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Bic Runga
Born on January 13, 1976 in Christchurch, New Zealand, Briolette Kah Bic Runga
is known professionally as Bic Runga; a pop-rock singer-songwriter and folk
artist of Malaysian and Maori heritage who scored an international hit with
1997's "Sway." She grew up in Hornby, Christchurch with a musical family – Bic
Runga's mother, Sophia Tang, was a Chinese Malaysian lounge singer in Malaysia,
and her sisters, Pearl Runga and Boh Runga, both went on to become musicians.
Her father, Joseph Te Okoro Runga, is a Māori ex-serviceman and Bic Runga is of
Ngāti Kahungunu descent. After learnin...
