Egwu ụdị ọzọ nwere akụkọ ihe mere eme bara ụba na New Zealand, bụ nke ewepụtala ụfọdụ ndị nka amara ama ama n'ụwa. Egwu ọzọ na New Zealand gụnyere ụdị dị ka indie rock, punk rock, shoegaze, na post-punk revival. Otu n'ime ndị nka egwu ọzọ ama ama na New Zealand bụ Lorde. A maara ya maka ụda pụrụ iche ya, nke na-agwakọta ihe ndị dị na pop, ọzọ, na egwu eletrọnịkị. Lorde webatara ihe nkiri egwu zuru ụwa ọnụ na 2013 site na otu egwu egwu ya bụ "Royals," nke nwetara aha ya nke Album Egwu Alternative kacha mma na Grammys 2014. Otu egwu ọzọ a ma ama bụ The Naked and Famous, otu egwu egwu indie nwere egwu na-adọrọ adọrọ na nke synth-pop. Ha agagharịwo ọtụtụ ebe gburugburu ụwa, a na-ejikwa egwú ha eme ihe n’ihe nkiri sịnịma, ihe nkiri TV, na mkpọsa ngwá ahịa. Ndị ọzọ na-ese ihe ọzọ ama ama na New Zealand gụnyere Shapeshifter, otu drum na bass, yana The Beths, otu egwu egwu indie nke nwetara otuto dị egwu n'afọ ndị na-adịbeghị anya. Ụlọ ọrụ redio dị na New Zealand nke na-akpọ egwu ọzọ gụnyere Redio Control, nke na-elekwasị anya na egwu onwe ya na mpaghara, yana Radio Hauraki, nke na-egwu ngwakọta nke nkume egwu egwu na egwu ọzọ. Ụlọ ọrụ ndị ọzọ gụnyere Radio Active, nke na-agbasa site na Wellington ma na-egwu ngwakọta nke egwu ọzọ na eletrọnịkị, yana 95bFm, nke na-egwu egwu ọzọ ma ụmụ akwụkwọ na-agba na Mahadum Auckland. N'ikpeazụ, egwu ọzọ bụ akụkụ dị egwu ma dị mkpa nke egwu egwu New Zealand. Site na ndị na-ese ihe nwere nkà na ụlọ ọrụ redio dị iche iche, ụdị ahụ ga-anọgide na-eme nke ọma ruo afọ ndị na-abịa.