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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>21</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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NEWS<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
From the womb to the stage,<br />
twins hit the right note<br />
• By Sasha Watson<br />
18-YEAR-OLD Tane and Aka<br />
Pakeha-Heke have been together<br />
since the womb; now the duo<br />
keep the beat going on stage.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Shirley Boys High School<br />
students are Twin Harmony,<br />
which won the solo-duo award<br />
at the Smokefree Tangata Beats<br />
national final in Auckland.<br />
“Since we are twin brothers,<br />
and we have been together since<br />
the womb, it’s the type of relationship<br />
that you can’t get from<br />
anyone else,” Tane said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> twins gained national exposure<br />
five years ago when they<br />
sang at the Government’s criminal<br />
justice summit. <strong>The</strong> pair<br />
grew up surrounded by domestic<br />
violence, and after losing their<br />
mother at a young age, turned to<br />
music in her honour.<br />
“We love music. <strong>The</strong> more we<br />
can give the message of no more<br />
violence and we are all in this<br />
together, whānau for whānau,<br />
then we will happily do so no<br />
matter our kaupapa and no matter<br />
what’s going on.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> twins won $1000 of<br />
musical equipment from the<br />
Rockshop, and a NZ On Air New<br />
ROCKING: Twin brothers Tane and Aka Pakeha-Heke at the Smokefree Tangata Beats<br />
<strong>2023</strong><br />
national final.<br />
Music Single recording, video<br />
and promo grant.<br />
Entrants from Invercargill to<br />
Whangarei competed over winter<br />
in 35 heats and finals for the<br />
Smokefree Tangata Beats, held<br />
in conjunction with Smokefree<br />
Rockquest.<br />
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Lucky Lance said of Twin Harmony:<br />
“Even without knowing<br />
them I could tell they were blood<br />
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“We have been together<br />
since the womb, it’s the<br />
type of relationship that<br />
you can’t get from anyone<br />
else.” – Tane Pakeha-Heke<br />
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