Upper Hutt Posse (UHP) stands firmly as the progenitor of hip hop music in Aotearoa. The group has 22 music videos and seven albums to date. It formed in 1985, initially as a four-piece reggae band, and is named after the area in which the Hapeta brothers grew up.
Kerry Buchanan on Against the Flow:
Moments Like These: Trevor Reekie talks to Te Kupu, 2016
Steven Zepke on Movement in Demand
Radio NZ interview with Te Kupu
Upper Hutt Posse at NZ On Screen
Upper Hutt Posse at Teara.govt.nz
Upper Hutt Posse lyrics at NZ Folk Song