While attending school, he beat out 350 people to become the host of
What, a late night phone-in show for a youth audience on
TVOntario. The pilot episode aired on May 30, 1994, and the show was broadcast live on Tuesday nights starting September 27, 1994, for one season. Dealing with issues related to current events and popular culture,
What was nominated for the 1995
Gemini Award for Best Youth Program in Canada. In March 1995, Motiki became co-host of
The TVOKids Crawlspace, TVOntario's after school block of children's programs, alongside
Patty Sullivan and
Kevin Brauch. Three months later Motiki officially replaced Brauch, who left to host other shows on TVO. Patty and Joe appeared in live interstitial breaks between shows such as
Art Attack,
Arthur,
Bill Nye the Science Guy, and
The Magic School Bus. During these segments they would read viewer mail, promote TV shows, and perform a wide array of original characters. Motiki spent four years on
TVOKids, appearing at live events in Ontario and helping the show achieve its highest ratings ever or since. He left
The Crawlspace on May 30, 1999. Pursuing new projects, Motiki continued to host various programs and live events. He also started voice acting in several animated television series. His first was
Crashbox on
HBO, playing the digitally enhanced stop-motion character Professor Rocket, both on the show and in a cycle of shorts entitled
Who Knew?. He then provided the voice of Rocky Canyon for the TV series
Rescue Heroes, subsequently voicing Rocky Canyon for the Fisher-Price action figures and the 2003 film
Rescue Heroes: The Movie. He also voiced Metabee in the TV series
Medabots. In 2002 Motiki hosted the first two seasons of an updated version of the teen quiz show
Reach for the Top, which was a high school competition for the provincial SchoolReach trivia championship. That same year Motiki became host of
POV Sports on CBC, a showcase for athletes and sports both professional and amateur. During his two seasons on
POV Sports, Motiki travelled across North America to cover stories and events, including the
Gravity Games, the
91st Grey Cup, the historic
2003 Heritage Classic from Commonwealth Stadium, and
X Games IX in
Los Angeles,
California. He also worked with
CBC Sports on the
90th Grey Cup broadcast, the 2003
Canada Games in New Brunswick, and the
IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics from Sherbrooke, Quebec where he interviewed current 100m and 200m world record holder
Usain Bolt.
Sports From The Edge is a documentary that Motiki hosted in 2004, produced by Keith MacNeill of
CBC North. The documentary follows native athlete Steve Amarualik from his training in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, to his performance at the 2004
Arctic Winter Games in Fort McMurray, Alberta; it was honoured at the prestigious Columbus International Film Festival. He travelled to Asia, Australia, and Europe to host the travel show
Get Outta Town on
Encore with
Barbara Mamabolo, a TV series about how young people live around the world. Motiki also served three times as host of the provincial Junior and Senior Championships of the
Spelling Bee of Canada in 2006 and served three times as host of the
Miss World Canada event. From 2007 to 2008 he hosted the
YTV game show
Game Gurus. Motiki played constituency assistant Trevor Jones in the comedy series ''
She's the Mayor'' for
VisionTV, with
Janet-Laine Green,
Scott Wentworth,
Denis Akiyama,
Tonya Williams, and
Colin Mochrie. The series, about a retired school principal who becomes mayor of the fictional town of Fairfax, was Vision's first original production and the broadcaster's second-most watched TV series during its run. which won the 2009 Gemini Award for Best Animated Series, and
Rescue Heroes. He has made numerous appearances on projects across various platforms. He played himself on the Canadian web series
The Casting Room with its creator
Naomi Snieckus, and was a guest on the online podcast
Deekast with Derek Veenhof, where he discussed numerous subjects including his career beginnings at TVOntario. In 2012, Motiki hosted the
Food Network production
Ice Cold Cash where he pretended to be an ice cream vendor who would surprise customers with questions about food and award them cash prizes for correct answers. He was the in-stadium Athletics host for both the
2015 Pan American Games and
2015 Parapan American Games; events were held at
York Lions Stadium, which was known as CIBC Athletics Stadium during the Games. In 2016, he hosted the live show
CSP Live from the producers of ''
Canada's Smartest Person''. The Facebook-exclusive broadcast gives viewers the opportunity to compete interactively in challenges based on the
theory of multiple intelligences presented them by Motiki. ==Filmography==