Anthonie Tonnon

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

Anthonie Tonnon
Tonnon in 2019
Background information
Born	1989 (age 35–36) Tauranga, New Zealand
Genres	Indie music Alternative music
Occupations	Singer songwriter public transport advocate elevator operator
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Canapé King Records, Misra Records, Wild Kindness, Slow Time Records
Website	www.anthonietonnon.com

Biography

Tonnon grew up in Dunedin and studied music and history at the University of Otago.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

In 2022 he won the Taite Music Prize for his album Leave Love Out of This.^[4]

In 2021 Tonnon took on the contract to operate the Durie Hill Elevator in Whanganui.^[5]

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.^[1][6]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		NZ [7]	NZ Artist [8]
Successor	Released: 6 March 2015[9] Label: Canapé King Records, Misra/Wild Kindness Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	–	7
Leave Love Out of This	Released: 16 July 2021[10] 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"[11]	2015	Successor
"Two Free Hands"[12]	2017	Leave Love Out of This
"Old Images"[13]	2018
"Mataura Paper Mill"[14]	2020
"Entertainment"[15]	2021
"Leave Love Out of This"[16]
"Peacetime Orders"[17]
"Lockheed Bomber"[18]	2022