Born in Seattle Washington to Kiwi parents, their influences were as varied and global as the several countries they grew up in. Whilst how long they would be living somewhere was never certain, the fact that they would sing and entertain was absolutely so.

MeKaiElla’s musical education from ‘Bach to Rock’ Rockville Maryland, ‘North London Music Academy’ in Camden, to IB schools in London and Auckland NZ, led to at 16 years old MeKaiElla’s RNZ National interview with Jesse Mulligan in 2019 and their performance on Maori TV for ‘Stand Up Stand Out’ . They went on to secure their place in the University of Auckland’s specialist Jazz program in 2022.

Despite their busy schedule, MeKaiElla was awarded an internship for their first Musical short play called ‘On Replay’ at Auckland’s Harlequin Theatre in 2022. They successfully published and directed its first workshop performances in August of this year. They plan to put out an EP of the Musical and expand it to full play in the near future.

MeKaiElla has written and performed their first Jazz original ‘Persephone’ with their University band, and it was received as an instant jazz standard.

“There are so many exciting things I want to do and never enough time in the day to do them all!”

With performances as a Soloist, Duo, Trio, Quartet or with their band ‘Kaloula’, there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy MeKaiElla’s music, whether their own versions of the Masters or their originals, you’ll always be left wanting more.