Kōrero: Creative life

Ki mua

Kiri Te Kanawa

Whai muri

Ko Kiri Te Kanawa te kaiwaiata whakaari rongonui rawa o Aotearoa. Nō te tau 1965 ka wehe ia ki Ingarangi ki te ako, ā, nō te tau 1971 ka waiata tuatahi a ia ki Covent Garden. Kua waiata ia ki ngā whare nunui katoa o te ao.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Herald

Reference: 25 September 1999

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Creative life – New Zealand creativity, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1797/kiri-te-kanawa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.

Comments

Derek JR
17 October 2010

I must say, I was alway proud of Kiri but she comes across snobby especially after her comments about Hayley Westenra. Amazing voice!