Willie (Wiremu) Hona is a New Zealand musician. Hona's career began alongside Mark Williams, Mack Tane and Gregg Findlay in the band the Face. In 1983 he released "She Needs You" (WEA) and it reached #41 on the New Zealand Charts. In 1983 he also joined

Herbs In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...

as singer and guitarist. He appear on two albums, ''Long Ago'' (1984) and ''

Sensitive to a Smile "Sensitive to a Smile" is a single from the New Zealand reggae band Herbs from the '' Sensitive to a Smile'' album. The single reached #9 in the New Zealand chart. Background "Sensitive to a Smile" was written by Dilworth Karaka and Charlie Tuma ...

'' (1987) and on multiple singles such as top ten songs "

Slice of Heaven "Slice of Heaven" is a single by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn with the band Herbs, released in 1986 on the soundtrack of the animated motion picture, '' Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tail Tale''. The single reached 1 on the New Zealand ...

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Dave Dobbyn Sir David Joseph Dobbyn (born 3 January 1957) is a New Zealand musician, singer–songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash. Since then he ...

with Herbs),"

" and "Listen". He left the band in late 1988. In 1991 he released a solo album ''Keep an Open Heart''.

Discography

Singles

Awards

Aotearoa Music Awards

The

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(previously known as ''New Zealand Music Awards'' (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in

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and have been presented annually since 1965. ! , - , 2012 , , Willie Hona (as part of Herbs) , ,

New Zealand Music Hall of Fame The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame , Te Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa is a figurative hall of fame dedicated to noteworthy New Zealand musicians. The hall was created in 2007 by Recorded Music NZ (then known as the Recording Industry Associati ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hona, Willie 20th-century New Zealand male singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) New Zealand male guitarists