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Te Vaka - The Band Members come from many Islands in the South Pacific including Tokelau, Tuvalu, Samoa, Cook Islands and New Zealand, all the members of the group have a love for their traditional sounds and cultureThe Music - Traditionally influenced Polynesian world music, tribal and rootsy, log drums, guitar, percussion, singers and dancers, listen to Pate PateCheck out the CDs, DVD and T-shirts and buy on lineThe Show - exotic, powerful log drums, drummers, dancers, Pacific rhythms, log drum beats, ethnic costumes, indigenous sounds, Pacific worldbeatThe Islands of the South Pacific that Opetaia Foa'i takes many of his traditional influences from - Tokelau, Tuvalu and SamoaThe Media - Album Reviews, Critical AcclaimLatest news - tours, new releases, etcMusic and Other Links especially Pacific or South Seas connectionsTour dates - past present and future



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NEW ALBUM "HAVILI" OUT NOW!!!

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Buy now and receive a download while you await your copy of Havili, a very special album containing 13 new tracks complete with lyrics, translations and beautiful graphics.

 

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Te Vaka album No. 6 Olatia - the 5th Te Vaka album Tutuki - Winner Best Pacific Music Album 2004
…”the key flavours of Te Vaka’s sound continue to coalesce with time; the chants becoming more hummable and the songs impossibly more rhythmic...“
Kal Coat Worldbeat Canada.com

..."On this, their fifth album,
Te Vaka confirm they are the most important voice out of the broader Pacific region and thatmulti-instrumentalist Foa'i remains apotent songwriting force." ...NZ Herald

..."Traditional but not too provincial, funky but not too Western, polished but not too slick..."  
Songlines UK
 

Nukukehe -Nomination for Best Roots Album 2003 Ki mua - Nomination Best International Achievement 1999 Te Vaka - released worldwide in 1997 by ARC music

..."There is plenty of lip service paid to Pacific culture but Foa’i’s Te Vaka is the real oil: this is the canoe undertaking the great migration. To be moved by something so familiar, so pervasive it is taken for granted, is like rediscovering your own heartbeat"...
Real Groove Magazine NZ

..."the Polynesian
character really shines through on this one.
They've hit the right balance"...
Froots UK

 

..."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"...    
Wired Magazine USA


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Read reviews & listen - Havili
Haoloto, Olatia, Tutuki, Nukukehe, Ki mua, Te Vaka

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For more information on where you can see Te Vaka performing live this year checkout the
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"The best and most successful internationally of all modern Polynesian bands is Te Vaka"
The rough guide to World music vol.2 UK

"Te Vaka - Adrenaline-powered, percussion -pulsed, infectiously happy, beautiful people bringing
ancient traditions into the modern world"
Maui News - Hawaii USA
For the history and the groups achievements to date see the Chronology

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