It is, on paper at least, an unlikely foundation for a game-changing record label. It was 1999 when Andy Murnane and Tanielu Leaosavai i (aka Brotha D) met at Manukau Polytechnic’s business school. Buoyed by the enterprising spirit, their friendship soon turned to commerce, starting with the pair hustling bootleg t-shirts at the Ōtara Markets, before eventually running a music empire unlike anything the local industry had seen before, breaking records and barriers for more than a decade. The duo behind Dawn Raid Entertainment, New Zealand s most iconic Polynesian music label, hope a new documentary will set the record straight on the legacy of their business and South Auckland hip hop culture.