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Ka Whawhai Tonu Mātou
Upper Hutt Posse , Music Video – 2011
from the album Declaration of Resistance (2011)Ka whawhai tonu mātou, mō ake ake ake, mō te whenua te iwi me te ora!– Opening lyrics inspired by a phrase attributed to chief Rewi Maniapoto, who led the resistance to the invasion of the Waikato by government troops in 1864
We are not a band that pulls large audiences, we don't have top ten hits. Our songs I know freak people out. I think I freak a lot of people out when I'm on stage, because my shit is so direct. But I think in this music industry in this country, once you come out as an activist or radical, and your music is hard core, you are known as that.– Dean Hapeta (Te Kupu) in an interview with Radio New Zealand, 12 July 2015
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