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THE
NEWS
2010 S³ Pacific
Music Awards Finalists Announced!
Te Vaka nabs four final spots
Wednesday 21st April 2010
The finalists for the 2010 S³ Pacific Music Awards
have been announced with Pacific legends Te
Vaka named in four categories.
Te Vaka is a finalist for its sixth
album "Haoloto" in the Radio 531 PI Best Pacific
Group and the S³ Best Pacific Music Album categories.
"Haoloto" has also earned Te Vaka a finalist
position in the Recognition and Promotion of Pacific
Language category, new this year.
Te Vaka’s fourth finalist spot
is in the APRA Best Pacific Song category for the single
"Te Mavaega". Te Vaka’s
combination of musicians and dancers from Tokelau, Tuvalu,
Samoa, Cook Islands and New Zealand presents a rich,
luscious mix of Polynesia’s ancient culture to
the modern world. Read more......Pacific
music awards
TE VAKA BAND MEMBER TAKES
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Manase (Nase), Te Vaka drummer takes on Indy from
Estonia in a full Muay Thai rules, heavy weight 5 x
2 min rounds at the Domination 4 event at Curtin Stadium
Perth on the 13th of March |
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| Nase won by TKO in the second round!!! |
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| Olivia sung the Australian National Anthem at the event
before the main fight of the night - John Wayne Parr 5
x World Champion VS Dmitry Valent 6 x World Champion and
current title holder from Belarus. John Wayne Parr from
Australia won! Olivia delighted the crowd. |
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NEW TE VAKA ALBUM -
HAOLOTO
15 BRAND NEW, ORIGINAL TRACKS!
With beautiful 16 page full colour booklet complete
with words and translationS
HAOLOTO IS OUT NOW!!!
YOU GET YOURS FOR CHRISTMAS
!!! - ORDER NOW!!!!
The Te Vaka track "Tamahana" from the Tutuki album
has won first place in the World Music Category of
the USA International Songwriting Competition - ISC
. This is great news for the band and the songwriters
- Opetaia Foai and Malcolm Smith.
http://www.songwritingcompetition.com
WORLD MUSIC
FIRST PLACE
Opetaia Foa'i (Te Vaka) and Malcolm Smith
Tamahana
EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE NETHERLANDS
Te Vaka will perform in Tilburg, the Netherlands
at venue 013 on the 28th of June.
"TAMAHANA" from the Tutuki Album is a finalist in the
ISC (International Songwritingcompetitiion) and is up
for the " PEOPLE'S VOICE" award click here to cast
your vote!
All
finalists' songs have been sent to the panel of judges,
and we will announce the winners in April as soon as
the judges have made their decision.
All finalists' songs and music videos (except for Lyrics
Only songs which do not require recorded music as part
of the entry) are included in the People's Voice - an
online voting contest that allows the public to listen
to all the finalists' songs and vote for their favorite
one. People's Voice is separate from, and in addition
to, the winners selected by ISC's panel of judges. The
winner of People's Voice will receive $1,500 in prizes
and bragging rights! Be sure to tell all your friends,
family, and fans, so that they can vote! Voting will
take place from now until March 31, 2009. You can start
voting now at http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/PVWelcome2008.htm
Feel free to post the link to People's Voice on your
website, MySpace, or Facebook page, etc.
TE VAKA WILL
PERFORM 2 SHOWS AT THE BYRON
BAY BLUESFEST 2009
The Bluesfest
is the largest festival of Blues & Roots music in
the Southern Hemisphere. Staged over 5 days with non-stop
music on six stages daily the 20th Bluesfest will
take place over Easter at Belongil Fields, Ewingsdale
Road,
Byron Bay - Te Vaka
will perform on the 10th and 11th of April.
www.bluesfest.com.au
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TE VAKA LIVE IN CONCERT AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE CONCERT HALL!
Te Vaka will perform at the Sydney Opera
House as part of the Hemisphere series 09
with Saharan Desert Blues Band - Tinariwen.
"This
phenomenal double-bill takes you from the
desert to the ocean. Two Bands. Two continents.
One sensational night of music."
Duration:
2 hours with one 20 minute interval
13th April 2009
Click
here
and get your tickets now!!!
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Te Vaka on stage
at the Papa Kiki Reggae Festival
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GREAT NEWS IF YOU LIVE IN THE USA - DUE TO THE RISE
OF THE
US DOLLAR CD PRICES AND POSTAGE TO THE USA
& EUROPE ARE
DOWN!!!!
CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF - CLICK HERE
FOR THE TE VAKA SHOP
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WELA PAPA KIKI FESTIVAL - TE VAKA will
perform at 8.00pm
on
Saturday the 29th in Noumea |
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TE
VAKA WINS AGAIN!!!!
2008
has been an incredible year so far for Te
Vaka with two top awards already under their
belt and now, "Tamahana", written by Opetaia
Foai and Malcolm Smith has won the "
International" category in the 28th
Australian Songwriter Association Awards.
The
Australian Songwriting Contest is highly respected and extremely prestigious
and is the longest running songwriting competition
in Australia. The National Awards Night held
in Sydney on the 28th of August was a memorable
event. The winners of the 12 songwriting categories
performed their winning songs to a sold out
venue of top music industry personnel and
Australian celebrities. Te Vaka's performance
of Tamahana won
the group the
PPCA "Best live Performance of the night" Award presented by Mondo Rock Bass player Paul Christie.
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Malcolm, Opetaia,
and Olivia with the legendary Doc Neeson from
the Angels |
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NEW
TE VAKA WEBSITE -
www.tevaka.org it has a
great new shop where you can pay for Te Vaka
CDs, DVDs and Downloads using your bank account,
credit card, debit card or Paypal account.
The order form is streamlined and simple so
if you are someone who finds the order form
on this site too complicated you will definitely
love this new system. |
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TE VAKA WILL PERFORM AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
IN BEIJING.
Te Vaka will head to China on the 6th of August
to represent the South Pacific with five
performances at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
This is a very exciting opportunity for
the band who are growing an ever-increasing
fanbase across the globe. They will perform
in a number of venues at the olympic Games
highlighting and promoting the South Pacific.
Check tourdates
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TE VAKA WILL PERFORM AT THE CORONATION OF
KING GEORGE TUPOU V IN TONGA
The Tongan Embassy in China has invited
Te Vaka to perform at the Coronation of
King George Tupou V. The event is scheduled
for the end of July and will include three
coronation balls, a military parade, traditional
dancing, a fireworks display, a rugby match
and an open-air concert.The Rugby Match
will be held on the 31st July 2008, 15 players
from Tonga and 15 International Worldplayers
from England, Scotland, South Africa, Australia
and New Zealand. Guests to His Majesty's
Coronation will include the Duke and Duchess
of Gloucester (United Kingdom), the Crown
Prince and Crown Princess of Japan., Princess
Sirinhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand. http://www.tongacoronation.com
Check tourdates for
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PACIFIC MUSIC AWARDS - TE
VAKA WINS TOP AWARDS!
Te Vaka took home two of the top awards in the 2008 pacific
Music Awards on the 31st of May - it was
the Tui award "Best Pacific Album"
for their latest album Olatia and "Best Pacific Group" for
Te Vaka. They will be honoured again
in October at the New Zealand music Awards
for winning the prestigious " Best Pacific
Album" Tui award.
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Check out the new video clips on Youtube - Tamahana & Manatu live |
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TE VAKA has been away
on tour again - this time to Hong Kong and
Taiwan. Audiences in both countries were very
excited to see the band perform and the concerts
were all packed with very enthusiastic audiences.
In Taiwan it was very interesting and exciting for
the band as they had the opportunity to go
out to the villages to meet with the
indigenous Tribes of Taiwan and explore
the Austronesian connection. It has been discovered
that Polynesians, more than likely, started
their journey to Polynesia from Taiwan and
yes there are definitely some similarities
in the culture, language and the people. Te
Vaka and the indigenous tribes had lots of
fun sharing art, music and dance and performed
together at the 'Dance and Soundz of Austronesia
concert' in Taitung. Pictures on www.myspace.com/tevaka on this sight
soon.
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TE
VAKA'S label "WARM EARTH RECORDS" signs
with MGM/Planet for distribution of Te Vaka
music in Australia. Olatia released in Australia
on the 16th of Feb |
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TE VAKA confirmed for 3 shows
at the Woodford festival in Brisbane, Australia.
The Woodford Folk Festival
is an event of international standing. Held
over six days and six nights it presents
more than 2000 performers and 400 events
with concerts, dances, workshops, forums,
street theatre, writers' panels, film festival,
comedy sessions, acoustic jams, social dialogue
and debate, an entire children's festival,
art and craft workshops, late night cabarets
and special events including a spectacular
fire event. The Festival features the cream
of Australian performers and a generous
gathering of special international guests.
Te Vaka will perform on December the 29th,
30th and 31st/1st. Come to
Woodford and see in the New Year with Te
Vaka.
http://www.woodfordfolkfestival.com
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TE VAKA victorious in Paris
More than 10,000 people got to see Te Vaka
perform live in Paris. Their 2 performances
for the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup
created a magical Pacific atmosphere for
an eclectic and excited audience. Te Vaka
looked very much at home on the massive
stage with spectacular lighting and pumping
sound system. The fine weather and clear
skies over France on both nights added to
the occasion. Melodic voices and tribal
beats fuelling their colourful, hip-shaking
dancers met with screams of approval from
the crowd, who, at times sang along. The
90 minute show ended with a powerful Te
Vaka Haka, Oku Tupuga, delivered
with a promise of a South Pacific comeback
in 2011 got a huge response from an already
ecstatic audience. The group continues on
to Germany for 2 more sold-out shows before
returning to Australia where they will perform
before heading to Asia at the beginning
of 2008.
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Te Vaka is now is now in Europe ready to perform for the Rugby
World Cup semi - finals
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Te Vaka MySpace and Bebo pages
Te
Vaka now has it's very own official Myspace
and Bebo pages. As you probably know there
have been a few fraudulant pages up for a
while but the real Te Vaka Myspace and Bebo
pages contain images and footage never before
available on the internet. Make sure you check
it out.
www.myspace.com/tevaka
and
www.bebo.com/officialtevaka
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TE VAKA SINGLED OUT BY FRANCE TO REPRESENT ALL
BLACKS!
Well
known New Zealand acts are being sent to France
by the New Zealand government to cash in on
the publicity created by the All Blacks and
the Rugby World Cup but Te Vaka is the only
New Zealand group to have been officially
booked by the French to perform on the prestigious
Rugby World Cup stage, singled out to represent
both the All Blacks and Manu Samoa. All the
teams are represented by top musicians from
their respective countries and Te Vaka will
perform a total of three 90 minute concerts
– two for the All blacks and one for
Manu Samoa.
It all began in December 2006, when the French
promoters contacted Te Vaka management to
arrange a meeting with Festival director Jean-Pierre
Le Pavec. The meeting in Auckland between
Jean-Pierre and Julie Foai on the 3rd of Jan
confirmed Te Vaka for the Rugby World Cup
2007. Julie was surprised to discover that
Te Vaka was the only New Zealand group to
have been headhunted for the World Cup and
that Jean- Pierre’s sole reason for
coming to New Zealand was to secure the group.
Since that time Te Vaka has moved to Sydney
and released album number five “Olatia”.
The streets of Sydney are reverberating with
the sound of the log drums as Te Vaka performers
rehearse daily for this very important event.
With their new album entering the European
World Music Chart at no. 4 they are anticipating
a very exciting time in Europe and it is hoped
that the sound of the log drums pounding will
help the All Blacks or Manu Samoa bring home
the cup. Village
Rugby colour festival details:
http://www.festival-ovale.fr/
13th October 7.00pm - Rugby World Cup, Saint
Denis, France (All Blacks)
Festival Ovale
Village Rugbycolour
Métro Porte de Paris, au pied du
Stade de France
93200 SAINT DENIS
14th October - 6.00pm Rugby World Cup, Saint-Ouen,
France (All Blacks)
14th October - 10.30pm Rugby World Cup,
Saint Denis France (Manu Samoa)
Festival Ovale
Village Rugbycolour
Métro Porte de Paris, au pied du
Stade de France
93200 SAINT DENIS
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The line up for the 2007 tour to Europe and of course the Rugby World
Cup in France is: Opetaia Foai, Manase Foai,
Neil Forrest, Matatia Foai, Melodee Panapa,
Luavasa Foai, Jeff Harris, Etueni Pita, Tremayne
Lihou, Olivia Foai & Talaga Sale. The
band will be performing songs from all their
albums including "Olatia". You will not want
to miss this show. Keep you eye on the
tour dates to ensure
you don't miss them in Europe.
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Te
Vaka has a brand new CD. It is getting great
reviews all over the world.
Add this CD to your collection
today. |
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Te Vaka will be performing in France for the Rugby World cup
The band will be in France/ Europe from September
to October watch this space for concert dates!!!
13th October - Rugby World Cup,
Saint Denis, France
near the stadium and before
the match
14th October
- Rugby World Cup, Saint-Ouen,
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Opetaia and the band have relocated to Sydney Australia.
New contact details for Te Vaka are:
P.O.Box 875 Five Dock, NSW 2046, Sydney, Australia |
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Lots of extra features - including the Tamahana
video clip! |
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NTSC
and PAL format now available!!! |
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Opetaia
Foai, Lead singer and songwriter for Te Vaka,
has won second place in the 2005 ISC International
songwriting competition , World Music category
with "Samulai"(from the Tutuki album).
In 2005 he also won the award for "Best Senior
Pacific Artist"
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TUTUKI, the 4th Te Vaka album written by Opetaia
Foai has kicked off to an awesome start. It
entered the European
World Music Chart at
No. 4, the Global Rhythym Magazine top
10 at No.3 and has won "Best Pacific Music Album" in the New Zealand Music Industry Awards.
TUTUKI came 3rd in the Polynesian
music category of the Hawaiian music awards.
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