{{Short description|New Zealand musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Deane Waretini | image = | caption = | birth_date = c. 1946 | alias = | origin = New Zealand | instrument = | genre = Pop, Country | occupation = Singer, business owner | years_active = 1970s to present | label = Tony McCarthy Recordings, CBS, Ode Records | website = }}
'''Deane Waretini''' (born c. 1946) is a musician from New Zealand. He had a #1 chart hit in 1981 with the song "The Bridge",<ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=https://charts.nz/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1981&date=19810419 |title=New Zealand charts portal |publisher=charts.nz |date=19 April 1981 |accessdate=14 July 2012}}</ref> a Māori language song set to Nini Rosso's tune "Il Silenzio".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10564340 |title=You must remember this|work=The New Zealand Herald |date= 30 March 2009|accessdate=14 July 2012}}</ref> He is also the son of a historically significant Maori baritone singer and recording artist. In later years, Waretini was featured in a New Zealand television production that was built around him.
==Background== He was born Adrian Waretini in Rotorua in 1946, the youngest son of famed Maori singer Deane Waretini Snr.<ref name="nzonscreen1">NZ On Screen [https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/dean-waretini/artist Deane Waretini]</ref> Waretini really only found out about his father's singing when he was aged about 12. It wasn't until years later that he knew about his father having recorded on to record. To him, his father just worked as a laborer and would sing lullabies. Music wasn't really a big thing in their home in Horohoro.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perrott |first1=Alan |title=Deane Waretini aka Adrian Waretini |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/deane-waretini |website=audioculture.co.nz |publisher=AudioCulture |access-date=16 May 2023 |language=en |date=11 September 2018 |quote=Growing up in Horohoro, southwest of Rotorua, music had never been a feature of Adrian’s home life, to the extent that he would only dare sing along to his radio once his parents were fast asleep.}}</ref><ref name="nzherald1">''New Zealand Herald'' – Monday 30 March 2009 [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10564340 You must remember this, Deane Waretini – ''The Bridge'' – By Alan Perrott]</ref> By the time he was in his late teens he had moved from Rotorua to Christchurch and was working as a labourer. It was in 1967 that his father died. Young Waretini was 21 at this time.<ref>New Zealand Folk Song [http://www.folksong.org.nz/te_piriti/index.html Deane Waretini, Senior and Junior]</ref> It wasn't until about two years after his father's death that he would actually get to hold one of his records in his hands.<ref name="nzherald1"/>
==Career== At age 14, and having learnt a few chords on the guitar, and apparently enough to impress the opposite sex, he tried out for a band. After being made to realise that he didn't own a guitar, the option left was singing. Having learnt a few songs from the radio, he joined a local group called the Tremloes. After 18 months of rehearsing, the band got their chance to play at a venue called the Ritz. With a capability to handle 600 patrons, the Ritz was nearly empty. On their debut there, the band were taken off stage. While the other members were upset over this action, Waretini, apparently philosophical about the event, was happy just to have played there. After that, Waretini was finding work and doing gigs where the opportunity arose.
By 1967 he was the father of two children. A day short of his 21st birthday, he learnt that his father had died. He was in Christchurch at this time. After the funeral of his father, Waretini was taken under the wing of his cousin George Tait, a Te Arawa elder. Tait also became his manager. In 1970, Tait flew Waretini to Australia, and financed the trip himself from his war pension income. While Waretini was there, he came across Wi Wharekura who had previously been a musician with the Howard Morrison Quartet. After learning a few things about the business, Waretini came back and joined the roster of promoter Joe Brown.<ref name="nzherald1"/> Waretini really began his professional career in the early 1970s. Around that time he appeared as a finalist in Studio One's New Faces Contest. Also around that time, he cut his first record "Troubles In My Life".<ref name="autogenerated1">''Te Ao Hou'' The Maori Magazine Number 72 [http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/image/Mao72TeA/Mao72TeA049.html Page 49 People and Places, New Dean Waretini]</ref> The debut single was released on the Tony McCarthy Recordings label,<ref>National Library of New Zealand [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21216135?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcreator%5D=Waretini%2C+Deane%2C+1950%3F-&search%5Bpath%5D=items Trouble in my life (sound recording) / Tony McCarthy; (performed by) Deane Waretini]</ref> a small label that previously had released a recording by Mahia Blackmore.<ref>Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/label/727349-Tony-McCarthy-Recordings Tony McCarthy Recordings]</ref>
In June 1973, he entered a contest to pick the song for the 1974 Commonwealth Games. The song "Baby I'm Leaving" was a Mark Anthony composition. Other artists in the competition were The Rumour with "Quiet Song", an Anderson & Wise composition, and "Join Together", by Steve Allen. Allen's song was the winner.<ref name="ngataonga1">The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision [http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=185239 Catalogue → 23940, Recorded 18/06/73 Studio One, Programme 6]</ref> In an earlier heat, another singer with the same surname, Andy Waretini had entered with the song "Last Year's Summer".<ref>The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision [http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=216157 Catalogue → 24258 Recorded 1973. Studio One/Programme 2]</ref>
==="The Bridge"=== The Bridge was originally self-released before CBS picked it up. After that it became the first no 1 song to be sung in Maori language. It stayed at the top of the charts for two weeks.<ref name="nzonscreen1"/>
It was recorded in a garage in the Auckland suburb of Henderson. Waretini didn't have money to pay the musicians so he paid them in Kentucky Fried Chicken. Spending $96 to get a pile of the singles produced, he sent some to Radio 1ZB, then bombarded them with play requests. He managed to get it played at Auckland's Civic Theatre as part of their intermission music. He also recruited a news paper boy to sell copies to passing people for 50 cents each. This soon resulted in people going into record shops looking for it. Not long afterwards, CBS wanted to put it out. On 3 April 1981, the song pushed John Lennon's Woman from the number 1 spot.<ref name="nzherald1"/> It also reached no 7 in Australia.<ref>''Stuff'' 5 September 2012 [http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/7610156/Is-this-Daene-Waretinis-hour Is this Daene Waretini's hour? – James Croot]</ref>
For his efforts he received $27,000 from CBS and surrendered the rights to the song.<ref>''New Zealand Herald'', Monday 30 March 2009 [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10564340 You must remember this, Deane Waretini – ''The Bridge'' – By Alan Perrott]</ref>
===Post "The Bridge"=== In 1981, along with Ken Kincaid, the Lightwood family, and Rhonda, he appeared on the ''Mauri Hikitia'' album,<ref>Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/436753 Object: The Mauri Hikitia Album]</ref> which was in support of the Mt. Smart Stadium project.<ref>National Library of New Zealand [http://natlib.govt.nz/records/20619138?search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=%22Mauri+Hikitia%22 The Mauri Hikitia album (sound recording) / various artists.]</ref> In 1984, he released the single "Te ariki, Oh Lord". An article about the single called "Deane needs a hit to bridge over his debts" appeared in the 22 February edition of the ''Auckland Star''.<ref>[https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/akldpeople/id/210412 Index item: Deane needs a hit to bridge over his debts, by Caroline Kidd] from ''The Auckland Star'', February 1984.</ref>
In 2012, Waretini was the subject of a seven-part television series called ''Now is the Hour'', shown on Maori television.<ref>''New Zealand Herald'' Saturday, 15 September 2012 [http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10834068 Entertainment, Album review: Now Is The Hour – Deane Waretini – By Scott Kara]</ref><ref>New Zealand Film and TV, 14 August 2012 By [http://newzealandfilmtv.co.nz/2012/08/comedy-doco-%E2%80%98deane-waretini-now-is-the-hour-to-screen-on-maori-television/ Comedy-doco ‘Deane Waretini: Now is the Hour’ to screen on Maori Television] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817015225/http://newzealandfilmtv.co.nz/2012/08/comedy-doco-%E2%80%98deane-waretini-now-is-the-hour-to-screen-on-maori-television/ |date=17 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>Māori Television [http://www.maoritelevision.com/tv/shows/deane-waretini-now-hour Deane Waretini: Now is the Hour]</ref> Also in 2012, his album ''Now is the Hour'' spent 2 weeks in the New Zealand charts and peaked at no 25.<ref>New Zealand Charts [https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Deane+Waretini&titel=Now+Is+The+Hour&cat=a Deane Waretini – Now Is The Hour (Album)]</ref>
===Song For Anna=== At some stage he recorded a song called "Song For Anna", which was a tribute to victims of domestic violence who have died as a result of the act.<ref>NZrugbySupporter [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqBbKWIZqGs Song For Anna]</ref>
==Discography== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Singles |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Release info ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | "Trouble In My Life" / "The Long Road" | Tony McCarthy Recordings tm 4 | 1972<ref>Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/Deane-Waretini-Trouble-In-My-Life/release/5997412 Deane Waretini (2) – Trouble In My Life]</ref><ref>Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision [http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=235843 Catalogue → 51934, 45rpm – NTK Deane Waretini]</ref> | |- ! scope="row" | "Melody Butterfly" / "Trouble In My Life" | Tony McCarthy Recordings tm 6 | 1973<ref>The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound [http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=174983 Catalogue → 20866, Melody Butterfly]</ref> | |- ! scope="row" | "The Bridge / "Luckenback Texas" | Innovation INN 009 | 1980 | Produced by Allan Witana<ref>45cat [http://www.45cat.com/record/inn009 Artist: Deane Waretini With The Rising Stars, Catalogue: INN 009]</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "The Bridge" / "Luckenback Texas" | CBS BA 222767 | 1980<ref>45cat [http://www.45cat.com/record/ba222767 Artist: Deane Waretini With The Rising Stars, Catalogue: BA 222767]</ref> | |- ! scope="row" | "Growing Old" / "All Those Nights" | CBS BA 222721 | 1980<ref>New Zealand Records Catalogue [http://www.newzealandrecords.co.nz/single_details.php?ID=1824 The Deane Waretini Single 'Growing Old'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003123952/http://www.newzealandrecords.co.nz/single_details.php?ID=1824 |date=3 October 2016 }}</ref><ref>National Library of New Zealand [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21209961?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcreator%5D=Waretini%2C+Deane%2C+1950%3F-&search%5Bi%5D%5Busage%5D=All+rights+reserved&search%5Bpath%5D=items Growing old (sound recording) / Brian Holiday; (performed by) Dean Waretini. All those nights / Sharon O'Neill; (performed by) Dean Waretini]</ref> | |- ! scope="row" | "Ethos" / "Po Ata Rau" | CBS BA 222800 | 1981<ref>New Zealand Records [http://www.newzealandrecords.co.nz/vinyl.php?Product=SINGLE&Made_In=New+Zealand&Label=CBS&page=22 CBS Singles Discography Made in New Zealand] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003103111/http://www.newzealandrecords.co.nz/vinyl.php?Product=SINGLE&Made_In=New+Zealand&Label=CBS&page=22 |date=3 October 2016 }}</ref> | |- ! scope="row" | "Hope" / "Rock And Roll Days" | CBS BA 222 942 | 1982 | Produced by Kevin Furey<br>Musical direction by Stanley Jackson<ref>45cat [http://www.45cat.com/record/ba222942 Artist: Deane Waretini, Catalogue: BA 222 942]</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "Te Ariki" (Oh Lord) / "Rock 'N' Roll Days" | RCA Victor 104267 | 1984 | Arranged by James Tawhi<ref>National Library of New Zealand [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22066240?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcreator%5D=Waretini%2C+Deane%2C+1950%3F-&search%5Bi%5D%5Busage%5D=All+rights+reserved&search%5Bpath%5D=items Te Ariki (Oh Lord) (sound recording) / W. Kaa ... (et. al.); (performed by) Deane Waretini. Rock 'n' roll days / Lobo; (performed by) Deane Waretini]</ref><ref>The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero [http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=174029 Catalogue → 20497 Te Ariki]</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "Tarawera eruption 86" / "Born Free" | Parker's Music World PMW 1016 | 1986 | Side 1 with Putiputi Tonihi<ref>National Library of New Zealand [http://nlnzcat.natlib.govt.nz/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=5175 Tarawera eruption 86]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero [http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=174935 Tarawera eruption 86]</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "Te Tangi Ote Maori" / "Thoughts" | Mauri DW 1 | | Credited to Treasures with Deane Waretini |}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Albums |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Release info ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | F ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | ''Waretini'' | CBS SBP 237634 | 1981 | LP | The Yandall Sisters background vocals<ref>Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/Deane-Waretini-Waretini/release/7824895 Deane Waretini (2) – Waretini]</ref><ref>WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/946794310 Waretini]</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Waretini and Friends'' | | 200? | CD | Self-released<ref>Māori Television [http://www.maoritelevision.com/tv/shows/deane-waretini-now-hour/episode/deane-waretini-now-hour-series-1-episode-1 Deane Waretini: Now is the Hour, Series 1 Episode 1, ( Time =4:00)]</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Now is the Hour'' | Ode Records CD MANU 5145 | 2012 | CD | Distributed by DRM<ref>Independent Music NZ Inc.[http://www.indies.co.nz/imnz/tag/deane-waretini/ IMNZ Album Charts, Top 20 IMNZ Albums – Week To 27 September 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806032359/http://www.indies.co.nz/imnz/tag/deane-waretini/ |date=6 August 2016 }}</ref> |}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Various artist compilation appearances |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Release info ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Track(s) ! scope="col" | F ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | ''The Mauri Hikitia'' | Epic ELPS 4192 (CBS) | 1981 | "Now Is The Hour" (trad), "All Those Nights",<br>"Growing Old" | LP<ref>National Library of New Zealand [http://natlib.govt.nz/records/20619138?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcategory%5D=Audio&search%5Bi%5D%5Bcentury%5D=1900&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject_text%5D=Popular+music+--+New+Zealand&search%5Bpath%5D=items The Mauri Hikitia album (sound recording) / various artists.]</ref><ref>National Library of New Zealand Catalogue [http://nlnzcat.natlib.govt.nz/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1351381 The Mauri Hikitia album]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>National Library of New Zealand [http://nlnzcat.natlib.govt.nz/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=9249&recCount=25&recPointer=1&bibId=1146886 Easy, arr. (and performed by) Ken Kincaid. Songs of home (Now is the hour) / trad.; (performed by) Ken Kincaid.]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | |- ! scope="row" | ''25 Years Of Kiwi Pop'' | EMI 435040 2 | 1990 | "The Bridge" | CD<ref>Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/Various-25-Years-Of-Kiwi-Pop/release/700855 Various – 25 Years Of Kiwi Pop]</ref> | |- ! scope="row" | ''Rucks, Tries & Choruses'' | EMI 50999 6790752 6 | 2011 | "Rugby World Cup"<ref>Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Rucks-Tries-Choruses/release/3415602 Various – Rucks, Tries & Choruses]</ref> | CD | |- ! scope="row" | ''Ten Guitars'' | Universal Music | 2009 | "The Bridge" | CD<ref>Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Ten-Guitars/release/8367925 Various – Ten Guitars]</ref> | |-
! scope="row" | ''Waiata : Maori Showbands, Balladeers & Pop Stars'' | His Master's Voice – 50999 6802952<br>EMI – 50999 6802952 4 | 2011 | "The Bridge"<br>(Unreleased Alternative Version) | CD<ref>Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Waiata-Maori-Showbands-Balladeers-Pop-Stars/release/3963612 Various – Waiata – Maori Showbands, Balladeers & Pop Stars]</ref> | |- ! scope="row" | ''Pohutukawas & Pavlova'' (60 Years of Kiwi Christmas Songs) | Frenzy Music | 2012 | "A Merry Christmas" | CD<ref>iTunes [https://web.archive.org/web/20160911001450/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/pohutukawas-pavlova-60-years/id581108346 Pohutukawas & Pavlova (60 Years of Kiwi Christmas Songs) Various Artists]</ref> | |- ! scope="row" | ''Nature's Best: 40 NZ Number Ones, 1970–2013'' | Sony 02239 | 2013 | "The Bridge" | CD<ref>All Music [http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/natures-best-40-nz-number-ones-1970-2013-mr0004075931 Various Artists ''Nature's Best: 40 NZ Number Ones, 1970–2013'']</ref> | |- ! scope="row" | ''Aotearoa: The Very Best Of Our Music'' | Sony | 2014 | "The Bridge" | CD<ref>i Tunes [https://web.archive.org/web/20160921185042/https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/aotearoa-very-best-our-music/id944854799 Aotearoa: The Very Best of Our Music]</ref> | Appears on DISC RUA 1975–1993 |- ! scope="row" | ''Waiata 2 Maori Showbands, Balladeers & Pop Stars'' | EMI | 2013 | "The Wonder Of You" | CD<ref>Waiheke Radio [http://lutheranize3.rssing.com/chan-3305679/all_p6.html 09/27/14--18:13: Navigator presents "Aotearoa Daylight Saving Time" Sunday September 28, 2014 6-9pm playlist]</ref><ref>WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/858947887 Waiata. 2 : Māori showbands, balladeers & pop stars]</ref> | Appears on Disc 1 |}
==Television== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ List |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Director / Producer ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes # |- ! scope="row" | ''New Faces'' | Himself | | c 1972 | <ref name="autogenerated1"/> |- ! scope="row" | ''Studio One'' | Himself | | 1973 | Sings "Baby I'm Leaving"<ref name="ngataonga1"/> |- ! scope="row" | ''Kiri Maori'' | Himself | | 2000 | TV special feat Kiri Te Kanawa<ref>Imdb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282661/ Kiri Maori (2000)]</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Now is the Hour, Episode 1'' | Himself | Megan Douglas (prod.) | 2012 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Now is the Hour, Episode 2'' | Himself | Megan Douglas (prod.) | 2012 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Now is the Hour, Episode 3'' | Himself | Megan Douglas (prod.) | 2012 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Now is the Hour, Episode 4'' | Himself | Megan Douglas (prod.) | 2012 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Now is the Hour, Episode 5'' | Himself | Megan Douglas (prod.) | 2012 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Now is the Hour, Episode 6'' | Himself | Megan Douglas (prod.) | 2012 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Now is the Hour, Episode 7'' | Himself | Megan Douglas (prod.) | 2012 | <ref>Imdb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2719988/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast Deane Waretini: Now Is the Hour (2012– ), Full Cast & Crew]</ref><ref>Scottie Productions [http://www.scottieproductions.co.nz/work/deane-waretini-now-is-the-hour/ DEANE WARETINI — NOW IS THE HOUR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813103305/http://www.scottieproductions.co.nz/work/deane-waretini-now-is-the-hour/ |date=13 August 2016 }}</ref> |}
== References == {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
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