# Anna Coddington

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right|thumb|Coddington in 2017

'''Anna Coddington''' (born 14 June 1981) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter.<ref name="stuff_mentor">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/central-leader/2385892/Mentors-launch-kids-into-music|title=Mentors launch kids into music|date=6 May 2009|publisher=Stuff|location=New Zealand}}</ref> She has released four albums. Her previous band 'Duchess', for whom Coddington was songwriter, singer and guitarist, also released a 6 track EP in 2005. In 2015, Coddington covered [Terence Trent D'Arby](/source/Terence_Trent_D'Arby)'s "[Sign Your Name](/source/Sign_Your_Name)" for [Katie Noonan](/source/Katie_Noonan)'s album ''[Songs That Made Me](/source/Songs_That_Made_Me)''.

==Biography==
Coddington grew up in the seaside town of [Raglan](/source/Raglan%2C_New_Zealand). She started playing drums from age 11, and guitar from age 14. By 16 she was fronting and writing for her first band, Handsome Geoffery, which won New Zealand's national student music competition, [Smokefree Rockquest](/source/Smokefree_Rockquest), in 1998. The band's members included future actor/director [Aidee Walker](/source/Aidee_Walker), who would later direct a number of Coddington's music videos.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-10-04|title=Aidee Walker: Daydream believer|language=en-NZ|work=The New Zealand Herald |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11134650|access-date=2020-08-10|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> A self-proclaimed nerd, she studied linguistics at the [University of Auckland](/source/University_of_Auckland) to masters level, and also is a 2nd dan black belt in [Kyokushin Karate](/source/Kyokushin_Karate). She rarely takes time off training, as it provides a counterbalance to the self-absorbed process of music and "keeps her sane".<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Stuff|location=New Zealand |title=She's got spars in her eyes|date=5 March 2011|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/entertainment/4679893/Shes-got-spars-in-her-eyes}}</ref>

=== Personal life ===
She has two sons with her partner Dick Johnson,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Stuff|location=New Zealand |date=28 April 2017|title=Anna Coddington on juggling music and motherhood|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/91916770/anna-coddington-on-juggling-life-as-a-mother-singer-and-songwriter}}</ref> who's also known as "Magic J" and whom she collaborates with musically in CLICKS.<ref>{{cite web|date=26 December 2018|title=CLICKS on Bandcamp|publisher=Bandcamp.com|url=https://clicksmusic.bandcamp.com/}}</ref> She strives to learn and master the [Māori language](/source/M%C4%81ori_language) together with her children.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 September 2017|title=My te reo Māori journey: Anna Coddington|publisher=[The Spinoff](/source/The_Spinoff) |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/featured/12-09-2017/my-te-reo-maori-journey-anna-coddington/}}</ref>

Coddington is studying law at [Auckland University of Technology](/source/Auckland_University_of_Technology), and in July 2025 took out a national prize for Best Overall Individual Mooter.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 July 2025|title=Top prizes for AUT Māori law students|publisher=[Auckland University of Technology](/source/Auckland_University_of_Technology) |url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/news/stories/top-prizes-for-aut-maori-law-students}}</ref>

==Discography==
* The Lake (2008)
* Cat & Bird (2011)
* Luck/Time (2016)
* Beams (2020)
* Te Whakamiha (2024)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517013522/http://www.annacoddington.com/ annacoddington.com]}}
* [https://soundcloud.com/annacoddington Anna Coddington on Soundcloud]
* [https://www.facebook.com/AnnaCoddingtonMusic/?ref=ts  Anna Coddington on Facebook]
* [https://www.instagram.com/annacoddington/ Anna Coddington on Instagram]

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