Luke Still Waiting For Hoist To Lighten Load

PAM Pawsey remembers when she could cradle her grandson Luke in the crook of one arm.

Song Sung Often Leads To A Blue

IT STARTED life as a cradle tune, was transformed into a traditional Maori song and by 1948 it burst on to the international music charts, claiming the No. 1 slot. It was later covered by Gracie Fields, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. The long and complicated history of Now Is The Hour has come to an impasse between the record label EMI and the descendants of Australian music diva Dorothy Stewart over who owns the song's copyright