A gifted child
When Lorde was just six years old a series of tests determined that she was an intellectually gifted child and she was briefly enrolled at George Parkyn Centre.
However, her mother later removed her from the school when she became concerned about her social development. By the age of 10, she had won North Shore Primary Schools' Speech competition while representing Vauxhall School in 2007 and would later impress a Universal executive when she sang Duffy's hit 'Warwick Avenue' at a school concert.