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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1425/
- Published: 2026-03-08T17:30:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-08T17:30:34.000Z
- Description: Dilworth Karaka, founding member and frontman of the New Zealand band Herbs, has died.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Dilworth Karaka is being remembered as a humble man with a musical soul. The frontman of the band Herbs has died, aged 75\. \[...\]  
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> Born in 1950, Karaka co‑founded the band in Auckland in 1979 with Toni Fonoti, Spencer Fusimalohi and Fred Faleauto.  
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> He was the band’s regular guitarist and lead singer for the next 40 years.  
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> Herbs collaborated with some big local names including [Tim Finn](https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/tim-finn?ref=goodoil.news) (‘Parihaka’), [Annie Crummer](https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/annie-crummer?ref=goodoil.news) (‘See What Love Can Do’) and most successfully with [Dave Dobbyn](https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/dave-dobbyn?ref=goodoil.news) on the hit single [‘Slice of Heaven’](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/music101/audio/2018825021/slice-of-heaven-the-story-of-aotearoa-s-unofficial-anthem?ref=goodoil.news), off the movie soundtrack *Footrot Flats.*  
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> RNZ

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