In 2019 a large recording and tape archive (254 items) was donated by Chris Knox to the Alexander Turnbull Library (New Zealand's National Library). This was to sit alongside the previously donated Flying Nun Records master tapes. The Alexander Turnbull Library have now just announced they've also made good progress with the Chris Knox collection.
We asked Gareth Shute to write an article highlighting the ongoing importance of new indie labels in Aotearoa New Zealand. It got him thinking about how the story of a record label is often filled with as much mythology as truth.