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Maori Hi Five
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The Maori Hi Five or Hi Five were a New Zealand Māori singing group, described as a seven-piece show band formed in the late 1950s in Wellington, which performed traditional New Zealand dances and songs as well as "pop" music.
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2024) |
The members in 1964 were Wes Epae, Kawana Pohe, Paddy Te Tai, Robert Hemi, Solomon Pohatu and Mary McMullan née Nimmo. They had completed a date in Singapore and were to play the floor show for a month at the Nine Dragons Supper Club then to an engagement in Las Vegas. On 9 June 1964 they appeared with the Beatles, performing for all the first half of the first (7.30 pm) concert in Hong Kong (there was also a 9.30 pm concert). See The Beatles' 1964 world tour.
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- Armstrong, Greg; Neill, Andy (2024). When We Was Fab: Inside the Beatles Australasian Tour 1964. Woodslane Press, Warriewood NSW, Australia. pp. 105, 106. ISBN 978-1-922800-68-8.
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