Greatsouth on making music and what it really means to be a good Kiwi

With his new album, Hellhole of the Pacific, Greatsouth turns Māori history, taonga pūoro and alt rock into a challenge to New Zealand to reconsider the stories we tell ourselves. The Mitsubishi Galant with faded red paint about to peel off like bad sunburn confirms I’m in the right place. You don’t see a lot of cars like this in the gentrified Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn. A thick, brown curtain…