Porirua barbershop group makes history winning bronze

RNZ News

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Porirua-based barbershop group, Pacific Connection is bathing in their history-making win at the International Barbershop Chorus Competition in the US. They took home bronze for their performance in Denver, Colorado, becoming the highest-ever placing New Zealand chorus. It's not the group's first time competing. In 2022 they won the highest score in NZ history before representing Aotearoa in Louisville Kentucky in 2023 - placing 8th in the world. Barbershop is traditionally acapella style with a four-part harmony creating rich and unique sounds. Pacific Connection co-founder Henrietta Hunkin-Tagaloa and President Julian Wright speak to
Culture 101
.