Te Vaka's Opetaia Foa'i, who last week won the New Zealand Music Award for International Achievement, was part of the team that composed the soundtrack for Moana.
The Samoan-Tokelaun artist is proud to see emerging artists incorporating culture into their work, giving it a contemporary edge.
"The metal band, Alien Weaponry, they're doing it in Te Reo Maori," he says. "Our culture and our artists they're very very talented and I just hope they can manage properly because the world awaits."
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PRN