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Wikipedia article
"'E Ipo'" (English: "By Love") is a 1982 song written by Prince Tui Teka and Ngoi Pwhairangi in tribute to Teka's wife Missy, sung bilingually in Mori and English. The song was a number-one single in New Zealand for two weeks.
The melody was based on the popular Indonesian love song "Mimpi Sedih" by Aloysius Riyanto that Teka had heard from New Zealand soldiers stationed in Singapore while he was performing overseas from 1980-1982.[https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/e-ipo-1983 NZ On Screen - E Ipo][http://folksong.org.nz/e_ipo/index.html NZ Folk Song - E Ipo]
The video for the song was taken from a TV special filmed at the Mandalay nightclub in Newmarket, Auckland. The song later made the 'Nature's Best 3' compilation, a collection of the top 100 New Zealand songs as voted by members of APRA.
"E Ipo", alongside "Poi E" (1984) by the Ptea Mori Club (also written by Pwhairangi) were the first widely successful songs sung in Te Reo Mori in mainstream music, and had a great impact on the promotion of Te Reo and Mori culture in New Zealand.
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