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| Caro | Jun 3 2018, 10:57 PM Post #1 |
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We now have 5 new dames and 3 new knights. They include a former prostitute, Catherine Healy for services to the rights of sex workers; the first Samoan woman to be knighted, Winnie Laban (though she wasn’t born in Samoa); Bill English, former PM; Jools and Lynda Topp, known as the Topp Twins and honoured for their services to entertainment, a very popular comedy duo (probably from anecdotal evidence more admired by women than men) and lesbian twins who took on different personae; John Rowles who was a very popular singer in my youth and whose songs are still widely known and played, I think; Charmain O’Connor for services to education and chemistry; and Hekenukumai (Hec) Busby for services to Maori, specifically for master waka (canoe) building, making vessels that are seaworthy over many miles. Quite a varied lot. I think Bill English deserved his knighthood a lot more than the previous PM, now Sir John Key. I see Mr English is referred to in the media as “Sir Bill English” though technically he is now Sir William English or to be more pedantic Sir Simon English as Simon is his first name. I wonder if any sex worker has ever been knighted in any country before. |
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| waiting4atickle | Jun 4 2018, 07:00 PM Post #2 |
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NZ leading the way again, Caro. If I only had time I might be able to recall more than one John Rowles song. |
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| Caro | Jun 5 2018, 12:40 AM Post #3 |
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I think you've done well to remember one, Tickle. That was his main international hit I think. I can't manage anything clever with Cheryl Moana Marie (the name of his sister(s?), I gather). Hush, Not a Word to Mary was another I remember though I had to look up a list of his songs to remind me of it. Most of the others on his albums seem to be covers. |
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