Lynette Diaz: Buy

The single, 'Angel' is a collaborative inspiration by New Zealand songwriters, Lynette Diaz and the late, Pete Love.

Written by: Pete Love and Lynette Diaz

Vocals: Lynette Diaz

Guitar/Vocals: Pete Love

Backing Vocals: Diana Hickey

Cello: Nicole Reddington

Recorded at: Angels Gate Recording Studio

Engineer: Kevin Allison

'Lyrics In My Head' (2008) is the 14-Track Debut CD, includes the award-winning song, "Living Before Dying"

All Songs Written by: Lynette Diaz

Engineer/Producer: Andrew Morriss

Recorded at: Refractive Studios (Rolleston, NZ)

The original classic was recorded by Neil Diamond in 1972. This, newly licensed, alt-folk version was recorded forty years later in the hollows of an earthquake damaged garage in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2012.

Vocals: Lynette Diaz

Guitar: Susan L. Grant

Backing Vocals: Diana Hickey

Recorded at: Wardrop Studios (Graham Wardrop, Engineer)

Written by: Neil Diamond/Tom Catalano

Licensed for Digital Distribution: RightsFlow, Inc

Recorded at: Wardrop Studios

Manuka Hunnies blend the strong with the sweet -
Sweet and edgy vocals, spirited and inventive fingerstyle and slide guitar, strong original compositions and fresh interpretations of stylistic covers, tastefully melded with a revolving collaboration of vocal harmonies, accordion, cello and violin.

Originally conceptualized in 2010, as an all-female collective of musicians, founding lead members Susan L. Grant (an award winning finger-style guitarist/composer) and Lynette Diaz (an award winning singer-songwriter), are the roots of this free-flowing Alt-folk/Alt-Country/Americana creation..  In late-2011, The Manuka Hunnies recorded a live CD in a converted private residence, formerly a heritage church in Greendale, New Zealand, the site only a few kilometers away from the September 2010 Greendale earthquake. The songs on this live recording reflected five months of fun and practice that spawned from a desire to ‘get back to normal’ after the inevitable downtime in a very different post-earthquake Christchurch City. The repertoire that evening was a blend of original songs and instrumentals along with some unexpected covers encompassing several genres.