Two Far North-raised brothers hope their debut single released next week will be the start of a career that will take them around the globe.

Te Manawanui and Te Hauroamairangi Tawhara-Crown – former students of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Pukemiro, who go by the name Zentarge – will release their debut single Balanced for Matariki on June 28.

With beginnings in kohanga reo, the brothers moved to Ahipara when they were 6 and 8 and it wasn’t long before they got to work as Baby Buskers in the area.

“We were performing at events and festivals and holding down these regular busking spots on Kaitāia’s main street and the Saturday Farmers Market. It was a good way to make money for lollies and chips at first, but as we got older, it helped to pay for petrol to fuel our other passion, basketball. We were surrounded by friends and kaiako, musicians and coaches – our extended whānau – who moulded us to who we are today,” they said.