Poi E (album)

Poi E
Studio album by Patea Maori Club feat. Dalvanius
Released	1982
Recorded	On a Marae
Label	WEA/Jayrem Records

Poi E is an album released by New Zealand Māori culture group the Patea Maori Club. In 1984 the totally Maori language title track Poi-E topped the New Zealand Pop charts for four consecutive weeks, and was that year's biggest selling single - outselling all international recording artists.^[1]

Dalvanius Prime, the album's producer and leader, was known for merging the styles of traditional Maori show bands and more recent Maori hip-hop.

Later, in the early 1990s, Poi E was produced as a Maori musical with additional songs, and in 2000, selections were performed in Sydney, at the Waitangi Day Concert^[2]

Track listing

1. "E Pa To Hau" featuring Hohepa Malcolm
2. "Ko Aotea"
3. "Taranaki Patere-Kahuri"
4. "Parihaka-Tewhiti-Tohu-Tawhiao"
5. "Ngah Ohaki"
6. "Ngakau Maru"
7. "Hei Konei Ra"
8. "Ngoi Ngoi"
9. "He Tangata Tini Hanga"
10. "E Papa Waiari"
11. "Aku Raukura"
12. "Poi E"
13. "Haeremai" featuring Cara Pewhairangi
14. "Kua Makona"
15. "Paikea"
16. "Anei Ra Overture & Aria"

References

1. Poi E - the history
2. Mitchell, Tony. "Kia Kaha! (Be Strong!): Maori and Pacific Islander Hip-hop in Aotearoa-New Zealand." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, ed. Tony Mitchell, 280-305. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001

External links

• Original music video for the title track "Poi E"
• nzhistory.net.nz entry and video
• Interview with Syd and Hui Kahu from Patea Maori Club Info and audio
• Original artwork for album cover in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa