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Callaeidae (sometimes Callaeatidae) is a family of passerine birds endemic to New Zealand.It contains three genera, with five species in the family. One species, the huia, became extinct early in the 20th century, while the South Island kÅkako is critically endangered and may be extinct.
Joe Dolce topped New Zealand's music chart with "Shaddap You Face" for eight weeks in 1980 and 1981. Bob Marley and his band, The Wailers, remained seven weeks at the top position with "One Love/People Get Ready". "Stomp!" by the Brothers Johnson peaked atop the New Zealand Singles Chart for six weeks. Key † – Song of New Zealand origin [nb 2]
The genesis of the idea was the 75th anniversary of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in New Zealand in 2001 and the selection of the top 100 New Zealand songs of the past 75 years. A list of over 900 candidate songs was prepared, and voting was open to APRA members and an invited academy.
Comedian John Oliver has succeeded in his campaign to have what he describes as a weird, puking bird with a colorful mullet win New Zealand's Bird of the Century contest. Conservation group Forest ...
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List of number-one singles of the 2020s in New Zealand by New Zealand artists Artist Title Weeks at number-one [nb 2] Reached number-one Reference Benee "Glitter" 5 6 January 2020 [92] L.A.B. "In the Air" 7 10 February 2020 [93] Benee featuring Gus Dapperton "Supalonely" 1 30 March 2020 [94] L.A.B. "In the Air" 6 10 February 2020 [95] Benee ...
The APRA Awards are run in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members. Nominations and winners in each category are chosen either by the voting members of APRA, members of the APRA Board or APRA based statistical analysis.
New Zealand – Although New Zealand was not eligible to enter, the final of the contest was broadcast on Triangle TV's satellite channel STRATOS on 17 May 2009. They also did a compilation of the two 2008 semi-finals on 3 May 2009 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final on 10 May 2009. This was the first time in 30 years that the contest ...