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Sir Howard Morrison, OBE, (born 18 August, 1935, in Rotorua
Rotorua

Rotorua is a city on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand, and Rotorua District is the encompassing local authority area....
, New Zealand
New Zealand

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) is a New Zealand entertainer of British
British people

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 and Maori
Maori

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 ancestry, who first came to prominence singing as a member of the Howard Morrison Quartet. The quartet began performing live and issuing records in 1956 and continued until 1964 when the quartet was disbanded. The original members of the quartet also included Gerry Merito, Morrison's brother Laurie and his cousin John.






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Sir Howard Morrison, OBE, (born 18 August, 1935, in Rotorua
Rotorua

Rotorua is a city on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand, and Rotorua District is the encompassing local authority area....
, New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
) is a New Zealand entertainer of British
British people

The British are citizenship of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, one of the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories, and their descendants....
 and Maori
Maori

The Maori are the indigenous people Polynesian people of Aotearoa . The group probably arrived in south-western Polynesia in several waves at some time before 1300....
 ancestry, who first came to prominence singing as a member of the Howard Morrison Quartet. The quartet began performing live and issuing records in 1956 and continued until 1964 when the quartet was disbanded. The original members of the quartet also included Gerry Merito, Morrison's brother Laurie and his cousin John. From 1964 until the present time, Morrison has been one of New Zealand's most renowned television and concert performers.

Morrison was knighted in 1990 for his services to entertainment, becoming Sir Howard. He is the uncle of movie actor Temuera Morrison
Temuera Morrison

Temuera Derek Morrison is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series....
. He is one of NZ leading stage personalities.

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