Anika Moa

Anika Moa - Love in Motion tour 2010

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Thinking room   NZ 1  platinum 10/14/2001 (45 weeks) Stolen Hill   NZ 6th  gold 08/08/2005 (8 weeks) In Swings the Tide   NZ 6th  platinum 10/15/2007 (39 weeks) Love in Motion   NZ 4th 04/12/2010 (11 weeks) Songs for Bubbas   NZ 16 12/09/2013 (2 weeks) Queen at the table   NZ 16 04/20/2015 (2 weeks) Songs for Bubbas 2   NZ 1 04/11/2016 (10 weeks) Anika Moa   NZ 16 October 15, 2018 (1 week)

Singles

Youthful   NZ 5 07/22/2001 (24 weeks) Good in my head   NZ 22nd 01/20/2002 (16 weeks) Falling in Love Again   NZ 5 05/19/2002 (24 weeks) Mother   NZ 46 11/17/2002 (1 week) Dreams in My Head   NZ 16 10/15/2007 (18 weeks) Beside you   NZ 10 December 15, 2008 (9 weeks) Running Through the Fire (Storm)   NZ 38 04/12/2010 (1 week)

Anika Rose Moa (born May 21, 1980 in Auckland ) is a New Zealand guitarist , singer and songwriter .

Life

Anika Rose Moa was born on May 21, 1980 in Auckland, but spent her childhood in Christchurch , on the south island of the country, where she attended Hornby High School in the north-west of the city. She has three sons, two who were born in 2011 and were born to her partner at the time, the Australian Angela Fyfe (donor was Moa's brother), and one son, whom she raises together with her partner, the television journalist Natasha Utting . She entered into a registered partnership with Angela Fyfe in February 2010 . In 2013 she met Utting, whom she then married in February 2018. Moa lives and works in Auckland .

Musical career

Moa began writing songs when she was 13 and while she was still in school in 1998 she took part in the New Zealand music competition Smokefree Rockquest , where she was hailed as the Most Promising Female Musician . A short time later she was able to sign her first record deal with Atlantic Records .

In 2002 she won the New Zealand Music Awards for Best Female Vocalist and Songwriter in New Zealand and the award for Best Female Solo Artist in 2008 and 2010.

In Germany she is mainly known for the title Anchor Me on the Greenpeace single of the same name , which was released on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior .

Television appearances

In 2016 and 2017, Moa was on Māori Television's All Talk with Anika Moa series, a talk show that was broadcast in two series of multiple episodes.

Discography

Albums

• 2001: Thinking Room
• 2005: Stolen Hill
• 2007: In Swings the Tide
• 2010: Love in Motion
• 2013: Songs for Bubbas
• 2013: Peace of Mind
• 2015: Queen at the Table
• 2016: Songs for Bubbas, Vol. 2
• 2018: Anika Moa

Singles & EPs

• 2001: Youthful
• 2002: Good in My Head
• 2002: Falling in Love Again
• 2002: Mother
• 2007: Dreams in My Head
• 2008: Beside You
• 2010: Running Through the Fire (Storm)

Web links

Commons : Anika Moa  - Collection of Images

• Anika Moa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Homepage . Anika Moa,accessed on August 17, 2019. 
• Mark Derby : Māori – Pākehā relations - Anika Moa . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , May 5, 2011, accessed August 17, 2019 . 
• Anika Moa . Christchurch City Libraries,accessed August 17, 2019. 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: NZ
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
3. ↑ biography
4. ↑ ^{a b} Twin Moas on the way for Anika : Article in the New Zealand Herald
5. ↑ Anika Moa talks about motherhood, her seventh album and a nationwide tour - article by Fairfax Media
6. ↑ Anika Moa marries partner Natasha Utting - article by Fairfax Media
7. ↑ Anika Moa - Article by John Ferguson for NZ Music Business
8. ↑ ^{a b c} discography
9. ↑ Anika Moa in the Christchurch City Libraries
10. ↑ Anchor Me On Screen - Article by Digital Media Trust
11. ↑ All Talk with Anika Moa - talk show by Māori Television