Top New Zealand Male & Female Singers Along with Their Biographies

New Zealand has produced some of the world’s most successful and acclaimed singers. From pop and rock to classical and opera, New Zealand singers have won over audiences around the globe with their talent and charisma.

List of Top New Zealand Male & Female Singers with their Short Biographies are:

Lorde

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor, known professionally as Lorde, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. She was born on November 7, 1996 in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand

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Brooke Fraser

Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood also known by her maiden name Brooke Fraser, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. She was born on December 15, 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Kimbra

Kimbra Lee Johnson (Kimbra) is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. She was born on March 27, 1990 in Hamilton, New Zealand.

Hayley Westenra

Hayley Dee Westenra is a New Zealand classical crossover singer. She was born on April 10, 1987 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Stan Walker

Stan Walker is an Australian-born New Zealand singer, actor, and television personality. He was born on October 23, 1990 in Melbourne, Australia.

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Bic Runga

Briolette Kah Bic Runga MNZM, recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. He was born on January 13, 1976 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Anika Moa

Anika Rose Moa is a New Zealand recording artist and television presenter. He was born on May 21, 1980 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Phil Judd

Philip Raymond Judd is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. He was born on March 20, 1953 in Hastings, New Zealand.

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Dave Dobbyn

Sir David Joseph Dobbyn KNZM is a New Zealand musician, singer–songwriter and record producer. He was born on January 3, 1957 in  Auckland, New Zealand

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Neil Finn

Neil Mullane Finn OBE is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician. He was born on May 27, 1958 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.

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J. Williams

Joshua Elia Williams, known by his stage name J. Williams, is a New Zealand R&B recording artist and professional hip-hop dancer. He was born on born 3 September 1986 in New Zealand.

Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban AO is an Australian and American singer, guitarist, and songwriter known for his work in country music. He was born on October 26, 1967 in Whangārei, New Zealand

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Daniel Bedingfield

Daniel John Bedingfield is a New Zealand-British singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was born on December 3, 1979 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Rosé

Roseanne Park, known mononymously as Rosé, is a Korean-New Zealander singer and dancer based in South Korea. She was born on February 11, 1997 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Hollie Smith

Hollie Smith is a New Zealand soul singer and songwriter. She was born on November 17, 1982 in Auckland, New Zealand

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MC Tali

Natalia Sheppard, better known by her stage names MC Tali and Tali, is a New Zealand drum and bass artist, best known for her 2004 hit “Lyric on My Lip”, which reached #39 in the UK Singles Chart. She was born on 1976 in Taranaki, New Zealand.

Aaradhna

Aaradhna Jayantilal Patel, better known by the mononym Aaradhna, is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, and musical recording artist. She was born on December 20, 1983 in Porirua, New Zealand.

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Gin Wigmore

Virginia Claire Wigmore is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. She was born on June 6, 1986 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Julia Deans

Julia Mary Deans is a New Zealand singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer of rock band Fur Patrol. She was born on August 27, 1974 in Christchurch.

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Margaret Urlich

Margaret Mary Urlich was a New Zealand singer who lived in Australia for most of her career. She was born on January 24, 1965 in Auckland, New Zealand and died on August 22, 2022 in Southern Highlands, Australia.

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Tim Finn

Brian Timothy Finn OBE is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He was born on June 25, 1952 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.

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Vince Harder

Vince Harder is a New Zealand R&B/pop recording artist and producer. He was born on April 9, 1982 in New Zealand.

Alisa Xayalith

Alisa Xayalith is a New Zealand musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and keyboard player for the indie electronic band the Naked and Famous.

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Frances Dickinson

Frances Dickinson is a New Zealand-based musician and vocal coach.

Jan Hellriegel

Jan Hellriegel is a singer/songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Megan Alatini

Megan Bronwinne Alatini is a South African-born, New Zealand pop singer, actress and television personality. She was born on September 29, 1976 in George, South Africa.

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Flip Grater

Flip Grater is the stage name of singer-songwriter, author, activist and chef Clare Grater, born in Christchurch, New Zealand. She was born on September 22, 1981 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ashley Cooper

Ashley Cooper is a country singer from New Zealand. She was born on February 23, 1988 in Cambridge, New Zealand.

Erakah

Erakah is a New Zealand R&B and soul singer.

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Ruby Frost

Jane de Jong, known professionally as Ruby Frost, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter from Auckland. She was born on 1987 in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Kiri Te Kanawa

Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa, ONZ, CH, DBE, AC is a New Zealand opera singer. She was born on March 6, 1944 in Gisborne, New Zealand.

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Pauly Fuemana

Paul Lawrence Fuemana was a New Zealand singer, songwriter and musician. He was born on February 8, 1969 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Ray Columbus

Raymond John Patrick Columbus OBE was a New Zealand Benny Award-winning singer and songwriter, television host, music manager and entertainer, with a career spanning six decades. He was born on November 4, 1942 in New Zealand and deid on November 28, 2016 in Snells Beach, New Zealand.

Teeks

Te Karehana Gardiner-Toi, known by his mononym Teeks, is a Māori soul singer. He was born on October 26, 1993 in Northland, New Zealand.

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John Rowles

Sir John Edward Rowles KNZM OBE is a New Zealand singer. He was born on March 26, 1947 in Whakatāne, New Zealand.

Anna Azerli

Anna Azerli is a New Zealand-born Italian pop-opera singer and model. She was born on November 17, 1989 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Liam Finn

Liam Mullane Finn is a New Zealand singer and musician. He was born on September 24, 1983 in Melbourne, Australia.

Bogdan Kominowski

Bogdan Kominowski is a New Zealand former pop star and actor. He was born on April 22, 1945 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Jay Epae

Jay Epae, born Nicholas Epae, was a Māori pop singer from Manaia, Taranaki, New Zealand. He was born on March 7, 1933 in Manaia, New Zealand and Died on September 8, 1994 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Matthew Saunoa

Matthew Saunoa is a New Zealand pop singer who rose to musical fame as the winner of the third season of New Zealand Idol in 2006. He was born on 1986 in Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand.

Shane

Shane Paul Arthur Hales MNZM, known by the stage name Shane and for some of the early part of his career as Trevor Hales, is a New Zealand singer who had several top-10 hits in that country’s singles chart in the 1960s and 1970s.

Marlon Williams

Marlon Williams is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor based in Lyttelton, New Zealand. He was born on December 31, 1990 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Benee

Stella Rose Bennett, better known as Benee and formerly Bene, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. She was born on January 30, 2000 in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Princess Chelsea

Chelsea Nikkel, better known by her stage name Princess Chelsea, is a producer, musician and visual artist. She was born on September 4, 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Maisey Rika

Maisey Rika is a New Zealand singer, songwriter and composer, performing in both English and Māori. She was born on 10 May 1983 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Connan Mockasin

Connan Tant Hosford, better known by the stage name Connan Mockasin and sometimes credited as Connan Hosford, is a New Zealand musician, composer and record producer. He was born on March 21, 1983 in Te Awanga, New Zealand.

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Chelsea Jade

Chelsea Jade Metcalf is a South African-born New Zealand singer-songwriter and record producer based in Los Angeles. She was born on May 11, 1989 in New Zealand.

Tami Neilson

Tamara “Tami” Neilson is a Canadian-born New Zealand country & soul singer/songwriter. She was born on 1977 in Canada.

Jonathan Bree

Jonathan Owen Bree is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer. She was born on September 1, 1979 in New Zealand.

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Mitch James

Mitch James is a New Zealand singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was born on June 26, 1995 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Louis Baker

Louis Baker is a New Zealand soul musician and singer-songwriter. He was born on 1989 in Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand.

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