BIC RUNGA (NZ)

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, 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. 

Fast forward to 2025, with a new album in the works, Bic will perform at the intimate Theatre Royal in Castlemaine, Saturday 15th February 2025, prior to the Riverboats Festival.