He was born in Western Samoa in 1956. He is the founder of the band
Te Vaka, which consists of himself and his two children and other musicians. He is married and has 4 children in total, including
Olivia Foa'i and
Matatia Foa'i. He composed the
Samoan and
Tokelauan language songs
Logo te Pate,
An Innocent Warrior and
We Know the Way (English Lyrics by
Lin-Manuel Miranda) for the Disney film
Moana. He currently lives in Australia. He was the
Arts Pasifika Award winner of the Senior Pacific Artist Award in 2005. He was the second place winner of the 2004
International Songwriting Competition in the World Music category and the 2008 first place winner for the song
Tamahana. ==References==