Hey beloved people, 

After a decade of rocking our four-strings around Aotearoa and across the world, we are in the midst of a very long siesta. "Deep hibernation" we call it. There are other instruments to play, and other art projects to explore, and the WIUO has been...

On our recent tour of the USA we popped into a couple of places and played a couple of songs. Luckily there's video! Here's us playing Thin Lizzy's The Boys Are Back in Town at The Onion's A.V. Club Undercover series.  

And here we are doing a version of Valerie fo...

It is time. The Air New Zealand waka is fueled and ready. The ukuleles are packed. The costumes are folded. Passports are safely in back pockets. We are on our way to the USA!  

It’s been a gruelling week of rehearsals, and as you can see the band have been drilled to...

Look, his name is Hal and there's a halo around his head in the photo. Coincidence? Hal is our man-on-bass, and vocals, and stompbox, and flash threads, and other things.  He is NZ music royalty, a prince among people. He's the unknowable, the secret, the prize... and...

Here she is, our earth warrior, sustainability queen, country'n'western superstar, one hot mama. Our ukein', hotpant-wearin' feminist-organisin' power voice! (Also sometimes known as Mrs Salole to Mr Francis Salole nudge nudge wink - wait, it's okay, they're married......

Meet Steve the Shredder, our hard-core, rock'n'roll, play-anything granddaddy, the man with the moves, the dude with the windmill arms, a hardcore ball of kinetic energy and the milkman of human kindness. 

Stephen Jessup

Star Sign: 

Libra

Secret Power in the Band:

Wher...

Our 2016 tour sees Deanne make her debut with the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. She's no slouch in the touring department, nor the orchestra department, and certainly not the ukulele department. Her greatest secret weapon, according to us, is her magicall...

Big of voice, huge of heart, gigantic of gags, our comedy king Andy is also the band's resident photographer and tambourine tease. Get to know him a little better with this short Q&A. 

Andy Morley-Hall 

Star sign:

Pisces

Secret Power in the Band: 

Wrangling [E...

Introducing the rebel, hero, artist, volcanic woman of the Manawatu Plains. Also known as Oona Verse, Coogz, Ooga, and Rebekah to her mum. Read on... 

Bek Coogan

Star Sign:

Taurus 

Secret Power in the Band: 

Communication with the planets. 

What...

Introducing our international man of mystery, Mr Francis Salole. Fun facts: he is married to another member of the band. He is a father. He is from all over the world (but mostly Paekakariki). He plays a yellow Mahalo ukulele, a Beansprout banjolele, an African thumb p...