Person Open DS/UK/4157 Howie; ariki tapairu; Fanny (11 January 1868-20 May 1916); New Zealand contralto singer Howie Fanny ariki tapairu 11 January 1868-20 May 1916 New Zealand contralto singer Female (cisgender) Fanny Rose Howie | Fanny Porter | Fanny Poata Te Rangi Pai | Princess Te Rangi Pai Tokomaru Bay, Auckland Province, New Zealand (born)

New Zealander Music | Vocals | Contralto Multiple / Mixed No known disability Daughter of Thomas William Porter (soldier and land purchase officer) and Herewaka Porourangi Potae (also known as Te Rangi-i-paea, daughter of Tama-i-whakanehua-i-te-rangi (high-ranking Ngati Porou chief and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi) and Mereana Tongia) Spouse of John Howie (civil servant) Heterosexual Fanny Howie was a New Zealand singer and composer. Of Maori descent, she identified with the iwi of Ngati Porou and Te Whanau-a-Apanui. The lullaby "Hine E Hine" is her most famous composition, and she was well-known in Britain as a singer of opera and popular music from 1901 to 1905. In 1901 she gave her debut performance in Liverpool under the stage name "The Princess Te Rangi Pai", and received praise from critics, after which she performed widely at promenade and formal concerts, charity performances and all England's major concert halls, often aside leading singers of the day. She sang at the Royal Albert Hall on several occasions including at the Grand Irish Festival and Grand Scotch Festival, both in 1902. She also organised a colonial concert that same year at the Queen's Hall, featuring New Zealand and Australian vocalists as well as the performance of a haka by a Maori group who had come to London for the planned coronation of Edward VII. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Howie (2023) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 1/29/2013 RAHAKirkbride 7/12/2023 6de9d495-73fb-4260-8250-5d230e829677