CarolHoben

Lyttelton

Carol Hoben is a New Zealand singer-songwriter whose music weaves together soul, jazz, folk, blues, Māori storytelling, and the colours of Morocco. With a warm, expressive voice and a gift for lyrical storytelling, she writes songs about love, belonging, resilience, memory, and the landscapes that shape us. A proud Te Ātiawa woman descended from lines of rangatira, Carol draws inspiration from ancestry, social justice, and the enduring strength of ordinary people. Her songs are equally at home in a candlelit café, a coastal township, a mountain village, or beneath the stars of the Sahara. After decades devoted to family, community, and survival, Carol has returned to the creative path that first called her as a young singer. Her music reflects a life lived deeply: long-distance love between New Zealand and Morocco, the healing power of nature, the wisdom that comes with age, and the courage to begin again. Based in Diamond Harbour on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.