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Mike Frew

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:46:42 +1300

That dude did pull a backspin on a road didn't he...?
I tried mine out on the concrete floor at Sandwiches (Wgtn) one night. Not a forgiving surface...
Ask any chiropractor – everyone should carry a sheet of old floor vinyl.

Ian Hickling

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:13:14 +1300

Our kids make me play this to them alll the time...thanks for the post

Sarah Lilburn

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:14:29 +1300

Love that song and I'd never seen the video before – thanks Graeme. That kid at 1:07 is so cute!

Robyn Gallagher

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:18:40 +1300

Can anyone point me in the direction of an English translation??

NZ Folk Song has a very informative page with not just the lyrics and a translation, but a bit of history about the song.

"__The twirling poi is often used as a symbol of a young woman's affections. They…

Stafford Lumsden

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:03:05 +1300

This brings back some childhood memories.

Break dancing – Choice!

I showed some of my students today and they thought it was great. Can anyone point me in the direction of an English translation??

Di Mackey

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:04:56 +1300

Loved it ... thanks for putting it out there again.

Had to load and link back to it :)

Robyn Gallagher

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:14:11 +1300

I passed through Patea in August and stopped off at the Aotea remembrance arch. Sadly I wasn't able to get up on it and breakdance, but it's a remarkable arch, and makes Patea well worth a stop for visitors to South Taranaki.

There's also a Poi E information centre, but…

Lea Barker

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:13:44 +1300

Aaaah! And those wonderful Roger-mobiles heading away from Patea taking all the town's jobs at the freezing works and dairy factory with them. The railway jobs had long gone, of course, thanks to Roger's mate Ricky P.

This was the 80s, remember, when NZ was busily trying to emulate the…

Rose Gordon

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:40:24 +1300

Wonderful! Love the guy in the waka too. Thanks.

barnaclebarnes

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:25:31 +1300

My cousin and I loved this video back in the day. Anything with a guy breaking in it was 'choice'.

Russell Brown

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:56:20 +1300

Thanks for that, Graeme, and, as they say in file-sharing circles, to the original uploader. That's a nice cap.

Graeme Edgeler

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:45:51 +1300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQLUygS0IAQ

With thanks to C4 and its one-hit wonders ... still a great beat!