The Christchurch Accordion Orchestra, Meg Fidler - Conductor
The members are: Suzanne Connell, John Dooley, Lynnette Kelcher, Merle Kershaw, Heather McCausland,
Denise Palmer, Mark Perry, Aidan Stewart (drums), Paula Turnbull, and Kim Waddell.

Thirty-six years ago, when there was already four or five accordion orchestras in Christchurch, four people got together over coffee and Gingernuts and the Christchurch Accordion Orchestra was born. About six more people and four months later that orchestra won the Senior Orchestra class in the Canterbury Accordion Association competitions. Now it is the only remaining accordion orchestra in Christchurch so has become the mainstay of the Canterbury Accordion Association. With a reasonably broad repertoire they entertain in a variety of different situations, mainly around the South Island, but they have made a couple of concert tours overseas. They have also been New Zealand Orchestra Champions four times.

North Shore Accordion Orchestra, Lionel Reekie - Conductor
Members: Shane Adams, Jessica Chen (lead accordion), Eddie Giffney, Amber Masefield, Jenna Murray, Kristina Panzic, Olivia Panzic, Stephanie Panzic, Andrew Rooney (drums), Rosanne Rosario, Alison Worthington, Aiden Wright, George Xu (bass), Carol Yan, Stephen Zhao.

The North Shore Accordion Orchestra (NSAO) is an amateur group of teenagers and young adults that meet once a week to have fun playing accordion. Under the baton of Lionel Reekie, the orchestra has performed extensively throughout New Zealand and overseas, including performances at Sea World (Gold Coast, Australia), Darling Harbor (Sydney, Australia) and the Mt Vernon City Hall (New York, USA). As a guest orchestra at the 2007 Coupe Mondiale in Washington DC, the NSAO enjoyed performing both at this prestigious international event, but also on stage at the famous Kennedy Center, in a concert that was webcast live. Several of NSAO’s members are competing in the 2009 Coupe Mondiale as soloists.