Põneke-based singer and producer AJA (Aja Wairere Ropata - Ngāti Raukawa, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Porou) recently blew everyone away at the Silver Scrolls with her performance of Anna Coddington’s award-winning track; she then went on to release her new single ‘Quiet Storm’ featuring MĀ, perform as part of the Fly My Pretties lineup - and in the past couple of years she has featured on L.A.B’s new album (who she is touring with over summer), headlined Newtown Festival, wow’d at the CubaDupa festival and the Matariki Awards, opened Wellington’s Kia Mau Festival with her self-produced show ‘Manawa Pao’, and won the 2022 Maioha Silver Scroll Award for waiata ‘Te Iho’ - a collaboration with Byllie-Jean and Chris Wethey.