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Poi E: The Story of Our Song

08/04/2016

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1hr 33min

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Music

,Documentary

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Dalvanius Prime
  • Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi
  • Pātea Māori Club
  • Barletta Prime
  • Maaka Pohatu

    Director

  • Tearepa Kahi

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Pātea Film Collective
  • Jawbone Pictures

    Production Countries

  • New Zealand

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Maori

Cast

Dalvanius Prime

Self (archive footage)

Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi

Self (archive footage)

Pātea Māori Club

Self

Barletta Prime

Self

Maaka Pohatu

Dalvanius Prime

Stan Walker

Self

Lynda Topp

Self

Dame Jools Topp

Self

Moana Maniapoto

Self

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