Bic Runga

The choruses on Bic Runga singles, like 'Sway' and 'Good Morning Baby', are part of the New Zealand songbook. Runga is Christchurch-born, to a Chinese-Malaysian cabaret singer mother and Māori soldier father. Her 1997 debut album Drive sold seven times platinum, a local record which she broke in 2002 with Beautiful Collision. Among varied accolades, Runga was made a member of the NZ Order of Merit in 2006. In 2011 she helped compose the soundtrack for cross-cultural romance My Wedding and Other Secrets. At the 2016 NZ Music Awards, she became the youngest artist inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame.