Emma Paki (born January 1968 in
Whakatāne
Whakatāne ( , ) is a town located in the Bay of Plenty Region, Bay of Plenty Region in the North Island of New Zealand, east of Tauranga and northeast of Rotorua. The town is situated at the mouth of the Whakatāne River. The Whakatāne Dis ...
, New Zealand) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter.
Musical career
Her debut single "System Virtue" (produced by
Jaz Coleman
Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman (born 26 February 1960) is an English singer and musician. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of post-punk group Killing Joke. In addition, Coleman has composed orchestral and sound ...
)
won her best songwriter at the RIANZ 1993
New Zealand Music Awards
The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously called the New Zealand Music Awards), conferred annually by Recorded Music NZ, honour outstanding artistic and technical achievements in the recording industry. The awards are among the most significant that ...
.
The video for the song was directed by Josh Frizzell and Matt Noonan and won Best Video at the same awards show. It went on to be the most played New Zealand music video in 1994.
Her next single "
Greenstone" went into the NZ Top 10, and won her a nomination for Best Female Vocalist in 1994. Her debut album "
Oxygen of Love" released in 1996 reached gold status and she gained a second nomination for Best Female Vocalist, as well as a Best Album nomination in the 1997 New Zealand Music Awards. Her most recent single was "Century Sky", in 2007.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Awards
References
External links
* http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/232.html biography
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1968 births
APRA Award winners
Living people
New Zealand Māori women singers
People from Whakatāne
People educated at Whakatane High School
New Zealand Māori musicians
20th-century New Zealand women singers
21st-century New Zealand women singers