The Hokey Pokey...

Simple song, simple dance, but not so simple history/background. Since being here I have noticed in a couple of different places (creche at the gym and Joanna's swimming lessons) that New Zealanders sing the 'Hokey Tokey' instead of the 'Hokey Pokey' like we are used to in Australia. Anyway I had a look on the internet to find out why and found that the whole history behind the origins and meaning of the song is rather complicated and surrounded by controversy. The song actually has 3 titles depending on where in the world you live...either 'Hokey Cokey', 'Hokey Pokey', or 'Hokey Tokey'. Anyway if you want more details about it, go look here. As far as NZ is concerned, the name may have been changed to avoid confusion with the NZ ice-cream flavour 'Hokey Pokey' (plain vanilla ice cream with small lumps of sponge toffee).