He uri te kaiwaiata reo nguru a John Fa’afetai Lemalu o Hāmoa. Ka pakeke ia ki Aotearoa. Mai i te tutukitanga o ana akoako i te Kāreti Roera mō te Pūoro i Rānana, kua waiata a John i ngā whakaari pūoru nui ki Rānana, ki te ao. I te tau 2002, ka riro i a ia te mētara kōura i te kāreti roera. Whakarongo ki a John e waiata ana i te waiata ‘Die beiden grenadiere’ a Schumann, i te whakataetae waiata a Mobil (Mobil Song Quest) i te tau 1996 i tū ki te hōro nui o Ōtepoti. I ngā tau e toru ka whai, ka toa ia i te karahipi a Kahurangi Hihita Mary Leo (Dame Sister Mary Leo Scholarship) i te tau 1997, te whakataetae waiata a Mobil (Mobil Song Quest) i te tau 1998, te whakataetae waiata pūoru a McDonald (McDonald’s Operatic Aria Contest) i te tau 1999.
He kōnae nā Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taong Kōrero. He takahi manatārua te whakamahi anō i te kōnae nei. Ki te tono mō te kōnae whakapā atu ki Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. (Mobil Song Quest 1996/Reference number CDR1009).
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Image: New Zealand Herald, 18 September 2000
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