Anthonie Tonnon

Anthonie Tonnon (born 1989) is a New Zealand songwriter, musician, public transport advocate and operator of Whanganui's historic Durie Hill Elevator.

Biography Tonnon grew up in Dunedin and studied music and history at the University of Otago.

The inspiration for some of Tonnon's works come from current affairs: "Water Underground" on irrigation on the Canterbury Plains; "Marion Bates Realty" on Auckland's gentrification; "Lockheed Bomber" about the Canberra air disaster; and his show Rail Land on car dependence.

His 2015 album Successor was a 2016 Taite Music Prize finalist. He won the 2022 Taite Music Prize for Leave Love Out of This.

In 2021 Tonnon took on the contract to operate the Durie Hill Elevator in Whanganui.

A minor planet 44527 Tonnon was named after Tonnon as a result of his Synthesized Universe, a show he developed in 2018 for the planetarium at the Otago Museum in Dunedin.

Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions NZ NZArtist Successor Released: 6 March 2015 Label: Canapé King Records, Misra/Wild Kindness Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming – 7 Leave Love Out of This Released: 16 July 2021 Label: Slow Time Records, Misra Records Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming 9 2 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Singles Title Year Album "Water Underground" 2015 Successor "Two Free Hands" 2017Leave Love Out of This "Old Images" 2018 "Mataura Paper Mill" 2020 "Entertainment" 2021 "Leave Love Out of This" "Peacetime Orders" "Lockheed Bomber" 2022