31-422: " Youthful " is a song by New Zealand singer and television presenter Anika Moa , released as her debut single and as the lead single from her first studio album, Thinking Room (2001). Moa wrote the song before she joined Atlantic Records and recorded Thinking Room , which was produced by Victor Van Vugt . Although the song was released commercially in Australia and was serviced to US radio in early 2002, it
62-574: A homeless young man. Meanwhile, Beth starts a Māori culture group and generally attempts to revive the community. Once Were Warriors , and Duff's fiction in general is strongly influenced by his childhood experiences. In his 1999 autobiography, Out of the Mist and Steam , he describes his Māori mother (and most of her relatives) as alcoholic , irresponsible and physically and emotionally abusive. His Pākehā father and his relatives, by contrast, were highly educated and sophisticated—one uncle, Roger Duff ,
93-486: A history of minor criminal offenses and is taken from his family and placed in a borstal . Despite his initial anger, Mark finds a new niche for himself, as the borstal manager instructs him in his Māori heritage. Grace, the Hekes' thirteen-year-old daughter, loves writing stories as an escape from the brutality of her life. Grace's best friend is a drug-addicted boy named Toot who has been cast out by his parents and lives in
124-623: A mainstream pop singer. A music video was made to promote "Youthful", directed by Paul Casserley. In the video, Moa wanders through the hallways of a house while wearing a denim jacket. Each time she walks into a new room, the seasons in the house change, and her outfit alters to match the particular season. One room features snow and Moa wearing wintery clothes, and another features an autumn tree with falling leaves. A third room shows Moa standing in front of several mason jars hidden behind flapping sheets of paper. In an interview with New Zealand television channel C4 in 2005, Moa stated that she picked
155-677: A music school scholarship at the New Zealand Smokefreerockquest high school music competition. After recording a demo tape, she signed a record deal with Warner Music in New Zealand and Atlantic Records in New York. She moved to New York to record her first album, Thinking Room (September 2001), with Victor Van Vugt producing. Her lead single, " Youthful ", appeared in July 2001, which reached No. 5 on
186-482: A special episode highlighting moments from the series. The final episode of series two aired in July 2017. In March 2018, Moa debuted a new interview show, Anika Moa Unleashed , available online through TVNZ OnDemand . In 2019 the show started showing on TVNZ 1 on Saturday nights. The show features Moa visiting the homes of notable New Zealand celebrities, public figures, and personalities. She has reportedly signed to develop twelve episodes. In April 2018, Moa had
217-507: A stint as a television presenter for the current affairs programme Seven Sharp , filling in for Jeremy Wells . She co-hosted alongside Hilary Barry for several episodes. Her final broadcast was on 20 April. She started working at radio network NZME in August 2019, first working at The Hits , later moving to the breakfast show on Flava , which she co-hosted until late 2022, before leaving to focus on her music career. She also appears on
248-431: A wrecked car. He is the one who really cares for her. She is the maternal figure within the family when her family is a drunken mess, clearing up the house and going with Boogie to court to attempt to make a good impression of their broken family. Grace is raped in her bed one night, and she subsequently hangs herself. Jake, a suspect, leaves his family and starts living in a park, where he reflects on his life and befriends
279-506: Is New Zealand author Alan Duff 's bestselling first novel , published in 1990. It tells the story of an urban Māori family, the Hekes, and portrays the reality of domestic violence in New Zealand. It was the basis of a 1994 film of the same title , directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Rena Owen and Temuera Morrison , which made its U.S. premiere at the Hawaii International Film Festival . The novel
310-486: Is in his element, buying drinks, singing songs and savagely beating any other patron whom he considers to have stepped out of line (hence his nickname 'The Muss'). He often invites huge crowds of friends back to his home for wild parties. While Jake portrays himself as an easygoing man out for a good time, he has a vicious temper when drinking. This is highlighted when his wife dares to 'get lippy' at one of his parties and he savagely attacks her in front of their friends. Nig,
341-455: Is the only character with a real interest in school and learning. (This disconnection from books and education is a major concern of Duff's, for which reason he founded the charity Duffy Books in Homes , which gives free books to children from poor backgrounds and generally encourages reading.) Jake is unemployed and spends most of the day getting drunk at the local pub with his friends. There he
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#1732802370213372-664: The New Zealand Singles Chart . Moa became homesick and uncomfortable with the "superficial" imagery used by her manager to promote her. In 2002 she returned to Auckland. She released her second album Stolen Hill on 1 August 2005, describing the album as "more sparse" and true to herself, compared to her first. One track, "In the Morning", refers to her abortion in 2000. The album was certified gold . She toured New Zealand in October of that year. In 2005 Moa
403-855: The Rockquest songwriting contest in 1998, which led to a recording contract. She is the subject of two documentaries by film-maker Justin Pemberton : 3 Chords and the Truth: the Anika Moa Story (2003), detailing her signing to a record label and the release of Thinking Room , and In Bed with Anika Moa (2010) on her later career. Anika Moa was born in 1980 in the Auckland suburb of Papakura . She grew up in Christchurch and attended Hornby High School . Her father Tia, who died in 2007,
434-802: The Silver Scroll Award for Most Performed Work in New Zealand at the APRA Music Awards of 2002 . Anika Moa Anika Rose Moa (born 21 May 1980) is a New Zealand recording artist and television presenter. Her debut studio album Thinking Room , was released in September 2001, which reached number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart and provided two Top 5 singles, " Youthful " (2001) and "Falling in Love Again" (2002). Moa competed at
465-521: The "Top 10 Kiwi music successes of the past 10 years". Moa came out as openly lesbian in 2007. She entered into a civil union with Australian burlesque dancer, Azaria Universe (Angela Fyfe), in February 2010. Her partner was the inspiration for Moa's fourth album, Love in Motion (March 2010), which peaked at number four. Fyfe became pregnant with twins in the following year. To support
496-461: The Hekes' eldest son, moves out to join a street gang. He cares about his siblings but despises his father for his thoughtless brutality, a feeling returned by the elder Heke. Nig attempts to find a substitute family in the form of the gang, but this is unsuccessful as the gang members are either too brutal or, in the case of Nig's gang girlfriend, too beaten down to provide him with the love and support he craves. The second son, Mark 'Boogie' Heke, has
527-429: The album, she embarked on a nationwide tour from October to December 2010. Moa has collaborated with other New Zealand solo artists, SJD and Bic Runga . She performed with the band, Dimmer , in a backup and touring capacity. She has DJed under the name, DJ Unika. In February 2013 Moa teamed with Boh Runga and Hollie Smith to release an album, Peace of Mind . Moa and Fyfe separated, and they have joint custody of
558-441: The country's airwaves and topped RadioScope's airplay ranking in late 2001, finding an audience on pop , adult contemporary , and easy listening radio. It was the only song by a New Zealand artist to top RadioScope's airplay chart in 2001 and was the eight-most-played track of the year on New Zealand radio overall. Charting on airplay alone, the song debuted at number 37 on New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart in July 2001, rising up
589-565: The first New Zealand recording artist to join an international label without first releasing an album in her home country. Although "Youthful" was never issued as a commercial single in New Zealand, a CD single was released in Australia on 4 February 2002, containing the B-sides "Where Do We Go" and a demo of "See the Sun", neither of which appear on Thinking Room . On 18 January 2002, the song
620-500: The kids TV series Toi Time . In 2022, she appeared in the episode of Wellington Paranormal as Birdwoman. In December 2012, Moa starred in an online video campaign supporting gay marriage , alongside New Zealand singers Hollie Smith and Boh Runga , as well as Olympian Danyon Loader and former Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard . She was openly critical of New Zealand's National-led government until it left office in 2017. Once Were Warriors Once Were Warriors
651-418: The listing over the next three months and peaking at number five on 28 October. It charted within the top 50 for 24 weeks, ending the year as New Zealand's 18th-most-successful single and helping bolster the sales of Thinking Room . Despite the song's success, Moa would soon leave Atlantic Records and return to New Zealand to maintain her independence as a songwriter, citing the label's intention to turn her into
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#1732802370213682-501: The old ways; Jake is an interpretation of what some Māori have become. Beth sometimes tries to reform herself and her family—for example, by giving up drinking and saving the money that she would have spent on alcohol. However, she finds it easy to lapse back into a pattern of drinking and irresponsibility. The family is also shown to be disconnected from Western culture and ways of learning. Beth reflects that neither she nor anyone else she knows has any books at home, and her daughter, Grace,
713-510: The three chords. During the pre-chorus and chorus, the submediant chord, synthesisers, and vocal harmonies arrive while a bass guitar and tambourine play quavers and semiquavers , respectively. The song's bridge tones down the chorus instrumentation, making it resemble the verse structure, and the outro contains an instrumental fade-out, ending the song a cappella . The song was produced by Victor Van Vugt . Even without an official release in New Zealand, "Youthful" eventually saturated
744-587: The twins. In November 2013 she released her first children's album , Songs for Bubbas . In September 2016 Moa debuted her interview talk show All Talk with Anika Moa , which was broadcast for the Māori Television , developed with support from NZ on Air . The show is filmed in front of a small studio audience, and has featured appearances from a number of New Zealand celebrities including actor Temuera Morrison and musician Stan Walker . There were two series developed, each consisting of 10 episodes, as well as
775-471: The video's theme from several options she was presented with but felt that it did not look as good as she wanted it to, stating that other people told her she looked like Beth Heke on camera. "Youthful" was nominated for two awards at the 2002 New Zealand Music Awards , losing its nomination for Single of the Year to "Fade Away..." by Che Fu but winning Moa the award for Best Songwriter. "Youthful" also won
806-429: Was Māori ( Ngāpuhi , Te Aupōuri ) and her mother Bernadette is of English descent. Moa and her siblings were raised by Bernadette, who was a member of a band, which performed three days a week. Moa met Tia at 13 – he gave her a guitar and encouraged her to learn songwriting on it. While at secondary school she joined musicals, choirs and rock bands. In 1998, Moa won an award for Most Promising Female Musician and
837-475: Was a well-known anthropologist ; his paternal grandfather was liberal magazine editor and literary patron Oliver Duff . As a teenager, Duff himself spent some time in borstal , and he drew on this when writing about Boogie. The book's setting of Two Lakes is based on his hometown of Rotorua (a Māori-language name meaning "two lakes"; roto lake, rua two), and on the Ford Block of state housing in
868-523: Was followed by two sequels, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1996) and Jake's Long Shadow (2002). Beth Heke left her small town and, despite her parents' disapproval, married Jake "the Muss" Heke. After eighteen years, they live in a slum and have six children. Their interpretations of life and being Māori are tested. Beth is from a more traditional background and in saying so, relates to
899-507: Was never issued as a single in New Zealand. Despite this, it received plentiful airplay in the country, allowing it to reach number five on the RIANZ Singles Chart in October 2001. At the 2002 New Zealand Music Awards , "Youthful" won Moa the award for Best Songwriter. Anika Moa was an unsigned recording artist when American record executives became interested in "Youthful". When Moa signed with Atlantic Records , she became
930-488: Was one of many New Zealand musicians who contributed to single " Anchor Me ", which commemorated the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior . In October 2007 Moa released her third studio album, In Swings The Tide , which went platinum and won a number of rave reviews. For the first time she was credited with producing the album alone. In 2009 The New Zealand Herald named Moa as one of
961-514: Was serviced to hot adult contemporary , smooth jazz , and triple A radio stations in the United States. "Youthful" is a pop song with lyrics about objectification and exploitation. Written with only three chords , the song has an instrumentation consisting of guitars, drums, and synthesisers that play vocables . The track possesses tonal ambiguity , with the simplest overall key being C-sharp minor . The song's verses use two of