This song by the Patea Maori Social Club was produced as a fund raiser after the closing of Patea's main industry, the local freezing works and the subsequent devastation of the community (think Flint, Michigan). It is a song of hope and defiance, and it showed the indomitable spirit of the working people of the small, mostly Maori, community of Patea.
@MorganMarieWolff
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info Peter, I did not realize that!
@timothylakaseru302
Жыл бұрын
The poi-snatching chihuahua was one of Dalvanius Prime’s many pets (he had a bias towards chihuahuas, though) throughout his lifetime. By the way, he’s the guy who waved from a car sometime in the video, and was responsible for Poi E’s melody. The words, on the other hand, were written by renowned linguist and Maori renaissance legend Ngoi Pēwhairangi. Poi E was composed during an impromptu time of collaboration between the two. Dalvanius had initially planned to visit Ngoi for a few days at Tokomaru Bay (Ngoi’s hometown) during a break from his own hectic touring schedule in 1982, but stayed with her for a month where a few other well known songs were birthed as well. The Patea Maori Club first performed the track you reacted to in a 1983 competition with guitar accompaniment, which was and remains a staple for Maori music. By the way, the original version of Poi E is also posted in KZitem under the title “Poi E (Live)”. Dalvanius realized the song had great potential, as proven when the group received a first prize award at the competition. The song was subsequently recorded in a contemporary disco-reggae style, and to cover the costs, various businesses and organizations in Patea contributed $100 each to the club. The folks in the video had released albums in the 1970s as the Patea Maori Methodist Club and South Taranaki Cultural Club, but the single Poi E was their first attempt at pop music (their albums had previously focused on traditional Maori songs only). Shortly after Poi E was recorded, the initial response from older Maori listeners at Tokomaru Bay, including the composer herself, was unenthusiastic. The year before, Dalvanius had produced “E Ipo”, another song written by Pēwhairangi for Prince Tui Teka, an extremely popular Maori entertainer who performed from the 1960s until his untimely death in 1982, gaining Ngoi’s appreciation for his arrangements. Nevertheless, Poi E’s space age rhythm was considered too innovative for Maori music, and the song was initially rejected by major record companies, leading Dalvanius to establish his own, Maui Records. The tireless joint effort Dalvanius and the club displayed to promote the song eventually caught the attention of the then 5 minute nightly Maori language news program “Te Karere”, and as they say, the rest is history.
@lousiakisini6574
Жыл бұрын
Kia Ora from Seoul! Wow! Thanks for showing this again. I think Delvanius was in the vehicle that showed in the video. Love it.
@tanioraaura1274
Жыл бұрын
Yes the late Delvanius.
@nzfalcon6578
Жыл бұрын
yes that was him
@dabadllama
Жыл бұрын
I was tired after waking up but Poi E will always give me so much energy! I was singing along. It become so popular again after being in the movie Boy in 2010 I am pretty sure. Thank you for that. It is a vibe. It is so catchy and shows even songs in another language can just become so loved by people who don't speak that language and that is absolutely great!
@maciii069
Жыл бұрын
I have always loved this piece. I was 21 yrs old and in the NZ ARMY. Congrates on your marriage. I hope you had a wonderful day.
@lightyagami2800
Жыл бұрын
As a kiwi kid in the 80s this was and still is an anthem
@conniewynyard1067
Жыл бұрын
This was filmed in patea in the taranaki region. The group performing are the patea moari club.
@MrAhuapai
Жыл бұрын
The song Poi E was ignored by the radio stations until it hit no 1 so they were forced to play it. .The video was quickly put together by the Rock Unit at TVNZ Avalon because no one expected it to be such a monster hit and there was no video to play on RTR countdowns top 20 rundown. Radio stations were incredibly conservative and only played top 40 material. Reggae would also find it hard to make the playlists at the time even though NZers loved reggae
@sanaioelu826
Жыл бұрын
This song brings back memories. I was 23yo in my 4th year of a 3 year BA degree at Auckland uni - 1st year I majored in partying, as you do 🤣🤣🤣
@Kereru
Жыл бұрын
This song always reminds of the movie Boy (a great NZ film) 😊.
@AngieSainty
Жыл бұрын
This! With Taika Waititi (y) kzitem.info/news/bejne/1mOKz4WOfHylhaA
@MarkMcLT
Жыл бұрын
In the category of unofficial national anthems, you should definitely familiarise yourself with "Slice of Heaven" by Dave Dobbyn with Herbs. It originated from the soundtrack to the movie "Footrot Flats: The Dog'sTale" based on the classic NZ comic strip series by Murray Ball (multiple volumes in any bookstore). Not quite as popular but also from the same movie is "You Ought to be in Love." All important cultural knowledge for you to check out! :)
@KC_Eden
Жыл бұрын
Today I learned the English translation of the song that was sung by my family for years! 😅👍
@shaunhowarth
Жыл бұрын
I was born in Patea and started at Patea High School the year this came out, we sung it at our end of year prizegiving (that's kiwi for graduation). This brings back some great memories. I went to school with many people in the video, it also had one of my teachers, Sam Prime, he was a legend. My Dad was a freezing worker in the town and it was one of the first to shut down in the early 80's. This song was great for the community, and I don't think I realised it significance then, I was only 10. I'm sort of the opposite of you I'm a NZer back in NZ but I spent about 7 of the last 20+ years working in the USA in NC, CO and IN.......... I love your videos and I appreciate some of New Zealannd idiosyncracies that people from overseas find 'interesting' about Aotearoa.
@shnacksx3482
Жыл бұрын
I'm from patea too. You must be the same age as my parents do you know the whanau family?
@shaunhowarth
Жыл бұрын
@@shnacksx3482 Probably, what are some names, I probably went to school with them, I was there from 1984-1990
@shnacksx3482
Жыл бұрын
@@shaunhowarth oh. Maybe not my parents then lol. I'm trying to think of the cuzzies that went to school in the late 80s. I was born in 88 lol
@susanhammond2724
Жыл бұрын
Hi from Christchurch. It's been pretty warm here while the North Island is getting all the rain. I would have been 22 when this song came out. Have always loved it. Have you heard the song 35 by Ka Hao and Rob Ruha. Also a good one.
@MorganMarieWolff
Жыл бұрын
Hi Susan! Aw, lucky you! It really is a good one. No I haven't heard of that, I will give it a listen=)
@MarkMcLT
Жыл бұрын
Still makes me smile after all these years, especially white glove boy. Were you trying to think of "I'd like to teach the world to sing"?
@nztraveller8408
Жыл бұрын
hi from us in Hastings watch the film "boy "as this song is in that a great NZ movie
@richardhague801
Жыл бұрын
i was just entering high school when this came out - it's a vital piece of kiwi culture for sure ...speaking of vital kiwi culture, check out The Knobz - 'Culture'
@kiwihib
Жыл бұрын
Used to go and see Knobz earlier when they were called Rockylox.
@zaynevanbommel5983
Жыл бұрын
New Zealand Culture is a mix of Cultures
@donaldduck2139
Жыл бұрын
I was 26 when this song was out... same mullet hair just dyed it grey in the last few years, was coppery before I dyed it grey/silver/white 😳
@barrynichols2846
Жыл бұрын
That was filmed in a small town in the Taranaki. Patea. At least when they were on that building overlooking the road, about 3 mins into your video. I drove through there maybe 30 years later. Although some of the other scenes are definitely in a big city. It was number one in, cheating and looking it up, 1984. My last year of high school.
@bobmoore7481
Жыл бұрын
This was recorded in Patea by the Patea Māori Club.
@SuperHone12
Жыл бұрын
Filmed in Patea outside of Taranaki
@niwawhauwhau2549
Жыл бұрын
This is so old school everything just looks so 80s
@alanlyall2412
Жыл бұрын
it was taped in a place called patea in taranaki region that was mount taranaki
@PhilipTaramai
Жыл бұрын
Ha, my wife was so annoyed I didn't like this. For me it was hmmmm "too mainstream", "too comercialized" sounding. I bet it was a lot of fun to make 🙂 Then again around that time I was obsessed with a NZ band called Herbs (which wasn't for everyones taste).
@NZKiwi87
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your marriage!
@caitlinroy8678
Жыл бұрын
I am assistant and a move tutor trainer for Jolt dance teaching kids with disabilities and this is one of the warm up activities we do it’s constantly in my head
@fairynuff167
Жыл бұрын
Kul. Just did a mini workout for upper arms n swaying hips while this played. Kia ora.
@MorganMarieWolff
Жыл бұрын
I love it! Thanks Gillian=)
@dononbass
Жыл бұрын
And congratulations on your marriage! ( and this too!)
@dmvlogs6141
Жыл бұрын
It's great to see an american getting that feeling in new zealand. I was only 2 years old ??I think when this was released WOW time fly. By the way congrates on your wedding.
@mikevowles5802
Жыл бұрын
Yes it should not be raining worst summer in living memory so far 😢, we can only hope it gets better
@MorganMarieWolff
Жыл бұрын
Ugh Mike- my garden is so behind and full of weeds too! It must be done now right??
@scottgroves6386
Жыл бұрын
Dancer Joe Moana recreated the scene in the 2016 doco on Poi E. Great ya put everything into some context at the end 10/10
@MorganMarieWolff
Жыл бұрын
Oh, I'll have to watch that Scott! Thank you=)
@cainesinceree
Жыл бұрын
There's a dope documentary bout this track.
@TheMntnG
Жыл бұрын
NZ music is full of maori, mostly in hiphop, but not only
@skylagaaia1683
Жыл бұрын
Wondered where you’d got to. Good to see ya back on the box…ok 2023 let’s go girl👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
@kilgh
Жыл бұрын
Even our UFC fighters have used this as a walk-out track. lol.
@cadifan
Жыл бұрын
Poi has the same "oi" as in oil, and the "E" sounds like "A". I was born in 1960 so I do remember this song popping up on tv at the time. It has a beautiful harmonising sound.
@christophertemoni8248
Жыл бұрын
Tu meke Morgan to see you getting into Maori culture, & te reo,waiata, Kia kaha, Arohanui.
@fairynuff167
Жыл бұрын
Look up favourite Maori love song from Rotorua whwn I grew up in 60s, 70s POKAREKAREANA
@Wilna22
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your marriage ☺️🪷
@brucegibbins3792
Жыл бұрын
The inspiration of Dalvanious Prime. Performed in Patea and enjoyed everywhere.
@loganstrong9874
Жыл бұрын
It's raining because we are in the third year of la Nina and off western Australia is the Indian di pole current .Both these southern hemisphere ocean current systems bring large amounts of rain to Australia and New Zealand . If you want to live in the southern hemisphere best learn about La Nina and El Nino and you will understand what weather to expect for the coming summer or winter .I work in tourism and so many northern hemisphere people coming down to visit NZ and not understanding why it's wet .It would be like me going to the mid west USA in winter or south east asia during the monsoon and complaining about snow and cold or monsoon rains ,Id first learn about the weather patterns before planning a holiday .So many people don't have a clue about learning about the weather systems that effect a given country .I've educated many northern Hemisphere folk this year 2023 and told them they visiting NZ in the wrong summer year 😅
@MorganMarieWolff
Жыл бұрын
Aw Logan, I think you're right lol. Sadly, my parents are visiting next month- do you think it will be rainy then still??
@loganstrong9874
Жыл бұрын
@@MorganMarieWolff ,Rain events will come be off on on for summer ,and weather very changeable .You may have noticed this winter the south Island had many heavy rain events ,and this summer Coromandel and hawks bay region are getting hit .February is the time for tropical cyclones in the pacific to come down and effect us on top off la Nina. The future likely event's for the year is la Nina ,ending by march ,going into a neutral period and then 65% chance al Nino effecting us next summer (drought maker ) going by historical data with three years of la Nina ,Indian bi pole ,may be 6 more months .The world weather systems are in flux .As kiwi i've noticed the westerly winds are more common now than 20yrs ago.
@dononbass
Жыл бұрын
Three thumbs up! If only I could! ( This ended up on the wrong video. Sorry!)
@bethbarclay855
Жыл бұрын
Maori vowels are pronounced the same as Japanese. Hope that helps. You should check out some other music videos by bands like herbs etc.
@stevelamore8752
Жыл бұрын
Are you Jake's Mrs , cook the man some F'n eggs Beth 🤣🤣🤣
@tanioraaura1274
Жыл бұрын
This maori got his DNA results back, I got A % of Japanese and korean in me . As well az other European %
@bethbarclay855
Жыл бұрын
@@tanioraaura1274 I found the DNA test interesting. I have a bit of Norwegian.
Poi E is said like boy with a P and like Canadians say Eh. 👍
@gwendixon74
Жыл бұрын
the poi is the objects the girls are using
@tanioraaura1274
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Michael Jackson performed those moves at the grammies, says 😳 Boy. Boy,in the [movie] Boy. Boy performed those moves in front of Chardonnay at Raukokore school . Highway 35 Bay off plenty
I love New Zealand and I have been to that building before picture
@rossgrantham446
Жыл бұрын
That is truely a Kiwi classic, have a listen to Rob Ruha "Ka Hao - 35
@yourkiwimate
Жыл бұрын
the lady does the solos has a wonderful voice
@cockscribbles866
Жыл бұрын
Watch once were warriors 😂😂 Reaction video be like😮😮😮
@tanioraaura1274
Жыл бұрын
couldn't help it. Then i saw cock scribbles 🤣😂🤭🫣🤣
@zaynevanbommel5983
Жыл бұрын
not just Maori the whole country embraced it
@NateFearn-f5i
9 ай бұрын
Is filmed and pastel which is the song
@TerrorballNoise
Жыл бұрын
Poi Yeah!
@TerrorballNoise
Жыл бұрын
I was 9 when this came out. We always loved the breakdancing guy.
@TheClunkingFist
Жыл бұрын
It DOES lift your mood! You are so right.
@donnacassidy8550
8 ай бұрын
Many years ago just after i had my daughter,(a coupla months then) my husband and I had left Auckland 2days earlier visited whanau,(family) in New Plymouth and then carried on our travels across the island to Masterton to see my uncle,anyway we had just driven through Patea where this song is made and just out of Patea heading East is a long long stretch of road. As we drove along we saw in the distance a car coming towards us. As the car got closer we couldn't believe it but it was my sister her baby and her hmmm boyfriend lol. Im the middle of nowhere and the only 2 cars on the road. Photos were taken hugs laughs bla bla was surreal. Thing was 2 days earlier we were all together at my house in Auckland. They got lost unbeknown to me I was on a spontaneous trip. We bumped into each other.Bit long but if you read this far I'll always have it......
@caseycrafts4488
Жыл бұрын
you should react to different maori songs that might be fun i think 😁
@zaynevanbommel5983
Жыл бұрын
Fantails are Kiwi lollies as well lol
@MorganMarieWolff
Жыл бұрын
Aw, I'm going to do a video of tasting Kiwi lollies so I will add them to the list!
@johnpaki1534
Жыл бұрын
That song reminds me of when growing up in new zealand was kinda cool, business was booming and NZ on a whole was the place to be, the 80s and 90s certainly brought prosperity but most of all unity , thanks for the memories and yes cool song indeed, congrats on your marriage well done
@MorganMarieWolff
Жыл бұрын
Hi John! It is a super cool song and I bet it was really neat growing up then=) Thank you for the well wishes!
@carolkrishnan7842
Жыл бұрын
Where this video was filmed is obvious in the opening of the video. Mount Taranaki or Egmont as it was called in the day. The first Maori song in recent times to get on the chances.
@zaynevanbommel5983
Жыл бұрын
a happier time lol New Zealand was always happy until our Government taught everyone to be pissed off with each other
@trudimclaren2609
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the trip to memory lane! Would love to see you out and about around the country - come down and see us in Dunedin and the far South! Also, you can't not go to Fiordland! 🤗
@gracewestern1132
Жыл бұрын
You should try a Hangi, it's one of those must do. Ask your Maori friends for an invite. It is cooked in the end Earth. Avoid the retail shop ones they're far cry from the real Hangi.
@chrispayne2608
Жыл бұрын
Hey Morgan, try watching "Footrot Flats A Dogs Tale" a New Zealand comic that got made into a movie. The movie was released November 86
@zaynevanbommel5983
Жыл бұрын
ha ha Poi e is an 1980's song ha ha ha
@hmmmyeahnahdoh823
Жыл бұрын
Poi = "P(B)oy" E = "Air" so pronounced "Poy Air"
@MorganMarieWolff
Жыл бұрын
Jeez, I really needed your message before I made this eh? lol Thank you@
@hmmmyeahnahdoh823
Жыл бұрын
@@MorganMarieWolff 😅Better late than never🤦♂️
@ziauddinmuhmand6237
Жыл бұрын
regards
@wadevictor
Жыл бұрын
Poi a big stone size of softball perfect half circle grove round them wasn't to be played with like that smashing leg bones ,other weapon training agility,oh I found one in a Maori trench were they didn't want to be inprisoned there all died accect for one baby girl a certain family from her I had problems with them as a kid a big stone got thrown at me I though it back over a slop apparently it hit him ,they told his dad , confronted my dad I got hideing,oh it was a school trip found poi,per say apparently they wecome people with it 🏁⚡🇳🇿the poi
@pianoman4967
Жыл бұрын
So thrilled you go married Morgan. Hug hugs to you both!
@AngieSainty
Жыл бұрын
Poi E ... Patea Maori Club. Released in the 80's. I was in my early 20's. The Poi (the ball on the end of the string) is awesome, I always think it is better than Haka lol. Do you follow the NZ Netball Team 'Black Ferns'? They got everyone to make their own poi and bring it to the Games, in support of them. (There are online instructions on how to make one). Here is a really good poi vid, you might also like. :) kzitem.info/news/bejne/ta6AsZxjqYF7m5g
@AngieSainty
Жыл бұрын
and here is the actual Patea Maori Club ... filmed 8yrs agokzitem.info/news/bejne/rqql33aPsJ-Lp2U
@SniperUtube777
Жыл бұрын
1 song I always change when it comes on. Prefer Rua Kenana
@MorganMarieWolff
Жыл бұрын
Aw, I'll have to check that out!
@NeilDENNEY
3 ай бұрын
No Kiwi can here this and not smile and sing along( (well to the chorus anyway LOL)
@simikyn6462
Жыл бұрын
I heard this song so much growing up that I got sick of it and I'm still sick of it🤣
@talifeuu5975
Жыл бұрын
Just a heads up 😜 Te Reo Maori ( The Maori Language ) is not a straight forward language. If you were to take a Maori sentence and translated word for word into English. It would NOT MAKE SENSE. So when people are translating Reo Maori they tend to have it come out like a poem. At least when it comes to Waiata ( songs ). Hope that cleared up any confusion or misconception. Also, Te Reo can vary in different Iwi ( tribes ) throughout the country. It's not a MASSIVE difference, we can still understand each other. It's just a matter of pronunciation. Byeeeeee✌️
@patgrace6221
Жыл бұрын
Indians????....huh?......Indigenous people of New Zealand known as "MAORI'....and the building is called a Marae.....nice to have u back home😁
@cherylengan8574
Жыл бұрын
I think The commercial you were talking about with kids on a hill singing, is a coke commercial. “ I would like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony “……… more to it.
@drthomason7043
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Doowaadiddy Diddy.
@razorallgames
Жыл бұрын
This should be New Zealand’s national anthem
@almostyummymummy
Жыл бұрын
I'd prefer Stan Walker's "Aotearoa"
@SniperUtube777
Жыл бұрын
Crap song
@donnacassidy8550
8 ай бұрын
As a Moari this warms my heart. Arohanui
@RockfordPlantHouse
Жыл бұрын
I heard this song before I love my cousin loves it
@bevanfletcher6563
Жыл бұрын
I was 16 and in the 5th form.
@ziauddinmuhmand6237
Жыл бұрын
you look with this song music dezy mesmerized and happy
@karendavis1857
Жыл бұрын
You got to be in the know lol..your depiction of this iconic song shows in your collective way of thinking and shows in your mannerism 🤣🤣
@NeilDENNEY
3 ай бұрын
Not our national anthem but right up there. A Kiwi classic.
@TheTHRILL101
Жыл бұрын
Filmed in Patea, hence Patea Maori Club.
@anacarpenter9254
Жыл бұрын
Living in New Zealand 🇳🇿 good on you for viewing Maori although you sound flippant. PLEASE be sensitive toward subject matter. Do your homework thoroughly before judging.
@pixie7435
Жыл бұрын
Listen to Kohitangata , its incredible
@harrycurrie9664
Жыл бұрын
Poi E pronounced Poy ay
@Nutsackles78
11 ай бұрын
He's at the pug girl ...with aunties and uncles having a lazy jug
@kjriwoutube
Жыл бұрын
No who are you again lol
@ssantanatauhia2103
Жыл бұрын
Lol the lady thats says taku poi e looks like my aunty kathy 2:53
@wadevictor
Жыл бұрын
They all died jumping off a cliff
@eugenewharawhara9420
Жыл бұрын
OK American girl your turn to sing a Maori song on KZitem so us how you do 👍
@Daniel-hm8bi
5 ай бұрын
She hot bro
@silas4727
Жыл бұрын
"promo sm"
@markcrisp8279
Жыл бұрын
Show some respect. American in New Zealand ..... learn the language ..... only then comment.
@dononbass
Жыл бұрын
Rubbish! Show some kindness!
@PhilipTaramai
Жыл бұрын
Don't be an Egg!
@runforrestrun1965
Жыл бұрын
Man, give it a break, and besides what language are you talking about? The lovely lady speaks in her own accent, do you expect to lose your accent and speak perfect American English if you were in the US? Chill bro.
@TheAl6244
Жыл бұрын
Pitty you get 99 % misinformation, (eg) not the first . New Zealand 🇳🇿 . Why don't you talk about your country, you mite get something right.
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