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Nick Afos (born 1986 in Auckland) is a popular New Zealand tenor.

Early life

He grew up in Mangere and Papatoetoe. He was educated at Calvin Chrisitan School, St Peter's College and King's College. He was a prominent junior rugby player in Auckland Rugby. He was selected for the NZ Secondary Schools (2003/2004), NZ Under 17’s (2002) as well as many Regional representative teams. He was also contracted to Auckland Rugby as a member of their High Performance Unit. He stopped playing Rugbuy after a knee injury. Afoa studied social sciences at Auckland University before helping to deliver a programme to South Auckland teens who had been affected by drugs and alcohol, using music as a therapeutic tool.<ref name="Loren">Lion King easy fit for Afoa, Stuff News, 22 October 2013 (Retrieved 22 October 20130.

Career

As a singer, Afoa was a soloist for the Rugby World Cup Choir who performed the National Anthems (for their respective countries) at the Rugby World Cup in Australia. In Auckland he performed at Sky City Symphony Under the Stars (2004), Christmas in the Park(2003) and has been the National Anthem singer for other international rugby sides. In 2013 he was cast (for a season due to last into 2015) as Simba in a Sydney musical production of Disney's The Lion King.