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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]
"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 ...
"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".
After the formation of her band Moana & the Moahunters, the song was revisited in 1993, re-recorded as a pop reggae song and released as a double A-side single with "Peace, Love and Family" before the release of the group's debut album Tahi. [9] The original version of the song was added to the 1996 CD release of the Pātea Māori Club album Poi E.
"E Ipo" 2 weeks [42] 25 July 1 August Toots and the Maytals "Beautiful Woman" 5 weeks [43] 8 August 15 August 22 August 29 August 5 September David Bowie "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" 3 weeks [44] 12 September 19 September 26 September Irene Cara "Fame" 3 weeks [45] 3 October 10 October 17 October Trio "Da Da Da" 3 weeks [46] 24 October 31 ...
"Matemateāone" (English: "Deep Affection") is a song by New Zealand musician Stan Walker. A bilingual ballad sung primarily in Māori language, the song was released as a single a week before Walker's first album sung in Māori, Te Arohanui.