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PATEA MAORI CLUB. POI E

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Year
1983
Reference
F110227
Media type
Moving image

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Rights Information
Year
1983
Reference
F110227
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Music Video
Duration
0:04:05
Production company
Maui Records, Valdini Productions
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
Producer: Paul Carvell
Director: Paul Carvell
Lyrics: Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi
Music: Maui Dalvanius Prime
Creative Team: Warrick Attewell (aka Waka)
Creative Team: Paul Carvell
Editor: Annie Collins

The Patea Maori Club became a household name in NZ in 1984 when Poi E spent 22 weeks in the charts, 4 of them at no.1. A dispute over rights meant that TVNZ pulled the song, but despite this the song was still successful in the charts.

A Kiwi classic, Prime Minister Helen Clark has said Poi E is her "favourite song of all time."

Written in 1982 but not picked up by recording companies, the song was recorded after Dalvanius formed his own company in 1983.