Opetaia Foa’i

Opetaia Foa’i is a Grammy-nominated songwriter as well as singer, guitarist and founder of the Contemporary Polynesian band, Te Vaka. He has dedicated his entire career to the stories of his Polynesian ancestors and is recognised as one of the South Pacific's most influential, cultural and musical ambassadors. As well as touring Te Vaka to 40 countries, representing New Zealand and the South Pacific at the Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and the Rugby World cup in Paris, he has written and recorded 8 award winning studio albums, composed songs for Moana and Moana 2 and won the billboard award, American music award and more for the first Moana soundtrack album.
 
Nominated for:
PACIFIC MEDIA NETWORK BEST PACIFIC LANGUAGE