Aotearoa Hip Hop Summit 2001

We've all sort of been in the battles and seen each other over the last two years basically. It's kind of like a nice little crew that's getting together. It's like meeting old friends y'know. We get together, we talk about DJ-ing and stuff and just what's been happening in each other's little lives.

– P-Money describes the local DJ community

We did it in South Auckland because I mean that where we live, that's where we're from, and it's a community that we feel really strongly about. And that's all it was. And ain't much that South Auckland is really proud about, you know what I mean . . . at least with hip hop, you know, we give the kids the opportunity to rise up.

– Brotha D from record label Dawn Raid on creating a point of pride for South Auckland

...hopefully it puts a firecracker underneath the bottoms of a lot of businesses out there who deal with this industry, meaning that we need more events like this to go down, and create more platforms for this music to get out on.

– Che Fu on what he hopes can come out of the hip hop summit

Me personally, a highlight for the weekend has gotta be a chance to check out all this local talent. We've gathered it from Christchurch, Tauranga, Wellington as well, well represented, and it's just been really good to establish that hip hop network and share the knowledge.

– Presenter Trent Helmbright

I have a passion for what I do, and I'm always conceptually gonna dance in my life, even if I'm not even actually on the floor . . . If you love music you're always gonna move. And that's what dance is, letting the music move you.

– American breakdancer Ken Swift