Te Vaka

Te Vaka's 7th and latest album.

Released 24th August 2011

• Nominated for "Best Pacific Group" Pacific Music Awards
• Nominated for "Best Pacific Language" Pacific Music Awards
• 2nd Place in ISC Awards

…on this melody-stacked album writer-singer Opetaia Foa'i and band seem to have hit a new peak. It is almost as if their relocation from New Zealand to Australia has pulled them back to what they did best. This album (their seventh) finds Te Vaka at a musical peak and Opetaia's universal concerns -- positivity and hope, the loss of friends, the gift of family - make this a heartfelt album on every level… Music from Elsewhere NZ

Haoloto - 6th Te Vaka album

• Finalist for 4 New Zealand music industry awards
• Winner "Best Pacific Album"and "Best Pacific Group"
• Winner "Best Polynesian album" Hawaiian Music awards"
  
  ..."Haoloto (Free) follows the established pattern of Te Vaka’s other five releases, but the sound here is fuller, the log drumming is more urgent, the female voices are more assured and Foa’i’s songwriting is in top form"... Songlines Magazine UK

Olatia - 5th Te Vaka album

• Winner "Best Pacific Album" and "Best Pacific Group"
• No.4 on European World Music Chart

..."On a first listen it's no wonder Te Vaka has captured the ear of listeners with their four previous albums, world tours and their Best Pacific Music album awards, and it comes as no surprise that Olatia is endowed with a richly magical blend of traditional and contemporary"... World Music Central USA

Tutuki - 4th Te Vaka album

• Winner "Best Pacific Music Album"
• Winner World Music Category ISC awards USA
• Winner international category Australian Songwriting awards

..."Frontman composer and co –producer Opetaia Foa’i has used his instinctive feel for the innate beauty of the Pacific melody, along with flawless production, to create a very spacious and elegant album"... Songlines Magazine UK

Nukukehe - 3rd Te Vaka album

• Nominated "Best Asia/Pacific album" BBC 3 World music Awards
• Nominated "Audience Choice" BBC 3 World Music Awards
• Finalist "Best Roots Album"

..."Te Vaka is quite serious about it’s music. Of course, sincerity alone doesn’t count for much, but when accompanied by such skilled songwriting and performances as these, the result has incredible focus and power"... Dirty Linen Magazine USA

Ki mua - 2nd Te Vaka album

• Nominated "International Achievement" & "Best female vocal"
• Signed to BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) in NZ

..."Vocal harmonies are really strong, rooted and excellent, and quite a few tracks (Ki Mua, Pate Pate again, the closing belter Kau Tufuga FaiVaka) have a great, almost folk/rock-like guitar jangle about them...... Well, you probably figured out by now that I like this one"... Ian Anderson, Froots Magazine UK

Te Vaka - First Te Vaka album

• Signed to ARC music and distributed to 80 countries

..."Te Vaka’s forceful rhythms, inspired melodies, and heartfelt songwriting offer a long - overdue, stereotype-smashing glimpse into the true soul of the South Seas"... j.poet  Wired Magazine

..."Te Vaka belong to the most promising talent in the international world music scene”... MEDIA MARKT VISION, Germany ****