I whanau a Amy i roto i te Whare Wānanga o Whanganui i te tau kotahi i runga i te whakaurunga o te matapihi, a ko te taraiwa taraiwa. I whakakorehia a Sylvia i roto i te whare wananga, a ko tana whaea, ko Janis Winehouse (née Seaton), he kaihoko rongoā. Ko nga tupuna o Winehouse ko nga Hurai Ruhia me nga Hurai Polani i heke mai ki Ranana. He tuakana ta Amy, ko Alex (whanau i te tau 1979), a ko te whanau i noho ki te rohe o Southgate o Ranana, i tae atu ai ia ki Osidge Primary School. I tae atu a Winehouse ki te kura Rātapu Hurai. I muri i tana piki ake ki te rongonui, i te wa o te uiui i whakaatu ia i tana whakakorenga ki te kura e kii ana ia kaore i whakaaetia e tana papa kia haere, kaore hoki ia i ako i tetahi mea mo te Hurai ma te haere ki te whare wananga. I roto i taua uiui ano, i kii a Sylvia Winehouse i haere ia ki te kura nui mo te tau kotahi i runga i te whare wan
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