In June 2008, Thomas recorded for a Kina Grannis album. She has stated that she has been inspired by Michelle Branch and Kina Grannis. In 1887, Pierre and Raymond Lillet created Kina Lillet. The Maori people and other New Zealanders eat sea urchin roe, called "Kina". Okinawan roots bands like Nenes and Kina were also commercially and critically successful. On September 14, 2015, Kina and her band left Los Angeles heading to Jakarta, Indonesia. The main Aghori pilgrimage centre is Kina Ram's hermitage or ashram in Ravindrapuri, Varanasi. In the nineteenth century, Franz Junghuhn introduced the cinchona ("kina") plant. Most commercial Kina is imported from the Chatham Islands. Another Kina (or quinine) apertif which has the bite and approximate flavour is Cocchi Americano. A "Kina Bureau" in Amsterdam regulated this trade. Prize money was set at K10,000 PNG Kina. This makes all the denominations of the kina issued in polymer. Other peaks within the municipal borders include Mount Kina () and Mount Brir (). Total losses from Kina are estimated to be near ().