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Poi E: The Story of Our Song
Poi E: The Story of Our Song

Poi E: The Story of Our Song

Music, Documentary
2016, NZ
1h 33m

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Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi

Maaka Pohatu

Maaka Pohatu

Stan Walker

Stan Walker

Lynda Topp

Lynda Topp

Dalvanius Prime

Dalvanius Prime

Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi

Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi

Pātea Māori Club

Pātea Māori Club

Barletta Prime

Barletta Prime

Dame Jools Topp

Dame Jools Topp

Don McGlashan

Don McGlashan

Tearepa Kahi

Tearepa Kahi

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Written and directed by Tearepa Kahi (Mt Zion) and starring Maaka Pohatu (The Modern Maori Quartet, Two Little Boys) the film tells the story of musician Dalvanius Prime and the origin of the song “Poi E”, a ground-breaking fusion of 1980s pop and traditional Māori music. “Poi E”, composed by Dalvanius and Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi and performed by the Patea Māori Club, remains the only song in Te Reo Māori to reach No 1 in the charts, over 30 years since its 1984 release.

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