Commemorating the centenary of the Gallipoli landing, Neil Finn and Jim Carter have re-recorded "Blue Smoke", composed by Ruru Karaitiana in 1940. Jim Carter played steel guitar on the 1948 recording with singer Pixie Williams.
Neil Finn has taken a trip back into New Zealand music history to revive a song which has its origins in World War II and is seen as a starting point in the country's recorded music history.
Finn has re-recorded Blue Smoke, the song penned by Ruru Karaitiana as heheaded away to World War II in 1940 with the Maori Battalion.
And he's done it with one of Karaitiana's old band mates, Jim Carter, who played steel guitar on the 1949 studio version.
A portion of the funds from sales of the song will support the RSA's Poppy Appeal.
