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Dame Esther Rantzen, a close friend, described her as a ‘remarkable performer’.

Blending jazz with a wide array of styles and genres, the artists here keep pushing their boundaries.

Parish Share system said to be cause of shortfall with average churchgoer giving around three times more in 2019 than they did in 1989

While some vicars are ‘putting their foot down’ and fighting to save festive services, others have bowed to Covid fears and cancelled events

How Bizarre at 25: How Polynesian soul took over the world 16 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 11 minutes to read Twenty-five years after it first dominated the global pop charts, Kiwi classic How Bizarre came back and won over a new generation of fans on TikTok. Video / Universal Music NZ / TikTok Twenty-five years after it first dominated the global pop charts, Kiwi classic How Bizarre came back and won over a new generation of fans on TikTok. Video / Universal Music NZ / TikTok NZ Herald By: Garth Cartwri...

“ How Bizarre just didnt sound like anything else. So when it came out a lot of people went ‘what the f... is this’ because it just sounded so odd,” recalls New Zealand music stalwart Simon Grigg, who funded and released the song, co-writen by Fuemana and producer Alan Jansson, on his independent label Huh! Records in 1995. “But when you hear it two or three times on the radio, all of a sudden it just sounds fresh. And, now, you listen to top 40 radio and pretty much everything soun...