runs somenights there. Here is his website.

https://northernsoul.co.nz/community/page.php?12

They also come over to Oz for the National and some of the weekenders.

LOL.....well shows how much you know then doesn't it?......New Zealand had three of the four record pressing plants in the southern hemisphere at one time, there were many soul realeases both there & here in Australia by companies such as Festival owned by Decca who had rights to rather a lot of labels, to maintain there ability to release current (then) popular records they also had to release other records, obviously there wasn't any real interest in soul here then.....more interested in Slim Dusty & the like......so tracks like Larry Santos - You Got Me Where You Want Me, Miss DD Phillips, Patrick Bradley...the list goes on & on. In fact most of the Austalian/NZ realeases are much rarer than some UK or US issues because of the very limited run & comand big money, ask John Manship.

There are regular soul nites in NZ run by Chae & here in Oz in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane & here on the Gold Coast.......some of our DJ's like Pete Fowler, Denny Johnson, John Phillips, Kev Core have record collections to die for & would put many a UK DJ to shame.

So just because we're on the otherside of the world don't discount us for a bunch of rednecks, just ask people that have come down, Mike Ritson, Roy Burton (both attend our National Weekender & have done for the last six years) who give us coverage in Manifesto magazine to name a serious few, with people in the UK having relatives here is a double pleasure.

So save your pennies to visit us, the most friendliest, dedicated, educated soulies you'd find anywhere guaranteed!

KTF

Baz

Whatever it aint gonna' be as good as here........wellington....probberly play boots anyway good lukc tho'.

LOL.....well shows how much you know then doesn't it?......New Zealand had three of the four record pressing plants in the southern hemisphere at one time, there were many soul realeases both there & here in Australia by companies such as Festival owned by Decca who had rights to rather a lot of labels, to maintain there ability to release current (then) popular records they also had to release other records, obviously there wasn't any real interest in soul here then.....more interested in Slim Dusty & the like......so tracks like Larry Santos - You Got Me Where You Want Me, Miss DD Phillips, Patrick Bradley...the list goes on & on. In fact most of the Austalian/NZ realeases are much rarer than some UK or US issues because of the very limited run & comand big money, ask John Manship.

There are regular soul nites in NZ run by Chae & here in Oz in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane & here on the Gold Coast.......some of our DJ's like Pete Fowler, Denny Johnson, John Phillips, Kev Core have record collections to die for & would put many a UK DJ to shame.

So just because we're on the otherside of the world don't discount us for a bunch of rednecks, just ask people that have come down, Mike Ritson, Roy Burton (both attend our National Weekender & have done for the last six years) who give us coverage in Manifesto magazine to name a serious few, with people in the UK having relatives here is a double pleasure.

So save your pennies to visit us, the most friendliest, dedicated, educated soulies you'd find anywhere guaranteed!

KTF

Baz

....but you know deep down Baz, you're still a Dorset Boy at heart

Oppps forgot to add Barry Simpson & Frank Driscoll.

KTF

Baz

LOL.....well shows how much you know then doesn't it?......New Zealand had three of the four record pressing plants in the southern hemisphere at one time, there were many soul realeases both there & here in Australia by companies such as Festival owned by Decca who had rights to rather a lot of labels, to maintain there ability to release current (then) popular records they also had to release other records, obviously there wasn't any real interest in soul here then.....more interested in Slim Dusty & the like......so tracks like Larry Santos - You Got Me Where You Want Me, Miss DD Phillips, Patrick Bradley...the list goes on & on. In fact most of the Austalian/NZ realeases are much rarer than some UK or US issues because of the very limited run & comand big money, ask John Manship.

There are regular soul nites in NZ run by Chae & here in Oz in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane & here on the Gold Coast.......some of our DJ's like Pete Fowler, Denny Johnson, John Phillips, Kev Core have record collections to die for & would put many a UK DJ to shame.

So just because we're on the otherside of the world don't discount us for a bunch of rednecks, just ask people that have come down, Mike Ritson, Roy Burton (both attend our National Weekender & have done for the last six years) who give us coverage in Manifesto magazine to name a serious few, with people in the UK having relatives here is a double pleasure.

So save your pennies to visit us, the most friendliest, dedicated, educated soulies you'd find anywhere guaranteed!

KTF

Baz

I am thinking of moving to New Zealand and wonder if any soulies know if there is much of a soul scene there? Will probably be near Wellington if I go. Any views?

GET YA SELF DOWN THERE MATE BRILLIANT COUNTRY WE VISIT EVERY OTHER YEAR TO A MATES PLACE.

HE LIVES JUST OUTSIDE CHRISTCHURCH AND ONLY RECENTLY HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT A FEW PEOPLE TRYING TO START A SOUL NITE BUT NOT SPOKE TO HIM SINCE.

WE TRY AND GET DATES THAT COINSIDE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN WEEKENDER HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEEN TO TWO AND THEY ARE THE DOGS GREAT CROWD AND THE MUSIC THEY PLAY IS THE BIZZ BUT AS SAID EARLIER IN THREAD N.Z GOT THERE OWN NORTHERN SOUL WEB AND CHAE IS THE MAN TO TALK TO MET HIM IN ADELAIDE LAST YEAR HE'LL DEFO POINT YA IN RIGHT DIRECTION

DALE

For anyone thinking of making a trip downunder & would want to attend this years national as an added bonus here is the link to the Perth website.

https://www.perthnorthernsoul.com/guestbook.html

KTF

Baz

GET YA SELF DOWN THERE MATE BRILLIANT COUNTRY WE VISIT EVERY OTHER YEAR TO A MATES PLACE.

HE LIVES JUST OUTSIDE CHRISTCHURCH AND ONLY RECENTLY HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT A FEW PEOPLE TRYING TO START A SOUL NITE BUT NOT SPOKE TO HIM SINCE.

WE TRY AND GET DATES THAT COINSIDE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN WEEKENDER HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEEN TO TWO AND THEY ARE THE DOGS GREAT CROWD AND THE MUSIC THEY PLAY IS THE BIZZ BUT AS SAID EARLIER IN THREAD N.Z GOT THERE OWN NORTHERN SOUL WEB AND CHAE IS THE MAN TO TALK TO MET HIM IN ADELAIDE LAST YEAR HE'LL DEFO POINT YA IN RIGHT DIRECTION

DALE