''Poi E'' is an album released by

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. 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.

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, 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

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Track listing

#"E Pa To Hau" featuring Hohepa Malcolm (1:02) #"Ko Aotea" (0:53) #"Taranaki Patere-Kahuri" (2:59) #"Parihaka-Tewhiti-Tohu-Tawhiao" (4:13) #"Nga Ohaki" (2:21) #"Ngakau Maru" (2:59) #" Hei Konei Rā" (3:13) #" Ngoi Ngoi" (4:25) #"He Tangata Tini Hanga" (2:28) #" E Papa Waiari" (4:15) #" Aku Raukura" (4:01) #"

Poi E "Poi E" is a New Zealand 1984 number-one hit song by the group Pātea Māori Club off the album of the same name. Released in 1984, the song was sung entirely in the Māori language and featured a blend of Māori cultural practices in the song ...

" (3:51) #" Haeremai" featuring Cara Pewhairangi (2:52) #" Kua Makona" (2:51) #"

Paikea is a notable ancestor who originated in Hawaiki according to Māori tradition. He is particularly known to tribes with origins in the Gisborne District such as , and . is the name assumed by because he was assisted by a whale to survive an at ...

" (2:19) #"Anei Ra Overture & Aria" (5:27)

References

External links

Original music video for the title track "Poi E"

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Interview with Syd and Hui Kahu from Patea Maori Club
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Original artwork for album cover in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
{{Authority control Hip hop albums by New Zealand artists Dalvanius Prime albums 1987 albums Māori-language albums Patea