Flying Nun Records is a formerly independent record label formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1981 by music-store proprietor Roger Shepherd.
The label was formed in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 1980s. The intention was to record the original local music of Christchurch, but soon the label rose to national prominence by championing the emerging music of Dunedin.
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