Mara TK has been played on NTS over 40 times, featured on 42 episodes and was first played on 20 January 2013.

Mara TK is Maori-Scottish musician Mara Te Kahika (of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu and Tainui ancestry, born in Auckland in the mid-1980). As well as solo work, he is singer and guitarist for Electric Wire Hustle and has recorded with Pacific Heights, Wild Bill Ricketts, Julien Dyne, and more. He is the son of Billy TK (guitarist for bands such as Human Instinct, Powerhouse and Wharemana).

His debut solo album, ‘Bad Meditation’, was released 7 May 2021.