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Te Vaka
Te Vaka is credited on 21 releases across 4 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2004–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
21
Pressings credited
4
Albums
3
Decades active
12
In collections
Biography
Te Vaka (English: The Canoe) is an Oceanic music group that performs original contemporary Pacific music or "South Pacific Fusion". The group was founded in 1995 by singer and songwriter Opetaia Foaʻi in New Zealand. They have toured the world consistently since 1997 and have won a number of awards including the "Best Pacific Music Album" award from the New Zealand Music Awards for their albums Tutuki (2004), Olatia (2007), and Amataga (2015), alongside awards such as "Best Pacific Group" in the 2008 Pacific Music Awards. According to the BBC, they are "the world's most successful band playing original contemporary Pacific music."
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
21 releases · 4 albums · active 2004–2025
- Performance · 20
- Other credits · 6
Studios: ELBO Studios · Avatar Studios · The Hit Factory · NRG Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Finn Brothers
- Auli'i Cravalho
- Abigail Barlow
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