Kila Kokonut Krew is a theatre company and music producer in Auckland, New Zealand. They have produced 12 music albums, a web series, a TV skit series as well as theatre productions. The company was started by Toi Whakaari graduates

Anapela Polataivao Anapela Polataivao is a New Zealand actor, writer, and director of stage and screen. Background Polataivao was born in Samoa and has heritage from Vailoa, Vaiusu, Fagae'e and Safune. She grew up in South Auckland. Career Polataivao began ...

and

Vela Manusaute Vela Manusaute is a Niuean writer and director. He is the creator and writer of New Zealand's first bilingual English- Tongan television series, ''Brutal Lives - Mo'ui Faingata'a''. Background Vela is part-Niuean and part- Samoan; he was born in ...

Manurewa Manurewa is a major suburb in South Auckland, New Zealand. It was part of Manukau City before the creation of the Auckland super city in 2010. It is located south of the Manukau, Manukau City Centre, and southeast of Auckland CBD. The subur ...

, South Auckland, in 2002, along with 11 other Pasifika artists. Their first production was comedy/drama ''Taro King'' by Manusaute, which was revived in August 2012 at the Mangere Arts Centre for the tenth birthday of the Krew. The play revolves around Manusaute's experiences working in a supermarket in Otara. Manusaute and Polataivao co-directed the cast, which included

Goretti Chadwick Goretti Chadwick is a Samoan-New Zealand stage and television actress, writer, director and tutor. Chadwick completed a Diploma in Stage and Screen Acting at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. She has worked in theatre and ...

and Aleni Tufuga. Other productions included the Pasifika musical ''The Factory'', which played at three locations in Auckland and the 2014

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, and the comedy ''Once Were Samoans''.

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Vela Manusaute talking about Kila Kokonut Krew's tenth birthday
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