Anna Coddington (born 14 June 1981) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter.
She has released four albums. Her previous band 'Duchess', for whom Coddington was songwriter, singer and guitarist, also released a 6 track EP in 2005. In 2015, Coddington covered
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Biography
Coddington grew up in the seaside town of
Raglan. She started playing drums from age 11, and guitar from age 14. By 16 she was fronting and writing for her first band, Handsome Geoffery, which won New Zealand's national student music competition,
Smokefree Rockquest, in 1998. The band's members included future actor/director
Aidee Walker, who would later direct a number of Coddington's music videos. A self-proclaimed nerd, she studied linguistics at the
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to masters level, and also is a 2nd dan black belt in
Kyokushin Karate
is a style of karate originating in Japan. It is a Full contact karate, full-contact style of stand-up fighting and is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline, and hard training.
Kyokushin Kaikan is the martial arts organizat ...
. She rarely takes time off training, as it provides a counterbalance to the self-absorbed process of music and "keeps her sane".
Personal life
She has two sons with her partner Dick Johnson, who's also known as "Magic J" and whom she collaborates with musically in CLICKS. She strives to learn and master the
Māori language
Māori (; endonym: 'the Māori language', commonly shortened to ) is an Eastern Polynesian languages, Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. The southernmost membe ...
together with her children.
Discography
* The Lake (2008)
* Cat & Bird (2011)
* Luck/Time (2016)
* Beams (2020)
* Te Whakamiha (2024)
References
External links
*
Anna Coddington on Soundcloud Anna Coddington on FacebookAnna Coddington on Instagram
Living people
New Zealand female karateka
Kyokushin kaikan practitioners
New Zealand women singer-songwriters
New Zealand singer-songwriters
People from Raglan, New Zealand
1981 births
21st-century New Zealand women singers
Māori-language singers
21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
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