News Source: Xtra News
| 2 months ago
Crowds are lining the streets in Rotorua as Sir Howard Morrison's body is taken to Tamatekapua Marae in Onhinemutu for a period of public mourning. More than 5,000 people are expected to attend the tangi on Tuesday. The entertainer will be buried in...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 2 months ago
The word icon is possibly the most overused in our modern vocabulary, but it is the only way to describe a man of the stature of Sir Howard Morrison. Sir Howard, who died yesterday at the age of 74, was a great asset to this country who did as much...
News Source: Xtra News
| 2 months ago
There are expected to be long queues as people say their goodbyes to Sir Howard Morrison in Rotorua over the next few days...Today his body will transferred to Te Papaiouru Marae at Ohinemutu and the tangi will continue until Tuesday, when he will be...
News Source: New Zealand Herald
| 2 months ago
With the death of Sir Howard Morrison "we have lost a true knight", says Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Speaking from Britain last night, Dame Kiri said she joined with New Zealand's tremendous sense of loss at the man who was "already an icon while I was...
News Source: New Zealand Herald
| 2 months ago
I'm sure he's got a little smile on his face that he happened to be here at home.Temuera Morrison The cheeky boy from Ohinemutu who grew up in the Ureweras and went on to become one of New Zealand's most loved entertainers probably has a smile on his...
News Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 2 months ago
Family, friends and fellow performers have paid emotional tributes to New Zealand's first major pop star. Sir Howard Morrison, 74, who had a history of heart problems, died at his Ohinemutu home on the shore of Lake Rotorua yesterday morning. His...