'There is No Depression in New Zealand' record

Blam Blam Blam released their single ‘There is no depression in New Zealand’ in July 1981 during a time of economic anxiety, rising unemployment, industrial strife and growing resentment towards the National government led by Prime Minister Rob Muldoon. The song also captures the growing unease and fears of civil unrest with the impending Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand.

There is no depression in New Zealand; there are no sheep on our farms,
There is no depression in New Zealand; we can all keep perfectly calm,
Everybody’s talking about World War Three; everybody’s talking about World War Three,
But we’re as safe as safe can be, there’s no unrest in this country
We have no dole queues, we have no drug addicts, we have no racism, we have no sexism, sexism, no, no

There is no depression in New Zealand; there are no teeth in our heads
There is no depression in New Zealand; we sleep in a well made bed
Oh but everybody’s talking about World War Three, yes everybody’s talking about World War Three,
But we’re as safe as safe can be, there’s no unrest in this country
We have no SIS, we have no secrets,
We have no rebellion; we have no valium, valium, no, no
There is no depression in New Zealand; there are no sheep on our farms,
There is no depression in New Zealand; oh we can all keep perfectly calm,
perfectly calm, perfectly calm, perfectly calm, perfectly calm...