A band of birds

November 2021

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Henrieta Tornyai hopes her album will inspire Kiwis to a greater appreciation of New Zealand birdlife. Photo: Matthew Cattin
Auckland musician Henrieta Tornyai has enlisted the help of an unlikely backing band for her next album; New Zealand’s endemic birds.  It’s a special moment when Henrieta Tornyai pauses her live show to introduce her ‘band’. Dressed in a glittering homemade cape – inspired by the iridescent plumage of the tūī – she calls out […]
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