One-hundred-and-fifty-four people from a variety of sectors including education, sport, health, and science have been honoured. Dave Dobbyn, the hitmaker behind decades worth of classic New Zealand music, spent Tuesday night revving up the young crowd of Rhythm and Vines in Gisborne. This morning, he’s been named a knight companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. The 63-year-old musician played to a packed crowd, with festival-goers lining the hills and filling the moshpit to see him perform.
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Dave Dobbyn performs at Rhythm and Vines 2020 in Gisborne. It was amazing to stand at the top of the hill watching thousands of Kiwis singing their hearts out to the classic Kiwi bangers,” said 23-year-old Alice Ross of Dobbyn’s set. “I’m not a nationalist but it was a truly Kiwi experience.”