Poi E: The Story of Our Song
Film201693 min7.5/10 on TMDB
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Directed by Tearepa Kahi
The 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.
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Dalvanius Prime
Dalvanius PrimeSelf (archive footage)Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi
Ngoingoi PēwhairangiSelf (archive footage)
Maaka PohatuDalvanius Prime
Taika WaititiSelf
Lynda ToppSelf
Stan WalkerSelfExplore the crew
- Writer
- Tearepa Kahi
- Director
- Tearepa Kahi
- Director of Photography
- Fred Renata
- Editor
- Francis Glenday
- Producer
- Reikura Kahi
- Producer
- Tearepa Kahi
- Producer
- Alexander Behse
- Editor
- Tearepa Kahi
- Director of Photography
- Jos Wheeler