Kiri Te Kanawa
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Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa is a New Zealand opera singer. She has a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". On 1 December 1971 sh
Te Kanawa in 2024
Te Kanawa (right), c. 1960s
Te Kanawa with the cast of La fille du régiment at the Metropolitan Opera, 24 December 2011
Te Kanawa in 2013
Order of New Zealand
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The Order of New Zealand is the highest honour in the New Zealand royal honours system, created "to recognise outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity
Kiri Te Kanawa
…Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 1988, she received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, and was appointed to the Order of New Zealand in the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours. In the 1990 Australia Day Honours, she was appointed an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, for services…
Badge of a Member of the Order of New Zealand (neck ribbon and bow)