Te Vaka

News of the MOANA movie is spreading far and wide with the first teaser now doing it's rounds. This one focuses  on Maui but is very cool with Te Vaka log drums and announcing Opetaia as one of the writers…

Opetaia was unable to be at the Pacific Music Awards in Auckland last night but we were more than adequately represented by Sulata, Vai, Edwin and Neil not to mention Opetaia's sister Mary and good friend Malcolm Smith. Sulata accepted…

Its been a crazy busy week and that is nothing compared to whats coming next. When we first started work on the "Moana" project and actually right up until last week the plan was to record the drums and voices…

We've had a pretty good start to the year - 5 nominations for the Amataga album so far and it's only April. It's always a bit hard when you release an album and then immediately go on tour as many…

The new album is happening! Of course Opetaia has to fit the writing in around the music that Disney wants for “Moana” but I think that good old saying “ If you want a job done, ask a busy man”…

There has been so much happening that I have failed miserably in my efforts to keep this blog up to date. But as time allows I will do my best to fill in important events that have been missed. 2015…

Fantastic night in Gainesville, the audience loved the show even got a standing ovation. Before the show we got given our Gator pins and  a few tips about this university town so when the whole band broke into the Ika…

The Jetlag is extreme after traveling for 2 days with no sleep but everyone is coping. The first show is tomorrow night at the Gainesville University and we have just got back to the hotel after the required drinks and…

There are never enough hours in the day but leading up to a tour when you have just released a CD things can be extreme. Even with an extraordinarily tight schedule there are certain things that just have to be…

So little time and so much to be done before the tour. The band arrived a few days ago and rehearsals are intense - songs from the new album to add to the show, re-creating and improving old favourites. Lots…

Over-joyed, relieved, happy - we picked up the new CD (Amataga) today and it is perfect! The booklet looks exactly like it is supposed to, no colour disasters, no mistakes of any kind and the music is all there and…

I was brought up with the saying "It never rains but it pours" and in this sense I mean in the best possible way. On the 25th of September we are releasing Te Vaka album no. 8 and then heading…