The National · 12 Jul 2026
‘Something completely new’: Catherine Laga'aia on the song that made Moana hers
Long before she was cast, growing up in Australia, Catherine Laga'aia explained herself to people through Moana. “You could say, ‘I’m from Samoa. You don’t know where that is? Think Motunui. Think Moana,’” she tells The National. But the 2016 film offered more than a familiar picture of the world th
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