Sulata
aka Sulata Foa'i, Sulata Foai-Amiatu
Sulata Foa'i got her start in the music scene as a teenager when her cousin asked if she wanted to join her boyfriend’s band, Colony.
Sulata previously sang in groups and choirs throughout primary and intermediate school and was in sixth form at Auckland Girls Grammar when she joined the band. They were approached by Kane Massey of the Deepgrooves label at their first gig, who signed them for an EP, which came out in 1994.
Te Vaka - Pate Pate live at Apia Park, Samoa (2002)
Sulata Foai-Amiatu in 2016 with Te Vaka's Opetaia Foa'i and Jemaine Clement
Te Vaka in 1998
New Loungehead feat. Sulata - Cloth
3 The Hard Way's DJ Damage, Sulata and Anthony Ioasa with friends
Colony - R.I.P. (Deepgrooves, 1994)
Recording vocals for Moana 2 in 2024. L-R: Sulata Foai-Amiatu, Opetaia, Olivia and Matatia Foa'i.
Te Vaka on the beach in 1998, taken in New Caledonia when the band were performing there. Band members from left to right: Daniel Foai, Neil Forrest, Sulata Foai-Amiatu, Manase Foai, Opetaia Foai, Etueni Pita, Alana Foai, Vasa Foai, Andrew Dukeson and Simon Hope.
Te Vaka at the world premiere of Moana
Sulata, a publicity shot from 1995
Sulata performing Never live on What Now
A 1995 Sulata publicity shot
3 The Hard Way ft. Sulata, Cherie - Many Rivers (1994)
Sulata - Always
Te Vaka singers at the sessions for Moana at Warners
Mancini, a 1997 single
Sulata - Mancini
Sulata - Never
Olivia Foa'i and Sulata Foai-Amiuatu on tour with Te Vaka, 2018.
Photo credit:
Olivia Foa'i
Sulata's Never, a 1995 single
The 1997 Kia Koe album
Sulata
Photo credit:
Peter McLennan Collection
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