Poi E (album)

Poi E
Studio album by Patea Maori Club feat. Dalvanius
Released	1982
Recorded	On a Marae
Genre	Māori music, Hip Hop
Length	47:29
Label	WEA/Jayrem Records

Poi E is an album released by New Zealand Māori culture group the Patea Maori Club. In 1984 the totally Maori 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.

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 Maori musical with additional songs, and in 2000, selections were performed in Sydney, at the Waitangi Day Concert

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