CHARTLANDER

Chartlander: The dynamite singles chart the day Winston Peters first entered parliament

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Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we continue our tour of classic general elections at the start of Winston Peters’ career in parliament. The date is May 24 1979, and today, six … Read more

Chartlander: New Zealand’s hottest singles the week Robert Muldoon became PM

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Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we continue our tour of classic general elections in the mid-1970s. The date is November 29, 1975 – almost as far back as the official New … Read more

Chartlander: Hip Hop-R&B holds a majority as New Zealand votes in its first MMP election

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Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we continue our tour of classic general elections at the dawn of MMP. The date is the 12th of October, 1996, and today New Zealanders will … Read more

Chartlander: The cassingles that flew off the shelves the day Jim Bolger became PM

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Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we continue our tour of classic general elections in 1990. The date is the 27th of October, 1990. Tonight the National Party will land a crushing … Read more

Chartlander: What was on the airwaves the day Robert Muldoon called the snap election

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Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we continue our tour of significant election moments. The date is Thursday the 14th of June, 1984. Tonight, New Zealand’s prime minister Robert Muldoon will get … Read more

Chartlander: What we were listening to the day Helen Clark became Prime Minister

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Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we go back to the last time the Labour Party came into power. The day is November 27, 1999, and Helen Clark has just been elected … Read more