Ardijah were a Maori outfit formed in 1980 out of South Auckland. They specialised in soul and funk and were very successful on the Auckland club scene.
It was in the late eighties when they were at their most popular. They released their first single in 1986 Give Me Your Number on Pagan and this was followed in 1987 with Your Love Is Blind.
Ardijah first debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Singles on 17 January 1999 with the song Silly Love Songs. There are five entries by Ardijah in the charts with one reaching Number One.