- He Awa Whiria - Convention 2025 - Results
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Date Posted: Thu, 25 Sep 2025
This past weekend Barbershop Harmony New Zealand held our convention and national competitions in Christchurch. The event was a great success, with all attendees having positive things to say about the activities.
Over the weekend, a number of awards were presented to members for service or tenure, but also as part of the quartet and chorus contest.Membership Awards
BHNZ Outstanding Achievement Award - John Denton
Quartet Competition Awards
- Novice Quartet Certificate - The People's Quartet
- Senior Quartet Silver Medal - Young at Heart
- Senior Quartet Gold Medal & Tommy Newman Bowl - Mixolydian
- John Buckley Trophy for the Most Improved Quartet - The Note-ifications
- Most Entertaining Quartet - Iraia Te Whaiti Trophy- Promenade
- Open Quartet Bronze Medal (5th Place) - The Remarkables
- Open Quartet Bronze Medal (4th Place) - The People's Quartet
- Open Quartet Bronze Medal - The Usual Suspects
- Open Quartet Silver Medal - Centreplace
- Open Quartet Gold Medal & John Buckley/Gary Taylor Trophy - Promenade
Chorus Competition Awards
- Small Chapter Bronze Medal - Tasmonics
- Small Chapter Silver Medal - Harbour Capital Chorus
- Small Chapter Gold Medal & Manawatunes Chorus Trophy - Auckland Mixed Barbershop Chorus
- Malborough Sounds Chorus Trophy for the Most Improved Chorus - Manu Mātātahi
- Senior Chorus Bronze Medal - Height of Harmony
- Senior Chorus Silver Medal - Marlborough Sounds
- Senior Chorus Gold Medal - Tasmonics
- Harper Cup for the BHNZ Audience Favourite Chorus - Manu Mātātahi
- Open Chorus Bronze Medal - Vocal FX
- Open Chorus Silver Medal - Quantum Acoustics
- Open Chorus Gold Medal & BHNZ Open Chorus Cup - Manu Mātātahi
- He Awa Whiria Convention to be live streamed
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Date Posted: Thu, 18 Sep 2025
All contest sessions and the "A Confluence of Harmony" Show to be live streamed For more information, see: convention.barbershopharmony.nz/livestream
- Wow Pacific Connection - CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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Date Posted: Sun, 6 Jul 2025
Pacific Connection, what an amazing performance - placed 3rd in the International Chorus Contest, held on 5 July in Denver, Colorado 😁
A 98.2 Performance score for your Moana medley ✨🎆For more information, see: https://files.barbershop.org/PDFs/Scores/BHS-2025-International-Convention-Chorus-Finals-OSS.pdf
- Congratulations to Promenade & Centreplace Quartets
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Date Posted: Fri, 4 Jul 2025
Congratulations to Promenade and Centrplace Quartets for placing 3rd and 8th respecively in the International NextGen Quartet Contest in Denver, Colorado held on 2 July 2025 😃 For more information, see: https://files.barbershop.org/PDFs/Scores/BHS-2025-International-NextGen-Varsity-Quartet-Championship-Quartet-Finals-OSS.pdf
- Copyright and Licensing Demystified
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Date Posted: Sun, 11 May 2025
Richard Harker from City of Sails Chorus has unraveled the labyrinth that is music licensing and copyright.
Whether you are a chorus or quartet, writing, arranging, learning, performing or competing, This document should tell you all you want to know.
