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Neighbourhood - Newtown (First Episode)
Television (Full Length Episode) – 2012
I think the motto was 'get out there, work hard and show the world that you can achieve something'.– King Kapisi, on his parent's advice —and on Newtown as an "immigrant's paradise"
Just cause I'm brown and a rapper, it doesn't mean I'm from South Auckland.– King Kapisi
Wherever I go I will carry Newtown in my heart: representing Newtown to the fullest. Thank you very much. Newtown forever!– King Kapisi, on his old stomping ground
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