TEEKS (real name Te Karehana Gardiner-Toi) grew up surrounded by music and performance.
Raised with strong Kapa Haka influences, TEEKS went on to form his own band at high school, before being selected to participate in the late Dr Hirini Melbourne’s development initiative, Pao Pao Pao, for emerging and establishing M?ori artists.
Teeks first debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums on 3 July 2017 with the album The Grapefruit Skies Ep. There are two entries by Teeks in the charts with one reaching Number One.