Mihini Atea
Te Rōpū Manutaki
Toa Whakaihuwaka
New Zealand Polynesian Festival
TM50 Webisode featuring Mihini Atea.This song was performed by Te Rōpū Manutaki as an action song at the 1983 festival in Hastings. The song is a social commentary about Māori children finding solace from the social pains of the Māori realities of the time, including alcohol and family violence, through playing space invader games.
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