Philip Matthews04:55, May 08 2021
Te Ao
Bic Runga wants more musicians to take the leap to help bilingualism within the industry after releasing her latest te reo Māori song, Kāore He Wā.
THE PRESS 160 YEARS is a series marking the launch of
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The Press will revisit stories from every year of publication. “New Zealand music wonder-girl Bic Runga went back to school – and it was fun,”
The Press reported on February 11, 1999. “In a visit to Christchurch as part of a whirlwind New Zealand tour, the last thing Runga expected when she called in to her old school, Cashmere High, was to get in front of hundreds of awestruck Year 11 to 13 students and say a few words.