Mahara Mc Kay was born in New Zealand. Her mother is Swiss and her father part Maori, part Scottish and part English. They moved to Switzerland when she was 10 and she won the title of Miss Switzerland 2000.

She later started working as a DJ, bringing out a “chill‑out” compilation CD with selected tracks from different artists called "Moana” and two of her tracks have since been featured on Café Del Mar Vol.12 & Vol.14.

Artists web page: http://maharamckay.ch/