Poi E (album)

Poi E
Studio album by Patea Maori Club feat. Dalvanius
Released	1982
Recorded	On a Marae
Genre	Māori music, Hip Hop
Length	47:29
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 (1:02)
2. "Ko Aotea" (0:53)
3. "Taranaki Patere-Kahuri" (2:59)
4. "Parihaka-Tewhiti-Tohu-Tawhiao" (4:13)
5. "Nga Ohaki" (2:21)
6. "Ngakau Maru" (2:59)
7. "Hei Konei Ra" (3:13)
8. "Ngoi Ngoi" (4:25)
9. "He Tangata Tini Hanga" (2:28)
10. "E Papa Waiari" (4:15)
11. "Aku Raukura" (4:01)
12. "Poi E" (3:51)
13. "Haeremai" featuring Cara Pewhairangi (2:52)
14. "Kua Makona" (2:51)
15. "Paikea" (2:19)
16. "Anei Ra Overture & Aria" (5:27)

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