The first Te Vaka DVD includes all original Te Vaka band members.
Filmed in Samoa in 2002, released in 2003

96 minutes of Te Vaka live in concert infront of an ecstatic audience with Dolby digital stereo sound plus....
* Te Vaka music video clips
* Video clip filming bloopers and behind the scenes with Te Vaka

Technical Details:
Region code: PAL & NTSC all regions
Disc format: DVD 9 Dual layer

REVIEW- An Emotional homecoming gig from a group well-suited to DVD
Te Vaka (it means ‘the canoe’) are by far the best of modern Polynesian bands, as anyone who has caught them live at WOMAD or elsewhere will testify. Blending musical styles from across the Pacific region with Western rock influences and using traditional slit-log and skin drums alongside kit-drums, bass and guitars, they’re impressive enough on CD. But if ever the DVD format was tailormade to showcase a band’s skills, it has to be Te Vaka, for their dancing and on-stage exuberance are integral and dramatic elements of what they do.In August last year, the band travelled from New Zealand, where they are now based, to the island of Samoa for what was, in effect, a triumphant homecoming after five years of international touring. There they played in Apia Park, where more than 20,000 turned out to greet them. It was an emotionally charged occasion and the cameras were there to capture the electricity in the night air as the group performed 20 numbers in what was a joyous celebration rather than just a concert. They deliver more than an hour and a half’s worth of powerful music. But just as fascinating is another hour of travelogue-style material, following the band around Samoa, where they visit local villages and schools....Nigel Williamson SONGLINES MAGAZINE UK

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