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Herbs in Rip It Up magazine, 1982 (L) and 1983 (R) Photo: Papers Past
If you were making a mixtape of '80s Kiwi music, the Pacific reggae group Herbs would have to feature pretty heavily and the New Zealand International Film Festival next month will see the premiere of a new documentary about the band's 40 year history. In our visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision today, Sarah Johnston takes us back to Herbs' early days in the 1980s.