The Bridge

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Title

The Bridge

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This heartfelt 1981 hit was the first song sung in te reo to top the NZ singles chart. It was written by Te Arawa elder George Tait for his cousin Deane Waretini, who recorded it with musicians he could only afford to pay in fried chicken. Tait based the melody on Italian Nini Rosso’s 1965 hit ‘Il Silenzio’, but the lyrics refer to melding Pākehā and Māori cultures at the time the Māngere Bridge was built. The TVNZ video features the less imposing but rather more picturesque valve tower turre...

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Video

Date created

1981

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-bridge-1981

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1981 / 1980s / 80s / māori / waiata / nini rosso / number one / zealandia / te reo māori / eighties

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