Flying Nun Records (Corporate Name)

In love with these times: my life with Flying Nun Records, 2016: page 4 of cover (Roger Shepherd [started] a record label; Flying Nun was born) page 6 (started in Christchurch, New Zealand [in] 1981) page 8 (an independent record company) page 180 (in early January 1988 ... moved to Auckland)

Flying Nun Records WWW site, viewed on August 4, 2016: about page (an independent New Zealand music label; with a simple, do-it-yourself post-punk attitude, which still remains; PO Box 68194, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, 1145; enquiries@flyingnun.co.nz)

Audio culture WWW site, viewed on August 4, 2016: Flying Nun ([in] 1990 the Australian indie Mushroom Records purchased 50% of Flying Nun; in 1999 Festival Records merged with Mushroom to create Festival Mushroom Records (FMR) and Flying Nun became a fully owned subsidiary of the larger group; as such it was passed to Warner Music when Rupert Murdoch's News Corp sold ... FMR to them in late 2005; the label was largely moribund in the late 2000s until 2010 when a consortium including Roger Shepherd, Neil Finn and Sharon Finn, and Graham Cockroft purchased the assets)

Flying Nun is an independent New Zealand music label.