#poi e

[pinkinthenightdean]

i feel like not enough of you have seen the thriller haka to poi e and maybe you should :)

[ayin-me-yesh]

We're listening to Poi E in my te reo Māori class.

Dalvanius Prime did the tune, the lyrics were written by Ngoi Pewhairangi, and the song was performed by the The Pātea Māori Club.

When the song came out in 1984, record companies in Aotearoa had no interest in recording or promoting songs in te reo Māori. So Prime created his own record company to distribute the song himself. Although radio stations wouldn't touch it, its brief appearance in an Eyewitness News segment brought it the attention it needed. It quickly became popular within the Māori breakdancing scene which brought further attention to the song as it was performed on the street. Poi e eventually reached the number one spot in the national charts.

You can find the lyrics in both te reo Māori and English here.

If you're in Aotearoa, the song was used in Taika Waititi's Boy (2010) which is currently free on TVNZ :)

[despite-everything]

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E ra e taku poi tītahara ra

Whakarunga, whakararo

Taku poi e!

[lookingfordrachenaut]

POV: You're a graphic design student in your last quarter. You are in your pajamas - it is 4pm. In your lap is a 1lb-7oz container of cheese balls. They are almost gone. You are the only one who eats cheese balls. Your right arm rests on your desk as your right hand moves pixels across the screen. Spotify is playing. Poi E comes on. This is awesome.

[danburyshakes]

[deargodsno]

Medicating my reaction to a COVID booster shot with blatant nostalgia - and one of the best Kiwi songs of all time.

[stevebabey]

ruby this is gonna sound so dumb but you're the only person from nz i can think of rn 😭 is this song a big thing there?? bc i've been seeing it all over my fyp LOL

omg i can confidently say i have NEVER heard that song in my LIFE 😀 tagging ever single kiwi i know on here to get this properly fact checked rn @folkloreslovechild @kheiimon @lucasnclair KIWI CALL OVER!!!

[coccinelf]