Pacific Islanders Answer Questions You're Too Afraid To Ask

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[@damiengock9078]

Pacific Islanders are all unique until we laugh ... *Cackles in PI*

[@draysonkeo95]

Please I need more content with Polynesians. The representation is so beautiful☀️💛☀️💛 also Kween Kong is my mother so i want to see her in every video❤️

[@rophefilms1111]

#theislandertheory movie must see

[@moorenicola6264]

There's an awful lot of crap on KZbin but I love when I stumble across something truly educational. Thank you!

[@brendanmannik9831]

I love this, as an Inuk from the Canadian arctic it brings me joy to learn about Pacific Islanders

[@stahhleon]

kefe means cool

[@thedonfonz2481]

I have alot of admiration for your culture also ! 🙏❤💯 🇼🇸

[@Matty80822]

Lmao​@@stahhleon

[@diamond82737]

Maoris are pacific islanders. they're Polynesians, so they're pacific islanders. Just for anyone that was confused

[@alexiscolby9415]

agreed. My Fathers Maori and my Mother's Tongan...I've noticed there are some Maori that have bought into the idea however the way to dismantle this is to point out facts. Geographically, Aotearoa/New Zealand is actually located in the SOUTH PACIFIC also New Zealand is an ISLAND - a larger one but still an island. Also, according to Maori mythology the waka's (canoe's) that bought the first Maori to NZ originated in the PACIFIC ISLANDS. Furthermore, ancient Maori used to practice many of the rituals, customs and tradition's from the Pacific Islands (and still retain some of this today) although lost for a long time, the tradition of making Tapa cloth "Aute" - seeds of the Aute tree were bought over on the waka's to grow in Aotearoa however were not able to thrive in the colder climate of NZ. There are still some of the wooden beaters used to beat the bark into a softer, wearable fibre - Tapa cloth or Aute - that were carved from Pohutawka and Kauri wood. The separation of the cultures was external, propagated used to cause division and disharmony amongst the Polynesian collective and sadly managed to infect some of our Maori communities - however, if the Pacific Islands are separated from Maori than history and identity and origin of culture/tradition's mythology etc there would be absolutely no basis for Maori culture as a whole.

[@VaiTafai]

@@alexiscolby9415 That amount of typing and explaining deserves a like

[@aeriewuhrlin8356]

Aw, many islands were forgotten :( I'll put mine then: Melanesia: New Caledonia Polynesia: Wallis & Futuna Have a good day or night everyone :)

[@stahhleon]

Thats because its a territory

[@kaoticchan9975]

Micronesia: Palau

[@TJBlack3.5]

Definitely not forgotten, just not as well known

[@chkldstgee2433]

"If you're really for the people" - words to live by.

[@isack_hs]

this week's series is capturing the Aus diaspora beautifully I love this group 😤

[@diulikadikaday]

I am Asian and I code switch for both white people and brown people. I grew up around a lot of islanders…and you can tell as soon as I laugh!

[@KNWBDY.important]

Asians have the same laugh naturally hahahaha, especially our filo braddas

[@nemz8066]

We share music too. All across the Pacific we sing Te Vaka songs like we know what they mean lmao. And I know for a fact there'll be some Solomon Islands songs on the Playlist somewhere.

[@ttislandgirl3260]

I'm from Trinidad 🇹🇹 and a lot people from other English speaking countries take sometime to understand my accent. So I understand when you say switch it up lol

[@moorenicola6264]

I'm Irish and we have a lot of similarities in our accents due to Irish indentured servants/slaves and missionaries. I've read that there was a lot mixing between the cultures so I think we find it easier to understand a lot of Caribbean accents. I'd love to visit your beautiful country one day.

[@ttislandgirl3260]

@@moorenicola6264 I'm sure you'll have a time of your life with all the benches, rivers, fetes and sightseeing .🇹🇹

[@moorenicola6264]

@@ttislandgirl3260 oh the dream. Maybe when my kids are older. A long haul flight with my 18 month old who never sits still sounds like hell. Although I'm sure the holiday would make up for it. Have a great day 🙂

[@R.Manuel1985]

More Pacific Island content this was great and so funny!

[@MissAussieChick84]

As a Maori… we are Pacific Islanders. We are literally from an island in the pacific. But outside of that, from a scientific standpoint, genetically we are. From an archeological standpoint point, we have similar language, similar beliefs, and similar practices.

[@kmackblack]

What a fun group of people that was. Enjoyed the video

[@Nerderator]

My question is why are many Pacific Islanders so strong? I recently moved and this islander man carried a huge super king mattress on his back up the stairs, we couldn’t even budge it. Again a man came yesterday with a fridge he carried it on his own into the house and he told us he was only 16! Gosh

[@tori-506]

Sounds like my brothers lol I think it's just genetic. We're big boned with wide frames. Even the women are pretty strong as well.

[@nia9769]

thats a generalisation/ stereotype but it's genetics

[@stahhleon]

@@nia9769 it is a stereotype but i ain't complaining

[@milaelliot]

It’s genetics and the food we eat.

[@gzeuskraiste]

I'm heavily involved in powerlifting and there are lots of Pacific Islanders training and competing as you'll see scrolling through rankings and records. I think it's genetics that prime it for sure, but then strength being such a part of the cultural identity means they're in the gym and working physically demanding jobs, which means they get stronger.

[@guppy0536]

Thank you for answering questions. Know there are so many more that wasn't asked.

[@doychur3035]

100 Māori and 100 Pacific Island cuzzies 😂. Nah too much as a proud Māori in Aotearoa I am also a proud member of OUR Pacifica Nation. Chuuuuur

[@jimgorycki4013]

Love you all. And my SEA friends too! Wonderful, loving people!

[@XxMeYouTornxX]

Māori are Islanders. I think we get separated in Aotearoa because we’re the indigenous people in that island. So it’s like Māori or other Pacific Islanders. Tbh the islands should be separated out more often than they are but I guess it’s to save space

[@thedonfonz2481]

Maori are both Pacific Islanders for Aotearoa is in the Pacific Ocean as well as Polynesians, For we are of the same Migration, but of a different fleet. Defs agree that via the Western Lens, Governments way of differentiating us. So they could govern accordingly. But All in all, got alotta love and admiration for my Maori, Im in love with one lols. CHEEEEHOOO. SEKI watching this video back lols. 🇼🇸

[@legaloleslie4180]

Each and everyone of y'all are so beautiful ❤️ Sending alofa from Hawaii fam 😘

[@ladylzbth6339]

This video was hilarious & totally spot on 🤣❤

[@RomaineRoberts-rz5xr]

Aotearoa is in the Pacific ocean guys. So yea, we are Pacific Islanders or Polynesian. Another thing, Maori migrated from other islands of the Pacific, so kia ora. 😊

[@kennethpangelinan8343]

Melanesia/Micronesia/Polynesia🙌🏽🤙🏽

[@SamoanObsidian]

“I may be coming fresh off the boat, but you'll be coming fresh under your grave.” 😂😂😂💯💯💯🇼🇸🇦🇸🇹🇴🩸

[@jalesaisback]

Lmaooo who tf asked why are islanders so big? We're not all big bestie 🥺💔

[@Glory2God012]

Aye Ik 😂

[@Wwasgud]

You should, but someone in your past fam has failed you

[@aaronnauer2398]

Yasssssss Qween Kongggg

[@babyfather]

love my people 🤍

[@mistagrove4349]

3:03 A.GIRL sgot that typical maori laugh 😂😂😂😂 sound like my hori aunty😂

[@gavster_999]

Came here trying to research the beautiful (elusive) Pacific islander accent, found something brilliant and funny :-) Greets from the UK

[@420rigzy]

māoris are pacific islanders idk who decided to separate them but their wrong 💀

[@stahhleon]

yeah i guess it was just one of those guys that got embarrassed to be islander so just separated the 2

[@nobsbetch9130]

Kween Kongggggg!! The one!!!! ❤ this was so important !!

[@kirianathompson7706]

Can you please do a Maori never have I ever I would really like to see people who have the same background as me I’m half Maori.

[@divarachelenvy]

thank you heaps.

[@maryamkaranouh5059]

YAAAASSSS THE QUEEN SELA VAIIIIIII !!! 😍😍😍😍

[@lithium3490]

6:57 HAD ME GASPING FOR AIR

[@grillaleaf8110]

Love all my Island brothers and Sisters ❤

[@meremeha-uelese1817]

yes, Maori are Pacific Islanders. Thanks to the colonisers, they decided they need to say Maori and Pacific Islanders. Hmmmph!

[@tegztegz]

It is important to acknowledge Māori as separate from Pacific Islanders in an Aotearoa New Zealand context because of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) and as Tangata Whenua in order to preserve political rights (both existing and to support ongoing advocacy and efforts towards further equity in the future, especially in health and education) and actively acknowledge stewardship and indigenous connection to the land, but it doesn’t mean Māori aren't Pacific Islanders in a broader sense, and obviously looks different across the ditch because the political aspect doesn’t signify the same. There is also an element of language revival and support baked into the delineation in NZ compared to Australia. I would expect it to be the same to some degree if you were, say, living in Samoa, you would look at Samoan people and other Pacific Islanders separately in terms of specific place and culture but it wouldn't make Samoan people not Pacific Islanders. Of course, individual Māori and Pacific Islanders can define for themselves how they feel about it all, its just that the political aspect is extremely important back in New Zealand so that Māori rights are specifically upheld.

[@kavikaleaena3464]

The Maori political drama from the 1980s has been significantly toned down and NZ's education under scrutiny. The National Party and it's former Reform Party players, Crown Loyalists are the most to blame for teaching Colonial divisive NZ history. The Asia Pacific though has changed dramatically since then and are the true economic Tigers of today.

[@sincerelyshimmer]

I think the main reason why people seperate New Zealand from the pacific islands is because a lot of people who live there aren’t native so sometimes it doesn’t really align with the other islands

[@youtubemusic5210]

Loved watching this lol

[@terraryzing201]

Fuck, I'm a PI myself I wanna answer these questions Q1: Absolutely, it's on my mind as of right now Q2: Because we love eating Question 1 Q3: Moana is a good representation of what a PRINCESS PI would look like. Boy is a very good film and Once were warriors was fantastic. Q4: Islanders ALWAYS have to have an "Islander name". Like if an Islander says their name is Harry, someone would always ask, "But... what is your islander name" Q5: I grew up dividing the two. Q6: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia (Immature Answer: Brown) Q7: Why is this even a question? If you're good at sport, you're good. Q8: I'd like to think the word "F.O.B." is equivalent to the N-Word Q9: Majority of PI's do. Most young ones always talk about their first tattoo, but most adults in my family do. Q10: No, not really. Q11: Is there something wrong with patriotism?

[@SomeFreeTimeActivities]

Love you my people ❤️

[@mahuexvii]

NZ is in the pacific. Māori are Polynesian.

[@whetuification]

Maori , Māori, Maoli & Maohi are definitely Pacific Islanders & Polynesians.😂😂

[@10clapbaacs78]

Maori are more Polynesians from outskirts of the island Tuamotu of the marqueses islands hawaiki ,raratonga, and Samoa of savii

[@teinawichman3734]

I'm a Cook Islands I was born a Islands. My birth Islands is from Mangaia..Rarotonga is main Islands of 15 Islands in the cook islands represents the 15 stars🇨🇰🇨🇰🇨🇰🇨🇰🇨🇰🇨🇰🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@cookdislander4372]

Mangaia is the biggest though isn't it?

[@teinawichman3734]

Yeah that the bigger than rarotonga..Umm Mangaia one of oldest of the Cook islands Yeah now I'm new Zealand in Hamilton Htown

[@SpinConez]

Māori are from the Islands(Hawaiki)

[@ZulFikar-sn1vr]

New Zealand's native population, the Māori, are Polynesians, and thus considered Pacific Islanders.

[@usernameisjonah]

Pacific Islanders has the same laugh. All of them - Polynesians, Micronesians, melanesians. Same laugh. That's how you can tell.

[@usernameisjonah]

Indigenous Americans from N america has that laugh too

[@VaiTafai]

I think one thing that people get wrong all the time is the assumption that all islanders (Mainly Samoans) are over 6 feet. (Just saying i'm Samoan and am about 5'6"-5'8" and i'm 15), but most of us are still a good height though.

[@Glory2God012]

I had to hold the flag out the window I almost dropped it bro I would of got a hiding 😂

[@kavikaleaena3464]

All chickens today in the west are a Southeast Asian and Polynesian breed of chicken, a chicken from the South Pacific a region where many flightless birds originate. Flightless birds are unique to Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific Polynesia (such as the KIWI Bird). African and European Chickens originate from Southeast Asia. You're asking if we crave our Chicken. As if the west invented Fried Chicken, sorry but the invention of Fried Chicken and even it's DNA origins are from our areas of the world.

[@zepkauvaka8316]

MORE OF THIS YO

[@_Davepocalypse]

New Zealand.....an island.....in the south Pacific

[@Matty80822]

Kiwis are too funny 😂

[@recyclefiiish7753]

Just a bunch of stunnas❤️‍🔥

[@Tuna685]

KFC is the Samoan version of "because I got high".

[@zeelemon5405]

Omg!!Personally we love to eat and socialize ❤❤❤🥰🥰🤘😁

[@chaomen987]

You forgot to mention french polynesiaaaa among polynesiansss

[@_MoreOfYouLessOfMe_]

Once Were Warriors...Kiwi Classic

[@kavikaleaena3464]

Sorry but I crave sushi and other seafood, some raw some fried, far more that KFC... Long John Silvers, Whataburger, Mc Donalds, Taco Bell, and Arbys gets far more attention than KFC. Vietnamese PHO shrimp spring rolls... KFC will get passed for sure.

[@jbizzo2125]

Love you all

[@RickSuaz]

That's one big Fa Afafune.

[@mro6799]

Yes

[@faar8]

🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯 AYEEEE❤️❤️❤️

[@accessdenied3350]

Māori are definitely Polynesia's, but I dont know about pacific islanders? I guess technically NZ is an island in the pacific, so I guess we are?

[@DumpsterJuice599]

Maori are pacific islanders. They are the native *polynesians* of NZ (in the pacific) making them pacfic islanders. dont be fooled by colonizers telling us what we are, we get to decide who we are.

[@Tera4m]

50% Samoan, 50% Māori,, 💯% Hebrew 4 Life House of Joseph via both Tribe of Ephraim & Manasseh Tribe #BirthRight #DoublePortion #DoubleBlessings Pukana, Blahhh,,😝😜😛 Shalom & JAH Bless…

[@leshellthomas3894]

Everyone in the world loves KFC. I do especially Spicy crispy

[@bread5099]

did anyone else just go repeat on the nz gots better pies cause tbh fact

[@Lenoxygen]

Heehee; yeah brew!

[@CAIDMASTEROFPYRO]

Do all pacific islanders love fried chicken, Yes all humans love fried chicken even the vegans and vegetarians that pretend not to

[@OnlywithJadeLeFlay]

💞💞💞

[@KindergartenOne-vw3bi]

That means you love American...kfc ,McDonald's, burger king,dennys,Popeye etc...clothes music,style what else

[@DumpsterJuice599]

man we love ur kfc, also ur indigenous culture too, the pride indigenous americans have reminds us of our own. (burger king, dennys and popeye isnt popular in my island brudda)

[@KindergartenOne-vw3bi]

@@DumpsterJuice599 lol...yeah ok..I love the island of the apes especially the indigenous pride primates ...

[@_MoreOfYouLessOfMe_]

I love KFC❤ I'm a Māori from New Zealand🇳🇿❤

[@hamiihaka]

i'm maori and im 7'8 and 178kg

[@Jungle_Thriving333]

Are Australian Aboriginals considered Pacific Islanders? Australia is the biggest Island in the Pacific Ocean

[@Lonx418]

kfc is over rated. Red rooster is slept on right now.

[@DumpsterJuice599]

nah.

[@SemisiBenLaman]

KFC < Church’s/Texas’ Chicken

[@kalanimondoy8344]

oh wow, I guess in general it's BuzzFeed that is the problem perpetuating ignorance. Not so much specific to Australia, NZ, or the USA.

[@Paka_lolo86]

No we like Foodland chicken

[@joyperich7342]

No

[@KindergartenOne-vw3bi]

Oh..they from NEW Zealand's..or Australia somewhere

[@DumpsterJuice599]

literally has the flag of which island they are from at the beginning of the video.. please educate yourself.

[@KindergartenOne-vw3bi]

@@DumpsterJuice599 oh,my gosh..a gorilla who went to school of apes somewhere on the planet of new Zealand or Australia

[@ngahuiroimatanutira-langda4153]

Yo...all us polynesian people love kfc its good

[@DumpsterJuice599]

hi there js wondering from ur pfp if u are a white maori too?? im a white maori growing up in Australia and i was wondering if you could share what your experiences are like (u dont have to reply if u dont want to.)

[@corex72]

Everyone likes KFC.

[@DumpsterJuice599]

not the same way polynesians do.

[@kei-te-pai]

But we are all related...my DNA test told me

[@rophefilms1111]

#theislandertheory movie 🎬 must see

[@seneryah5475]

Transgender looks scary 😅

[@vikashb4036]

Battybwoi

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

Why are Buzz feed people looking more and more like how you would expect them to look ? Are they parodying themselves ?😅

[@RiskyOpinions]

What is that grotesque monster ? Kween Kong ? Mister kween Kong ?

[@mattkiddie5022]

You mean the force that is kween Kong? They are a legend who performs in drag and is amazing at it. You don't get them or don't agree? That's cool. But keep the hatred in your head and not out into the world

[@RiskyOpinions]

@@mattkiddie5022 are you saying a confused man is a force ? 🤔 LEGEND ? 🤣

[@dannyaumua106]

that grotesque monster is your daddy

[@ladylzbth6339]

@@dannyaumua106 🤣

[@RiskyOpinions]

@@dannyaumua106 I'm guessing you're a confused man too lmao

[@kieraaanbreeew]

Islanders dis-own kween wtf is that monstrosity