Te Vaka

Te Vaka
Origin	New Zealand
Genres	South Pacific Fusion
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Warm Earth
Members	Opetaia Foaʻi Olivia Foaʻi Matatia Foaʻi Sulata Foai-Amiatu Douglas Bernard Joe Toomata Neil Forrest Etueni (Edwin) Pita Dave Kuresa
Past members	Alana Foai-Auimatagi Vai Mahina Kristen Lologa Melodee Panapa-Leilua Malcolm Lakatani Jeff Harris Talaga Sale Simon Hope Etueni Pita Tremayne Lihou
Website	www.tevaka.com

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) and Olatia (2007) and "Best Pacific Group" in the 2008 Pacific Music Awards^[1] According to the BBC, they are "the world's most successful band playing original contemporary Pacific music."^[2]