The final episode of pop music series Give It a Whirl finds the 1990s New Zealand music industry in a confident position, with a range of acts either cracking international charts or making music that expresses Aotearoa's Pacific character. Fiona McDonald adds her pop sparkle to Headless Chickens' dark vibes and 'Cruise Control' hits number one. Wellington rockers Shihad mix metal and Flying Nun, and Upper Hutt Posse fly the flag for homegrown hip hop that is blatantly political, and proud of it. In 1997 OMC make Kiwi history when their genre bending, slow burn single 'How Bizarre' cracks the UK and America.