Papa Kiki Reggae Festival in Noumea - November 2008
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Great concert!
Beautiful country, beautiful people. The band had lots of fun.
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| Opetaia happy to
be back in New Caledonia. The first time back since 2001 |
Awesome lighting!
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Te Vaka rhythm
section - Matatia, Manase and Vasa
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| Neil on
guitar - great to have him back on the frontline. |
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The
band is having fun!
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Etueni dancer
with Te Vaka since 1997
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Manase -
master log drumer on the left, Neil in the middle and Opetaia on
lead.
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Great response
from the crowd
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Matatia
enjoying the grooves
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The band
breaks into the Ika Ika dance and the audience screams
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Beautiful
people in New Caledonia
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Olivia on
keyboards - described in Hawaii as "the next Alicia Keys"
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HAWAII TOUR
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The Te Vaka
girls - Liana, Olivia, Tremayne and Melodee
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Performance at
the"Roadrunner Music Hall" in Honolulu
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Te Vaka
drummers
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Morning TV in
Hawaii
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The band had a
great time in Molokai and got in a bit of sightseeing and
swimming
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Performance at the
Castle Theater in Maui |
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Olivia, Manase and
Vasa |
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Talaga and Etueni
delight the audience |
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Olivia dances Pate
mo tou agaga |
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Tremayne and
Olivia - Pate mo tou vae |
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Te Vaka rocks the
Castle Theater in Maui click here to read a review |
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TE VAKA IN
BEIJING FOR THE OLYMPICS 2008 |
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Arriving at the
airport in Beijing |
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The boys found
some interesting things at the markets in China |
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Preparing for the
concert in the swimming pool |
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Oliva relaxing
before the show |
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The performance
inside a full swimming pool in Beijing |
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At the bottom of
the great wall |
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Opetaia on his way
up |
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Matatia on the
wall looking down |
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Finally on the
Great Wall of China |
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China on one side
- Mongolia on the other |
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Photo opportunity |
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| Matatia, Olivia and Talaga
getting in a mood for some karate |
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It is an incrediby
long wall |
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Vasa, Opetaia,
Neil and Manase with one
of the guards on the wall |
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The boys take some
time to relax |
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Opetaia reaches
the bottom |
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On the way to
Tian'anmen Square |
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Tian'anmen Square |
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Olympic symbol at
night in Tian'anmen Square |
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Chairman Mao's
picture in the background infront of the forbidden city |
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Arriving at the
Olympic Village |
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The One World One
Dream message |
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Even on the buses |
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Meeting up with
some of the Pacific Island atheletes |
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and basketball
players from the USA |
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Olympic Games life
sized symbol |
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Meeting lots of
athletes from all over the world |
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TE VAKA IN
TAIWAN 2008 |
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Arriving in
Taitung |
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Te Vaka with Bunun
Tribe in Taitung |
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Indigenous
televison - learning the Amis dance with the TV presenters on
live TV |
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Posing for a pic
at ITV |
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Opetaia at
soundcheck for the Dance and Soundz of Austronesia concert |
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Matatia and Vasa
soundchecking |
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Opetaia with the
head of the National Museum of
Prehistory in Taitung |
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TE VAKA IN HONG
KONG 2008 |
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Roman Amphitheatre
in Macau where the band performed |
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Egyptian village in
Macau |
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The band outside
Jackie Chan's house in Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong TV and
radio studio performance |
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Having tea in
Macau |
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