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A whiteboard with label 'estimated discharge date showing "? Up to you"

Palliative care humour. The kind of humour mum appreciates. She's been full of ot the last couple of days, interspersed with delusions. Sleeping all day today, so far.

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Day 7: A song you would play for your younger self

I always hated my name when I was a kid – it was an old person’s name.

Then I heard this and felt better about it 😍

Seriously, this helped me change my view of who I am.

Such a talented artist.
It's really hard in the past for NZ musicians to get international recognition- tyranny of distance maybe - although this seems to be changing, thank goodness.

7 Kimbra

As well as NZ music awards, won a Grammy for record of the yea with Goyte for "Somebody That I Used to Know", becoming the second Australian and first New Zealand act to win the award.

Her NZMA award-winning breakthrough song (2011)

Kimbra – Settle Down

Thanks. She's comfortable, mostly. Not enough staff, of course for people in this situation. But covid means she must stay in hospital, rather than go back to her retirement home where all her familiar people are.

She's been through enough already. She should at least be able to go to sleep and just not wake up instead of this.

It helps that you shared your story ❤️

After everything my mother has been through in her 90 years - fires, fights, cancer and more - covid coupled with pneumonia has resulted in palliative care.

It's been a day.

25 years is a long time! Pleased you enjoyed it 😊

She does an excellent job with this song. Fabulous!

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Day 6: A song you recognise after two bars

The Mutton Birds – Dominion Road

Most NZers above a certain age can probably recognise this after one bar tbf.

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6 Bic Runga - Sway (1997)

Multiple NZ awards - vocalist, songwriter, album, song of the year, international achievement awards in the late '90s onwards.

Rolling Stone icon award - 2023
NZ Music Hall of Fame

We're learning all this the hard way in Wellingto NZ. Pity we didn't pay attention to the UK experience (good and bad) several years ago.

Thank you 😊 you're were right when you wrote 'google is your friend' - telling me 7/8 is used in folk music, and wikipedia provided examples 😄 🎶

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5 Fiona McDonald

Winner of Best Female Vocalist at the NZ Music Awards three time in the 1990s, singing with The Strawpeople and Headless Chickens.

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Day 5: A song in 7/8 time signature

Cat Stevens – Rubylove

Indeed

This one felt like a game changer 🫶

😍 Kimbra was my pick for tomorrow.

Many of the comments under this article are so disheartening.

It's as if people think there are only 2 options - both of which result in suffering and mourning the dead - do nothing or destruction.

That's cool ♥️

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Day 4: A song in 5/4 time signature

Jethro Tull – Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow

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Day 4: Shona Laing - 1905

NZ Music Award 1973. She wrote and performed aged 17

Awards in 1987, 88
NZ Hall of Fame 2013

She should have won songwriter awards for 'Glad I'm not a Kennedy' and 'Soviet Snow' as well, imho.

That will be an acknowledgement he very much deserves.

A little fantail bird sitting on a long white light fitting inside a house.

A little visitor. Pīwakawaka got a bit carried away chasing an insect I expect.

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Day 3: Lorde - Royals

Multiple Aotearoa Music Awards 2013-17. 2022,25
NZ APRA, ARIA, ASCAP, Billlboard & Brit awards, Grammy and I'm going to run out of space for NZ's most awarded musician (maybe).

Thanks 😊The song was written by Don McGlashan for the movie No2. Recommend listening to the Māori version.

Hollie Smith's career didn't take off as well as she deserved, a US record contract that that didn't quite work out etc. etc. She has a couple of good albums & is still performing in NZ.

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Day 3: A song using polyrhythm

Nine Horses - The Librarian

(With David Sylvian)

It's going to be interesting to see who is rolled out to clean up the mess. Someone with leadership ambitions? Bishop, or maybe even Mark Mitchell, who may believe his time has arrived?

Mercury Energy can get quite lyrical when profit is under pressure

"wholesale markets ... are supposed to be terrifying, loud, and wild… they are something to protect oneself from through investments, operational optimisation, and contracting."