272:. Pewhairangi's intent in writing the song in such a way was to promote Māori ethnic pride among young Māori people in a popular format. The duo faced indifference from record labels, so Prime produced the song and album under his self-made label, Maui Records. The single was the first release on Maui, which was distributed by
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and cultural music because the Pātea Māori Club wanted to give the younger hip-hop generation "their language and culture through the medium they were comfortable with", that medium being hip-hop. At the same time as it was helping to teach the children about Māori culture, hip-hop also "provided
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Zealand charts in March 1984. Its popularity that same year grew further when it was well received by
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