Career
Teremoana describes herself as having "voluntarily pulled out of mainstream media with her music after realising that the industry is based on looks and not artistry." Teremoana joined hip hop group Upper Hutt Posse in 1987, aged 14. She sang on the group"s early tracks, including "Stormy Weather" and "Ragga Girl" and featured on the group"s 1989 album Against the Flow. In 1989 Teremoana joined Moana Maniapoto"s hip hop and popular trio Moana and the Moahunters.
The group released two albums, Tahi and Rua and had chart success with many singles, including "Black Pearl", "A.E.I.O.U." and "Peace, Love & Family".
In the 1990s Teremoana also provided guest vocals on tracks from other artists, including "Sitting by the Telephone" by Unitone Hi Fi, "Body Rhymes (Protect Yourself)" by Military Cross OJ and Rhythm Slave, "Horified One" by Dam Native and "In Summer" by David Parker. She continued to work from her home studio she had set up since 1992 that started with a Fostex 4-track cassette recorder and Doctor.T"s music software on Atari 1040ST. She has composed title music for television programmes, commercial music work for Air New Zealand and Coca Cola as well as working on tracks for her upcoming album.
Teremoana is married to Bill Urale, who performs as King Kapisi. She has featured on his singles "Saboteur" and "Lollipop".
Teremoana is also known for her television presenting work.
In 1995 she joined long-running New Zealand children"s television show What Now as a field reporter. From 1996 to 2001, Teremoana was a presenter on TV2"s Maori youth magazine programme Mai Time. Teremoana currently works as a producer at the Maori Television Service in Auckland, New Zealand and has produced over 1400 television programmes for the station and has over 3000 production credits to her name.
= With Moana and the Moahunters.