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Dennis Marsh
Dennis Te Uhi Marsh (born 22 February 1951) is a New Zealand country music singer and television presenter, best known for his series of popular albums in the 2010s and for hosting the country music TV show ''My Country Song''. He is New Zealand's best selling country music artist. Background Marsh was born in Te Kuiti, New Zealand in 1951 and has Ngāpuhi and Ngati Hine iwi affiliations. He moved to Auckland to pursue a career as a carpenter, but became involved with Christian music, studied theology and lead a youth ministry. In 1984 Marsh became involved with country music and began performing around New Zealand. He won a number of local awards, and eventually release his debut album, ''For You'', in 1989. Marsh has since released 29 albums, including two which reached No. 1 on the New Zealand albums chart, four gold albums and six platinum albums. He has won numerous country music awards, including being honoured as the 2011 Country Music Legend at the National Countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 In New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1997 in New Zealand. Population * Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,802,700. * Increase since 31 December 1996: 40,400 (1.07%). * Males per 100 Females: 97.1. Incumbents Regal and viceregal *Head of State – Elizabeth II *Governor-General – The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys GNZM, GCMG, QSO Government The 45th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger, in coalition with New Zealand First, led by Winston Peters. *Speaker of the House – Doug Kidd *Prime Minister – Jim Bolger then Jenny Shipley *Deputy Prime Minister – Winston Peters *Minister of Finance – Bill Birch *Minister of Foreign Affairs – Don McKinnon * Chief Justice — Sir Thomas Eichelbaum Parliamentary leaders *Labour – (37 seats) Helen Clark (Leader of the Opposition) *Alliance – (13 seats) Jim Anderton *ACT New Zealand – (8 seats) Richard Prebble *United New Zealand- (1 seat) Peter Dunne Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century New Zealand Male Singers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
