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I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment.

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Kiri Te Kanawa
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 6
Actor
Jazz Musician
Opera Singer
Gisborne
New Zealand
Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa
Kiri Janette Te Kanawa
Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa
Grew
Television
Didn
Zealand
Countryside
Entertainment
Sing

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