PHOTO: SUPPLIEDA former Dunedin singer who has been slated for her performance of the national anthem at an All Blacks game may have been miscast, people familiar with her singing say. The public took to social media to say Ms Kavanaugh "completely butchered" the anthem and described it as "dreadful" and "embarrasing". Dunedin Operatic stalwart Gladys Hope said Ms Kavanaugh did a good job because the national anthem was not an easy song to sing. She sang with Ms Kavanaugh’s mother, Kathi Craig Hopwood, and had known Ms Kavanaugh and her sister since they were babies, Ms Hope said. Ms Kavanaugh told the ODT last night she was not yet ready to talk about her performance.
