Songs for a New Country

I like the softness. It’s funny, the south of any country seems softer than the north. Don’t know what brings that about, and the light changes a lot. I’m a south person really.

– Barry Saunders on travelling around New Zealand, Real Groove, June 1998

..And if you meet a friend of mine who wants to find my track/ tell him he's gone to Māoriland and he isn't coming back...

– Barry Saunders sings 'Gone to Māoriland'

[Barry] Saunders, who has played country halls down the end of dirt roads throughout New Zealand, identifies with small towns and old yarns. “It’s where my heart is.”

– Writer Chris Bourke interviews Barry Saunders, Real Groove, June 1998