Rosalind Manowitz is the face behind Rainbow Rosalind the Fairy.

 

She is a loving mother to her 8 year-old son Hueylo and splits her time up between presenting and composing for TVNZ's 'Code Fun', performing live stage shows & birthday parties, recording her own music, and directing the Rainbow Rosalind Parties Ltd company.

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Rosalind grew up in a very musical family, with both her parents being professional violinists. She started on the violin at the teeny tiny age of 2 years old! Rosalind went on to study musical theatre abroad, and very quickly found her true passion in writing songs for children. She began using songwriting as a tool to help children understand and believe important messages of self-love, acceptance and individuality. She also uses her music to awaken and inspire the inner-child within adults, which she believes is one of the greatest most powerful things we can do.

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Rosalind is also extremely passionate about introducing children to the world of classical music and the orchestra, and creates work which allows kids to engage with this in a fun, accessible & interactive way.

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Rosalind has been performing as Rainbow Rosalind the Fairy for 8 years, since 2016, which all started when she returned to her hometown with a notebook full of songs she had written over the years. She rang up the local library and set up a small story-pit show in which she would ‘try out’ her songs with kids for the first time ever! After that performance, things took off at the speed of a shooting star.

Rainbow Rosalind the Fairy was born, and she began performing for festivals, events, birthday parties, kindies, schools and shows around New Zealand and abroad. Some highlights along the way have been winning the APRA Best Children’s Music Video 2016 award at the New Zealand Children’s Music Awards for her original music video ‘ Aotearoa, Home of our Hearts’ ; the release of her debut album ‘Kia ora’ along with an album launch show and tour; being the recipient of the SOUNZ Community Commission award for her hit show ‘ Rainbow Rosalind Meets the Orchestra’ in 2018, and winning the Warehouse stationery Biz4Biz Award for her company Rainbow Rosalind Parties in 2020.

Rainbow Rosalind currently holds the title of New Zealand Children's Artist of the Year for the third year running, as well as Global Children's Artist of the Decade 2010 - 2020, each awards from the Australian FKR Global Children's Music Awards.

 

Rosalind is also a proud member of Kiwi Kids Music, founded by Suzy Cato, creating beautiful connections between tamariki and NZ Children’s music.

 

In 2020, Rosalind began her TV career, with the leading role on TVNZ’s Code Fun, in which she plays the role of ‘Rozzie’, along with her robot side-kick ‘Digi’.

As well as being the presenter on Code Fun, she also produces all the music for the show, and introduces kids to a variety of musical instruments that she plays live.

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Rosalind believes in the power of always staying young at heart, and she vows to never truly grow up. “You may not be able to find real magic in this world... But you can always create it!”