years_active px|caption label article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name
1996 -- present bic in auckland , new zealand . runga performing on the 2010 winery tour , sony new zealand bic runga
 '' ` bic runga '' ' solo_singer 13 january 1976 vocals , guitar , drums pop rock , folk rock runga2 small.jpg christchurch , new zealand briolette kah bic runga
bic runga

briolette kah bic runga mnzm -lrb- born 13 january 1976 in christchurch , new zealand -rrb- , recording as bic runga , is a new zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist .
her first solo album , `` drive '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , debuted at number one on the new zealand top 40 album charts .
runga has since become one of the highest-selling new zealand artists in recent history .
she has also found success internationally in australia , ireland , and , to some extent , in the uk .
