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If you read the Weekend Herald, you would have seen their tacky little story on the hard times of Mr Pauly Fuemana, the man behind OMC and their huge hit How Bizarre. He has been judged bankrupt, which seems rather odd, given that the song must still be a serious earner. Simon Grigg gets quoted in the Herald's story (without permission, he notes) and has written a post on his blog about it, well worth a read. Simon was closely involved with OMC thru his record label Huh.

snip... "I’m not sure what to say about this rather unpleasant little story in the once mighty but now, only-just-crawling-above-tabloid-level NZ Herald... what saddens me is the way New Zealand so happily crucifies those who it previously celebrated. He has made some financial mistakes, mainly through inexperience, bad advice (and I note that some of those to whom he owed large sums were those to whom entrusted himself for advice, and others who rushed at him as way to make a quick buck but turned) Pauly has done little wrong beyond naivety. In fact he has done a lot right. He waved the flag for his nation all over the world. He was a proud ambassador of his nation and his people...

"I sat with him in radio stations on the other side of the world when he extolled the virtues of New Zealand as a place to live to millions, and, with immense pride explained to newspaper reporters, smitten by his handsome charm, as to the significance of the tattoos on his arms. Indeed, when How Bizarre took off there was massive pressure to re-locate to the UK, and I put it to Pauly but he told me he wanted to raise his family in New Zealand, he loved it and it was home. I understood..." Read Simon's post here.