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4 unusual facts about Anika Moa


Anika Moa

Moa has been the subject of two documentaries by filmmaker Justin Pemberton: 3 Chords and the Truth: the Anika Moa Story (2003), based around her signing to Atlantic and the release of her first album, and In Bed With Anika Moa (2010).

In 2009 The New Zealand Herald named Moa as one of the "Top 10 Kiwi music successes of the past 10 years".

In December 2012, Moa starred in an online video campaign supporting gay marriage, alongside New Zealand singers Hollie Smith and Boh Runga, as well as Olympian Danyon Loader and former Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard.

Hornby, New Zealand

Singers Bic Runga and Anika Moa were both raised in Hornby, and Moa attended South Hornby Primary school and Hornby High School.


Boh Runga

In December 2012, Runga starred in an online video campaign supporting gay marriage, alongside other New Zealand singers Anika Moa and Hollie Smith, as well as Olympian Danyon Loader and former Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard.

Civic, Christchurch

It was renamed The Civic in 1986 and was a bar, and then served as a live music venue, with acts by Salmonella Dub, Shapeshifter, Elemeno P and Anika Moa.

Hollie Smith

In December 2012, Smith starred in an online video campaign supporting gay marriage, alongside other New Zealand singers Anika Moa and Boh Runga, as well as Olympian Danyon Loader and former Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard.

Paul McLaney

McLaney has collaborated with numerous New Zealand musicians such as Concord Dawn, Anika Moa, Module, Rhian Sheehan, James Duncan, Fly My Pretties, Dick "Majik" Johnson, Epsilon Blue and choreographer/author Douglas Wright.


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