Commentary:
When election time comes around one hears again the same extravagant promises and the same poisoned barbs aimed at opposing players/teams.
And all the while politicians smile for the cameras as they kiss a new generation of babies in their photo-ops.
The scent of déjà vu permeates the air.
Music (amid the wider arts as well) is a superb vehicle for raising public awareness about the nature of elections and politics at large.
Dr Ian Chapman, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Music, re-examines five politically charged songs from the past, that show, among other things, the recurring nature of political and election-related issues with Kathryn Ryan on RNZ's Nine to Noon: