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PATEA MAORI CLUB to Teach Their Song POI E

The Patea Maori Club are coming from Taranaki to run a workshop at the Corban Estate Arts Centre Matariki Festival. They will teach participants to sing their iconic song, POI E, to promote a revival ...
The New Zealand Herald

Patea Maori Club need your help to raise funds to renovate their hall and keep Poi E alive

Hit song Poi E has resounded through the Patea Maori Club hall for more than 20 years. Photo/Bevan Conley The Patea Maori Club made a triumphant return to the charts on the back of last year's movie ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Documentary to celebrate the story of Poi E

In 1984 New Zealand, one small but catchy Maori song outsold Michael Jackson's Thriller and became the biggest hit of the year. The Patea Maori club's Poi E has gone on to become a cultural icon in ...
The New Zealand Herald

Food, fun and famous song help Patea celebrate

Patea people got their chance for a moment's fame yesterday when their reaction to the Poi E song was put on film. There were hundreds, as usual, at the annual Paepae in the Park celebrations of ...