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From: Oceania > New Zealand, South Pacific

Genres: World Pop

Te Vaka

Te Vaka's music is inspired by the Pacific Islands, particularly the groups that comprise Tokelau, Tuvalu and Samoa, the family home of band leader Opetaia. The islands of Tokelau, Tuvalu and Samoa were major influences on Opetaia's upbringing and his songwriting. He was raised in Samoa until the age of nine when his whole family emigrated to New Zealand.

The Tokelauan community there continued to provide musical inspiration; every gathering was an opportunity for people to sing and dance, and this mood is sustained in the evocative spirit of the band. The addition of band members from many Islands in the South Pacific also helps to add flavours from all over Polynesia to the music and dance of Te Vaka.


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Tutuki (Play the Beat)

New Zealand-based Te Vaka have proved themselves to be one of the most sophisticated and professional Pacific groups around. This new recording captures the exuberance of their big live shows. "Tutuki finds all of the right balances; traditional but not too provincial, funky but not too Western, polished but not too slick." -- Seth Jordan, Songlines

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Title

Length

Sample

Samulai

5:24

Tauale Mataku

4:11

Lakilua    

2:52

Tamahana

3:59

Te Kaiga

4:30

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Nukukehe

New Zealand's Te Vaka deliver a buoyant pop sound with Oceanic overtones


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Title

Length

Sample

Nukukehe

3:36

Manatu    

4:55

Sei Ma Le Losa

4:03

Pukepuke te Pate

2:37

Alamagoto

3:40

Tamatoa

3:43

LueLue

2:39

Toku Matua

4:36

Loimata E Maligi

3:30

Haloa Olohega

3:13

Sapasui

2:25

Te Hiva

3:00

Tesema

3:28

Te Vaka Ka Fano

4:55

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Ki mua

Dedicated to the original pioneers - the Polynesian fleet 'Kau tufuga fai vaka', forebearers and ancestors to all Polynesian cultures in the Pacific.

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Title

Length

Sample

Ki Mua

4:27

Lua Afe

3:00

Ke Ke Kitea

4:25

Pate Pate    

3:15

Hea La Koe lei

5:06

Pate Mo Tou Agaga

2:21

Vaka Atua

4:29

Tagaloa

4:08

Kaleve

2:24

Sagalogalo Ake

4:00

Ave Kapaku

2:10

Kau Tufuga Fai Vaka

4:42

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Te Vaka

Revealing the true soul of the South Seas, this recording does away with the preconceptions that Pacific music is only Ukuleles and Palm trees.

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Title

Length

Sample

Tokelau

1:03

Te Namo (The Lagoon)

5:01

Pate Mo Tou Vae    

2:55

Papa E

4:16

Ki Te La

4:26

Tautai E

4:10

Vaka Gaoi

2:15

Tagi Sina

2:02

Te Vaka

3:09

E Keli

3:14

Ika Ika

4:56

Siva Mai

4:13

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