The question of choosing New Zealand's best songJohn Selkirk A Howard Morrison Quartet reunion at Rororua in 1998May is New Zealand Music month. New Zealand Music month always poses the question of what constitutes our best song. There it was, in its original, plain white sleeve with red lettering: My Old Man's an All Black by the Howard Morrison Quartet. New Zealand music doesn't get any better than the Big Muffin Serious Band's cover of Chris Thompson's Hamilton, the city's unofficial anthem; The Shrug's I'm F***** or the Mobile Stud Unit's Stu's Pie Cart. However, the power of My Old Man's An All Black lies in its warmth, in the genuine manner in which the All Blacks are wished "the best of luck" despite the absence of Maori representation.

Source: Stuff May 20, 2016 11:32 UTC