Mahinārangi Tocker

Mahinārangi Tocker
Tocker at the 2007 Auckland Folk Festival
Background information
Born1955
Died15 April 2008(2008-04-15) (aged 52–53)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1985–2008

Mahinārangi Tocker MNZM (1955 – 15 April 2008) was a singer-songwriter from New Zealand. Tocker wrote more than 600 songs in a 25-year career in the jazz fusion folk-pop genre. Her vocal style has been compared to that of Joan Armatrading and Tracy Chapman. She also gave lectures around New Zealand about the use of music and creativity to boost learning and self-esteem, and was an adult literacy tutor, writer and poet.

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