Poi E
Studio album by
Pātea Māori Club featuring Dalvanius
Released1987
RecordedMascot Recording Studios, Auckland[1]
GenreMāori music, Hip Hop
Length47:29
LabelWEA/Jayrem Records

Poi E is an album released by New Zealand Māori culture group the Pātea Māori Club. In 1984 the totally 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.[2]

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 Māori musical with additional songs, and in 2000, selections were performed in Sydney, at the Waitangi Day Concert[3]

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 Rā" (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 (booklet). Patea Maori. Maui Records, WEA Records NZ. 1987. MAUILP 14.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ Poi E - the history
  3. ↑ 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
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