Originally hailing from Whakatane, two of the four musical brothers from the Kora family, Laughton and Brad, began playing together in the early 1990s in a band called Aunty Beatrice, winning the national Rockquest high school band competition in 1991 and the East Coast region Battle Of The Bands three years running, earning a release on Tangata Records for their efforts.

Dan McGruer studied commercial music at Whitireia Community College and is the only non-related member of Kora. He first hooked up with Laughton when they performed together in Queenstown band Soul Charge, playing and writing their own music.

For more information check out the muzic.net.nz Profile for KORA

KORA first debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Singles on 6 March 2006 with the song The Volume EP. There are nine entries by KORA in the charts with three reaching Number One.