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Kōrero: Pacific churches in New Zealand

King Kapisi

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King Kapisi

Wellington-born Samoan hip-hop artist King Kapisi (Bill Urale) performs at Victoria University in 2004. King Kapisi's songs are critical of the role of organised religion in Pacific societies, suggesting that the church's hold on some Pacific youth might be weakening. His song 'Fix Amnesia' includes the lines, 'Religious idols play cool games, mind roulette. (Someone constantly watching over you) it's just religious bullshit.' 

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Melanie Lovell-Smith

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Cluny Macpherson, Pacific churches in New Zealand – Change and adaptation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26740/king-kapisi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Cluny Macpherson, i tāngia i te 21 February 2011.