Tigilau Ness

Tigilau Ness is a Niuean New Zealand activist and reggae artist, and performs as Unity Pacific. Ness was one the founders of the reggae group the Twelve Tribes of Israel in the 1970s, and started a band called Unity in 1975. He formed the Unity Reggae Band in 1985, but did not release an album until 2003. His struggles against injustice and problems faced growing up in New Zealand, feature on "From Street to Sky". Ness is a political activist and first generation Pacific Island New Zealander.