People from the Wairarapa: Mayors of Carterton, New Zealand, People from Masterton, Vincent Ward, Ladyhawke, Bob Charles, Jesse Ryder

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Mayors of Carterton, New Zealand, People from Masterton, Vincent Ward, Ladyhawke, Bob Charles, Jesse Ryder, Alan MacDiarmid, Georgina Beyer, Wyatt Creech, Arthur Prior, Bill Barnard, Kirsten Cameron, Zac Guildford, Paora Te Potangaroa, Barry Barclay, Brian Lochore, Michael Mason, Ryan Shortland, Ron Mark, Pat Evison, Harold Eric Barrowclough, Alexander Wilson Hogg, Raybon Kan, Aaron Slight, Russell Fairbrother, Shannon Paku, Ira James Cunningham, Amanda Billing, Jonathan Winter, John Valentine Smith, Kevin Towns, Edwin Perry, Vern Hanaray, Greg Todd, Grant Batty, Ronald Karaitiana, George Groombridge, Robyn Blackman. Excerpt: Phillipa Pip Brown (born July 13 or 14, 1979 in Masterton, New Zealand) better known by her stage name Ladyhawke, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She was formerly a part of the Wellington-based band Two Lane Blacktop, named for the 1971 road film of the same name. Before assuming the name Ladyhawke, she formed the band Teenager with Nick Littlemore of Pnau and Empire of the Sun. Ladyhawke named herself after the 1985 Richard Donner film Ladyhawke. Ladyhawke is best known for her hit singles Paris Is Burning and My Delirium. Her self-titled debut album was released on Modular Recordings in September 2008. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, Ladyhawke won for Best Breakthrough single and album. Brown was born in Masterton, a town in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. She came from a musical family, with her mother being a singer-guitarist and her stepfather, a jazz drummer. During her childhood, various illnesses and allergies kept her in and out of the hospital. At age ten she contracted erysipeloid, a disease that is common in seagulls but had not been seen in humans in New Zealand for twenty years. Her allergies to antibiotics, penicillin, and antihistamine...