Opetaia Foa’i

Opetaia Foa'i is an artist born in Samoa and raised in New Zealand. He is the creator, composer and front-man of Te Vaka. In December 2013 Opetaia signed with Walt Disney Animation Studios as a songwriter for the musical animated feature film "Moana" (a movie set in Polynesia 2,000 years ago), working alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In The Heights) and Mark Mancina (The Lion King). Moana was released in the US on November 23rd 2016 to rave reviews