BIC RUNGA

Since the release of her first single ‘Drive’ in 1996 – Bic Runga (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine) has been awarded almost every musical honour in New Zealand, including the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award. Bic has won the most Tui Awards (New Zealand Music Awards) by any individual, ever (twenty). She has won Best Female Vocalist four times and Best Producer three times. Bic’s debut album ‘Drive’ was certified seven times platinum and featured the enormous hit ‘Sway’. The follow up in ‘Beautiful Collision’ in 2002 was certified an incredible eleven times platinum and featured the hits ‘Get Some Sleep’, ‘Something Good’ and ‘Listening For The Weather’.

‘Beautiful Collision’ was followed by an album recorded live with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. This album included beautiful orchestral versions of all her hits and a recording of the classic Jacque Brel song ‘Ne Me Quitte Pas’, which was an early indicator of Bic's next move to relocate to Paris. Paris life resulted in the more cinematic ‘Bird’s’ album in 2005 which also won Album Of The Year and featured the hit ‘Winning Arrow’.

Her songs have featured in film soundtracks (American Pie), her records have been released around the world, and she has won loyal followings in Europe, Asia and North America.

In January 2006, Runga was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Zealand New Year's Honours List.

In 2016 she was the recipient of the Legacy award at the New Zealand music awards and inducted in to New Zealand Music hall of fame.

Recorded in Paris during the winter of 2025, and released in 2026 ‘Red Sunset’ is Bic’s first album of original songs since 2011’s ‘Belle’. Co-produced by Bic Runga and Kody Nielson, the record captures a reflective, quietly expansive chapter in the career of one of Aotearoa’s most enduring songwriters.

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Management - Jayden Keoghan
Live Bookings NZ/AU - Stephen Wade - Select Music