Hoki mai e tama mā...

[@reneewikaire5478]

I watch this often bro, I really miss my whaunau…….. feels like I’m sitting out the back watching my poppy (not that your old) strum his beloved guitar and sing for me all the time, he was one off the Most important humans in my life ever, this clip brings me loads off joy TY kindly Ka Pai x

[@soldier2297]

As an Irish man who served in the British armed forces your speech hit home to me. God bless you. The Irish and the Maori have always had close connections working in the mines in the Australia. Fighting and drinking together haha. Great song my friend.

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Tena koe John Thank you for your mihi and your memories. Tino pai e hoa. I appreciate it my friend. Best wishes also to you & yours te umuariki :)

[@soldier2297]

@@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722 God bless my friend. Hope all is well with you. Thanks for the reply.

[@hokimoki3677]

connection is definitely close bro..probably 80% of maori are irish too hahaha...im maori but i have alot of irish...most maori are half cast majority mixed with irish

[@ivoryquays6661]

Kapai ehoa. Kapai A beautiful wiata from the most important and significant poem ever penned in this country. When I translate this from te reo I still can't read it right through without my eyes leaking. Aroha nui. Your joy shines so brightly.

[@kimsherlock8969]

Your Prose is so heartfelt.

[@emmaroylands6990]

This guy is a legend!! So much love to you bro 💕💕💕 we love to learn about your story it’s so beautiful to hear that. Aroha 💕

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Thank you Emma. So glad you enjoyed the körero :)

[@gregtaylor8327]

Ka pai. Im an old feller now but loved growing up and going to what us Pakehas call jam sessions. Back in my farming days working around the Waikato shearing sheds with some highly talented young Maori shearers and rousies. Every friday night a singalong and great comrarderie. Hoki Mai always was played. Loved your story telling bro thankyou very much.

[@madcatter972]

I really enjoyed your kōrero, your waiata and this opportunity to practice Te Reo. Love this song. Always makes me smile. Kia ora from Whanganui-a-Tara! Btw you have a great singing voice. :)

[@djToniTontonNewZealand]

Taiki eee , pretty neat aye, man our whare had a band, all night, lol, love this , Much Aroha Matua , we are the waiata gang lol xxxxxxxxxxx 2020 xxxxx boom

[@louisadredge571]

Aw beautiful. Thankyou. Gosh, I haven't heard the term 'half cast' for years. Rarotongan dad and Caucasian mum. 🌴 🍹

[@traceyhenderson592]

Loved listening to your korero and the Beautiful Waiata

[@reneewikaire5478]

fills the cockle's of my soul ~ ka pai & TY

[@RonDMC85]

Ka pai - I’m Maori and have lived in Australia since I was a kid - this song reminds me a lot of my dad. God bless you - shed a lot of tears thank you - to God be the Glory forever ❤️

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Chur kia ora Ron Thats awesome thanks for sharing. Great to hear from you. Mihi nui ki a koe, töu papa me tou whānau. Ngā mihi nui Te Umuariki :)

[@markhiggins3154]

Kiaora Matua, that korero at the start was awesome I didn't know that, but know the waiata lol thank you and I subd

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Kia ora e hoa. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the feedback too. Appreciate it. Nga mihi nui e hoa Te Umuariki. Ps Thaks alsi for the sub 🖖

[@markteariki1798]

Awesome cover 👍🏽😃👍🏽

[@catherinegregory-d6r]

thank you for the explanation, we are learning it at the porirua respiratory choir

[@kimsherlock8969]

I watched and did listen 🎶 waiting to sing 🎶 I did Love tnis song .

[@SuperLana01]

Awwwwww nec min - love this mwha Xxxx

[@postieplus]

Nga mihi just beautiful ❤

[@carrier411]

kia ora! I'm from Wairoa, ha ha small world on the internet. Kia Kaha NZ 15-3-19. xx

[@patshort177]

What are the chords?

[@susancronin5589]

Love listening to this guy!!!

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Kia ora Susan Nga mihi nui e hoa Aroha atu aroha mai

[@NathanGerrard]

I love this waiata, especially the original version written by my Koro Henare Waitoa of Ngati Porou, Te Riu o Waiapu for the homecoming of Kamupene C otherwise knowen as ngā kaupoi, youll hear alot of our Kaumatua now and they hate the upbeat version of this waiata! Especially because alot of the lyrics have be changed and repeated like "Te Haki Te Haki" the original version is a long drawn out "Te Haki"... the biggest critic when it comes to this waiata is my Nanny Cindy Waitoa who was Henare Waitoas favorite mokopuna and she always corrects anyone who sings it wrong... anyway loved to hear you sing this waiata

[@rongli4350]

Kia Ora! What a moving song! Expect your new video!

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed

[@ngatairiderz2373]

Mean az brother!

[@kiowaironbolt48rezndn27]

Thanks for sharing I like song I am First American Otoe Missoura and Kiowa Tribes Aho brother

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Thank you so much my brother. Yes both our peoples share thru the songs & dances aye. Much love e hoa Te Umuariki Mei Käpiti, Aotearoa, NZ

[@Journeyman_101]

Thank you for sharing a bit of your story, and giving the meaning of the song. Strength in spirit from mine to yours.

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Kia ora e hoa Thank you for nga kupu tautoko kupu aroha Te Umuariki

[@thatsme8522]

Thank you so much🙏🏾for you story, takes me back to when I was a kid, listen to the Uncles and Aunties singing up strom hard☯️🙌🏾 gave me that mean Maori mean moment, had to share with you🙏🏾 How I got to find you and subscribe to you is a pretty neat way... Had a song play on my spotify list that I had heard in a long time like toooo long, it was.. Hoki Mai/Pa Mai.. performed by... The Hi Marks.. So I thought I gotta know the mean to this song because it means so much to me, i Searched for lyrics and I seen this one of yours. It cracked me up so much bro when you said, that you a Halfcast... I thought haha I was called, half cast Maori ass, most of the time when I was beening cheeky to my uncle and Aunties from my Mums side, 🤣😇 would you have a video of the lyrics/definition to the song Hoki Mai/Pa Mai Performed by The HiMarks Thankyou muchly for your mean Halfcast mean video

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Kia ora e hoa Thanks heaps for your feedback and how you come to find us. I appreciate it. Yeah haha the good old days aye. Maan I wish I could help you with the other pātai, arohamai I don't have any körero on that one, if I ever come across it I will hit you up here. Hey all the best during the lockdown and the future ahead. New times now for us all aye. Take care. Nāku me ngā mihi Te Umuariki 1/2 n 1/2 💪😂😂🖖

[@thatsme8522]

@@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722 kia ora for them most humbling words, this lockdown is ment to be.. the "sliverlining" is strong.. its giving me the time to reconnect, pretty neat how one song brought me to you, to hear your understanding of the song and how it's about our people coming home. Everything happens for a reason I believe and its quite fitting don't you think 😉😁 Oh and feel abit Shame for saying/asking this,thou only way to learn, Ah what does it read when you wrote, Nāku me ngā mihi, Te Umuarki Thanking you muchly bro, my wife and I, are in the process of learning Te Reo, thou, as life is... challenging, you are a real good feel, "kickup thearse" we needed ☯️💚😁🙏🏾

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Oh thats really good to hear thank you. Ummm nāku me ngā mihi... in this context infers from me with good wishes & sincerely then your / my name... Te Umuariki. Hey its never too late, just do the bits you can, then if time permits and your ready & able, then do a bit more. Most of all celebrate our absolute uniquenesses Nga mihi anö e hoa Te Umuariki

[@thatsme8522]

@@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722 ☯️💚🙏🏾😁

[@richiebennett5390]

I'm just like you, was a one man gang... Now I have kids so I'm more the prez of a whanau. Love you my kids and whanau ❤️ bless my elders, bless me, bless my kids and bless my whanau ❤️ I love waiata like you, can you please give a video shout out to my mum (Linda Hunt) otherwise she might.. kiss you on your knee😂

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Haha Richie Prez of the whänau. Wait til they step you out e hika mä. Awesome stuff e hoa. Great to have a laugh e hoa and great we have our whänau. Arohanui ki a koe me töu whänau. Love to do a shout out too to your mama. Shes done a great job too. Kia ora mama Linda kia ora koutou e te whanau. Take care all Te Umuariki 💪😎🖖

[@LancePedro-t2b]

Mahalo mai Hawaiki mai hoa hānau. E ola nā ʻōiwi. Chee!!! 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@grauwolf1604]

He begins to sing at 5:47 (!).

[@eyeztheenterteina805]

Ka pai Matua!

[@djToniTontonNewZealand]

oh heck Wairoa, my nans kuini paku , of wairoa cuzzzzzz

[@camwells9726]

I’m 61 I had one Maori grandparent and 3 pakeha grandparents and when I was a small kid I was known as a quarter caste 😂

[@nataliah-jaydehoeta3525]

That's Soo Cool Man 😍😎😎

[@aroihikoni3881]

Chur made my day my bro tumeke 🤙🤙

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Thanks e hoa. Same. I appreciate it. Take good care. Nāku noa Te Umuariki

[@BlaizeKH]

Correct me if im wrong, but I was always under the impression that the lyrics are "kei the kapa kapa mai te haki, te haki, O INGARANGI i runga o Tiamana e" The flag of England is flying over/in Germany?

[@richiebennett5390]

Kei te kapa kapa Mai te Aki te Aki, e nga rangi e tu whera atu nei, kei te kapa kapa Mai te Aki te Aki e nga rangi roto tia Mana e. pa Mai to re wairoa ki te Pai aue, ki te Pai, o aotearoa. E nga iwi o aotearoa, haeremai, hairemai. Haeremai. Titiro ki nga hoia ko we hine, titiro ki nga hoia me the ma Mai. Taropu tonu e, te marumaru o tao tapu tete te atu powhiri haere Mai haere Mai. E Papa wai a he, taku nei maori, taku nei I e tu koroimata. E oui I e... You figure out the rest 😉😂

[@jonchapman630]

Tena Koe matua. I'm a Whaanga from Mahia

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Tena koe e hoa Whanau rongonui te whänau Whaanga. Nga mihi nui ki a koe me tou whänau :)

[@charmees6637]

Amazing from Sydney Australia.

[@runjettyrun3819]

xx Aroha xx

[@gloria26ish]

Tau ke!

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Aku mihi whaea :)

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Tënä koe e hoa Nöku te waimarie Aku mihi nui e hoa

[@ngatitewehi3709]

Miiharo!

[@s.a.1834]

Uncle bully singing this song with passion with Jake Heke 💯❤️👌🔥

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Hey kia ora brother 🖖

[@s.a.1834]

Kia Ora my bro 🤙🏽

[@s.a.1834]

Kia Ora my bro 🤙🏽 Mean az song to jam along with the bros when on the 🍻🍺🍻🍺 Churr 🤙🏽

[@CatchABodyClo]

Called toma mai not Hoki mai

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Kia oar e hoa Hadnt heard that one But always good to hear more. Nga mihi nui :)teumu

[@kingi9452]

never heard that before either

[@CatchABodyClo]

Ess King-I my great grandfather write this song

[@ngatairiderz2373]

Aye? First i heard

[@CatchABodyClo]

Ngatai Riderz my great grand father wrote it and I thought it was hoki Mai as well but my grandma gave me a clip around the ears for saying it aha

[@sharniquewaharrison4892]

5:47 thank me later

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Kia ora Sharniquewa Not sure what you mean e hoa. Nga mihi Te Umuariki

[@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722]

Kia ora e hoa Engari käore au i te marama te ngako o te körero. Mo taku kuare mo taku hë arohamai

[@tamatitaihuka3975]

@@kiimaimaoriaoitepo3722 The reference is it's incorrect, it's NOT Hoki mai e tama mā, it is TOMO mai e tama mā, and later in verse two, Hoki ruarua mai e tama mā, meaning not many of the boys returned