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"Poi E" is a song by New Zealand group Pātea Māori Club off the album of the same name. Released in 1983, the song was sung entirely in the Māori language and featured a blend of Māori cultural practices in the song and accompanying music video, including Māori chanting, poi dancing, and the wearing of traditional Māori kākahu (garments).
"Ngoi Ngoi" is a song by Pātea Māori Club. Originally included in the band's 1987 debut album Poi E, it was released as a single in 1988.A Māori language pop/Gospel song, it was written as a tribute to lyricist Ngoi Pēwhairangi by Dalvanius Prime and people from her community in Tokomaru Bay who were close to her.
[33] [22] A retrospective greatest hits album celebrating Dalvanius was released in 2003, A Man of Passion, including the Pātea Māori Club songs "Anei Ra", "Hei Konei Rā", and "I'll Be There for You"; the latter a song performed as a part of the Poi E musical. [41] "Poi E" returned to the NZ Singles Chart in 2009, after being featured in an ...
Poi E is an album released by New Zealand Māori music group the Pātea Māori Club. In 1984, the Māori 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 ]
"Aku Raukura" (English: "Waving White Feathers"), also known as "Raukura", is a song by Pātea Māori Club. Originally written in sessions with Ngoi Pēwhairangi and Dalvanius Prime in Tokomaru Bay in 1982, it was released as their second single in June 1984, during the chart success of their debut hit "Poi E".
The song debuted at number 48 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart in November, however peaked the next week at 41. [7] The single spent a total of eight weeks charting in the top 50 singles. [7] A version entitled "E Papa Waiari" was featured on their 1987 album Poi E, which featured an extended stick outro.
Released in 1984, "Poi E" was sung entirely in the Māori language and featured a blend of Māori cultural practices in the song and accompanying music video, including Māori chanting, poi dancing, and the wearing of traditional Māori garments. [54] The first entire album of locally produced hip hop was Upper Hutt Posse's E Tu EP, from 1988.
In 1984, Prime recorded Poi E with the Pātea Māori Club. [2] The album was very popular in New Zealand, attaining platinum certification. He appeared in the film Te Rua in 1990 and sang the theme song "Chudka Pā Poy", which is about apartheid.