Poi E

September 1984

Poi E is a song originating from Patea Patea Māori Club New Zealand group from the eponymous album of 1984. It one of the few examples of sung in the language of Māori songs that were successful in the charts. The song was published in 1984, both on the album as well as 7 vinyl single.

The song is completely healthy on Māori. The music video for the song shows a mixture of the culture of the Māori, including the eponymous Poi, chanting and traditional clothing. As background, the first part is a Marae. In addition to the influences of the culture of the Māori, the video is also influenced by the hip- hop culture, including rap and break dancing, the second part of the video of urbanene influences. The song itself combines traditional Māorigesänge with show -band influences, gospel and funk.

The song remained for four weeks number at the top of the New Zealand pop charts. The single reached the highest sales in New Zealand for 1984, thus outperforming all international artists. "Even today retains the song itself among non- Māori in New Zealand cult status. The group Patea Maori Club, however, was a one- hit wonder. For the Māori the song is called "the anthem of a new generation " significant that the " hip hop generation ".

The text comes from the Māori linguist Ngoi Pēwhairangi, the music of Dalvanius Prime ( † 3 October 2002). The beginning of the song goes back to 1982. Pewhairangis intention was ethnic pride among young Māori Māori in a popular form almost bring with them. The authors met with the record companies to lack of interest, so that Prime transferred the song under the label of Maui Records itself. He was not shown on the radio and virtually non-televised.

A version without the hip-hop elements in 1983 listed in the Poi -song competition in the 1983 Polynesian Festival in Auckland.

A television report said to have been the cause that the song was catapulted yet in March 1984 at number 1 on the charts. His popularity rose further when the song was well received on a UK tour of the Patea Maori Club with performances at the London Palladium and at the Edinburgh Festival and a performance for the Queen ( Royal Command Performance ).

It reached in May 24, 2010 re # 3 on the New Zealand's Top 20 after it occurred in the movie Boy.