From the recording Ki mua

This is a remix of one of the most popular Te Vaka tracks. In New Zealand it was hard to mainstream radio play as the music wasnt in English. This track was remixed in a successful effort to get some mainstream radio play. 
Courting fun between groups of young men and women. Much of the message is expressed in the dances, which are vibrant and provocative. This is an accepted way in which to communicate with the one they love. The boldness, the teasing, the confidence is openly expressed for all to see, spurred on and driven by the power of the log drums.
 
Tokelau language

Lyrics

PATE PATE Radio Remix
Lyrics Opetaia Foa'i ,
Music - Opetaia Foa'i & Malcolm Smith

The humans are a primitive race

chant: hiva ki luga hiva ki lalo dance on up, dance on down
hiva malie ki te pate pate Dancing ever so sweetly to the rhythms of the log drum
hiva ki luga hiva ki lalo dance on up, dance on down
hiva malie ki te pate pate Dancing ever so sweetly to the rhythms of the log drum

© Spirit of Play Productions/Opetaia Foa'i