Singing prince
Prince Tui Teka is in all ways one of the New Zealand’s biggest entertainers. Weighing in about 190 kg, Tui (real name, Tuimanako Teka) is considered to be one of the best all-round Maori entertainers. When tire popular group, the Maori Volcanics, broke up in 1972, Tui formed another band and went out on his own, achieving great popularity in New Zealand, especially in the central North Island, East Coast, Northland, and Auckland. For the last seven years most of his work has been done in Australia, Hong Kong, the Middle East, Europe, Japan, and Hawaii. Once a year Prince Tui Teka returns home for a week or two, mainly to see his mother who still lives in the old home town of Ruatahuna in the Urewera country. While home, he always gives a concert or two in the small local pubs of the East Coast. “Prince Tui Teka,” the “Lookout” documentary on Network One tonight, takes a look at this manyfaceted entertainer.
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Press, 17 July 1980, Page 13
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