CHRISTINE ANU 'IT WAS MY FIRST BABY!?

As the star celebrates 30 years of My Island Home, she opens up about going from an empty-nester to becoming a grandmother

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People play it at weddings, parties - even to patients in palliative care. It's been 30 years since Christine Anu shot to fame with her haunting cover of My Island Home.

She’s a doting grandmother “and menopausal, I tear up about everything” - but the song remains a fan favourite, requested everywhere she sings. Christine has performed the upbeat ballad for royalty - including Prince Charles and Princess Diana - presidents, prime ministers and a global TV audience of around 2.4 billion at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

“Of course, I still love the song, no way could I ever not,” the multi-talented diva says with a laugh, revealing big plans for a national tour to celebrate My Island Home's milestone 30th anniversary.

“You realise how big something is when a song has its special place out there beyond you, for people you've never met. They play it in planes when they come in to land! It’s your song, my song, our song. I can’t wait to get out there on the road and just remind everyone how special this song is to them.

“It has all the right feels, doesn’t it? It's like a living, breathing organism, this song. We've grown up together.”