Nukukehe, released in 2002, is the third album by the Oceanic

Oceania

Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

 group, Te Vaka

Te Vaka

Te Vaka is an Oceanic music group that performs original contemporary Pacific music or "South Pacific Fusion". The group was founded in 1995 by Opetaia Foa'i in New Zealand...

.

This album is dedicated to Greenpeace and all the other environmental groups around the world for caring enough to do something about it. The song "Sei Ma Le Losa" was written for David McTaggart

David McTaggart

David Fraser McTaggart was a Canadian-born environmentalist who played a central part in the foundation of Greenpeace International....

, who was killed in a car accident the previous year.

Track listing

1. "Nukukehe" (3:36)
2. "Manatu" (4:55)
3. "Sei Ma Le Losa" (4:04)
4. "Pukepuke Te Pate" (2:37)
5. "Alamagoto" (3:41)
6. "Tamatoa" (3:43)
7. "Luelue" (2:40)
8. "Toku Matua" (4:37)
9. "Loimata E Maligi" (3:31)
10. "Haloa Olohega" (3:13)
11. "Sapasui" (2:26)
12. "Te Hiva" (3:00)
13. "Tesema" (3:28)
14. "Te Vaka Ka Fano" (4:55)

Tracks 4,7,8,9,10,11 were written by Opetaia Foa'i. All other tracks were written by Opetaia Foa'i and Malcolm Smith with the exception of the very beginning of track 14 which is a traditional song.
Nukukehe was nominated for "Best Roots Album" in the New Zealand music awards. It was also nominated for Audience Choice and Asia Pacific category in the BBC 3 World music awards.