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POI EThe Story of Our Song
PRODUCTION NOTES
Jawbone Pictures in association with the Pātea Film Collective, Te Māngai Paho, NZ on Air and the New Zealand Film Commission presents POI E: The Story of our Song
Starring Dalvanius Prime, Ngoi Pēwhairangi and the Pātea Māori Club along with Taika Waititi, Stan Walker and the Topp TwinsWritten, directed and executive produced by Tearepa KahiDirector of Photography: Fred Renata and Jos Wheeler Sound Design: Dick Reade and Colleen Brennan Graphics: Jeff Smith Editors: Tearepa Kahi and Francis Glenday Producers: Alexander Behse, Reikura Kahi Line Producer Callie Adams Associate Producers: Tuteri Rangihaeata, Eruera Te Whiti Nia, Natasha Prime, Nephi Prime
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A TEST AUDIENCE was asked for 3 words to describe POI E. They said:
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CONTENTS
FACT SHEET page 4SYNOPSIS page 5-6ABOUT THE FILM page 7-11 ABOUT THE PRODUCTION page 12-14 BIOGRAPHIES page 15 - 26Dalvanius Prime – Timeline page 15-16Ngoi Pēwhairangi page 17The Patea Maori Club page 18-19Barletta Prime page 20Maaka Pōhatu page 20
Tearepa Kahi page 21Alexander Behse page 22Reikura Kahi, page 23Tuteri Dal Rangihaeata page 23Fred Renata page 24Jos Wheeler page 24Francis Glenday page 25Jan Hellriegel page 26Full Credits page 27 -41
Director/writer Tearepa Kahi on the personal impact of the song‘Poi E’:
“I grew up in Papanui in Christchurch, where there wasn’t a huge Maori presence. When I used to visit the whanau in Pukekohe, that’s where I felt strong and confident, but in Christchurch it was a different feeling altogether.
“But when ‘Poi E’ came out - I must have been 7 years old - I saw this young boy dressed in his maro, standing with his whānau doing those actions and he looked so awesome!
“I felt like I saw myself. And then, as the video clip played on, I saw who I wanted to be: Joe Moana on top of the waka doing the bop.
“So, in this one video clip I saw myself as I was and I saw who I wanted to be.”
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FACT SHEET
Duration: 92 minutes
Jawbone Pictures in association with the Patea Film Collective, Te Māngai Paho, NZ On Air and the NZ Film Commission with the support of the Dalvanius Prime Estate and the Patea Maori Club.
NZ Distributor: Sony Pictures NZ
Written, directed and executive produced by: Tearepa KahiProducers: Alexander Behse, Reikura KahiAssociate Producers: Tuteri Rangihaeata, Eruera Te Whiti Nia, Natasha Prime, Nephi PrimeLine producer: Callie AdamsDirector of Photography: Fred Renata and Jos WheelerEditor: Tearepa Kahi and Francis GlendaySound Design: Dick Reade and Colleen BrennanMusic Supervisor: Jan Hellriegel Graphics: Jeff Smith
Maaka Pōhatu plays Dalvanius in reconstructions
ABOUT ‘Poi E’, the song:
In 1984, ‘Poi E’ reached Number 1 on the NZ Pop Charts and broke every musical record. It
remained in the charts for 34 weeks. It outsold ‘Thriller’, ‘I Just Called to Say I Love You’ and
every other hit of 1984. It has been in the Top 10 in New Zealand, every decade for the past 30
years. It was also the first Number 1 song written and released entirely in Te Reo Māori. To put
it simply, this small song changed New Zealand, forever.
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TAGLINE: The Story of Our Song
SHORT SYNOPSIS
‘Poi E’, a simple song with a catchy beat released 32 years ago, has become New Zealand’s
unofficial national anthem. With humour, energy and emotion, the movie POI E is the story of how
that iconic song gave pride to generations of New Zealanders. From Taika Waititi giving Stan Walker
his quirky take on life in the 1980s to Patea Maori Club members’ straight-talking and funny memories
of the song’s visionary originator Dalvanius Prime, director Tearepa Kahi (Mt Zion) captures a unique
story that taps into the heart of the nation.
LONGER SYNOPSIS
POI E is the story of the creation of New Zealand’s iconic song of celebration, the song that became the
unofficial national anthem. A ground-breaking mash-up of 1980s pop music, traditional Māori waiata
and bop dancing, ‘Poi E’ was a unique product of its time.
Written and directed by Tearepa Kahi (Mt Zion), POI E takes the audience on a laugh-and-cry emotional
journey as it lays out the hard-scrabble context from which the song was born and the relationships
which shaped the song and propelled it forward.
Dalvanius Prime, a musician with an international R&B career and a Motown dream, but divorced from
his Māori identity, returned home to nurse his dying mother and discovered a new dream - to bring Te
Reo Māori to the younger generation through pop music with a uniquely Māori flavour. He co-
composed ‘Poi E’ with Māori language composer Ngoi Pēwhairangi and persuaded his family, The
Patea Māori Club, to perform it. Along the way, he gathered a diverse and talented bunch of
collaborators to record the song, make a music video and take all the steps necessary to get it to Number
1 on the charts. This included hustling up investment from family and local Patea businesspeople, who
recall the moment with pride.
The film is told largely in Dalvanius’ own words and features many truly Kiwi characters who were
there at the time in poignant, often hilarious recollections – notably the twins known as Aunty Bib and
Nana Bub and the original bop dancer, Joe Moana, alongside musicians like Stan Walker, who, aged 25,
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has never known a time without ‘Poi E’. He shares the screen with filmmaker Taika Waititi, who gives a
‘Taika-world view’ explanation of life in the 1980s. And they do the bop.
Some quotes from a TEST AUDIENCE:
“Makes me really proud to be a kiwi. I'm inspired.”
“Awesome. I would like to see it with my family.”
“Such an important piece of NZ history that I had no idea about. Thank you for telling it.”
“A heart-warming film, a letter to youth, a message to our nation.”
“Dalvanius' passion for re-igniting Te Reo Maori within a platform such as music was inspirational.”
“Dalvanius was creative, funny, inspirational and clearly had a big impact on a lot of people.”
“He brought the culture into the new age and uplifted a lot of the past into a positive light. Absolutely stunning.”
“Really enjoyed it and love seeing Maori culture on screen.”
“Ended on a high! Great ending.”
“It was wonderful! I will be singing Poi E all the way home.”
“A very enjoyable creative film destined for a wide audience.”
“Fantastic!”
“This is a film for all New Zealanders to enjoy. It should be required viewing for the younger generation”
“Loved it!”
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ABOUT THE FILM
“It’s the story of how far a dream can go when it’s led by determination and
vision.” – Tearepa Kahi.
POI E is the latest chapter in director/writer Tearepa Kahi’s exploration of New Zealand’s musical
history. His first film, Mt Zion, was a fictional story inspired by his musician father and his whānau in
the 1980s.
This film is the true story of the visionary musician and leader Maui Dalvanius Prime, the entrepreneur
responsible for the iconic New Zealand song ‘Poi E’ becoming a huge hit in the 1980s. Upbeat, catchy
and danceable, it remains a favourite more than 30 years later. It could be called the country’s unofficial
national anthem - it’s the song Kiwis use to celebrate success at major events. And every New Zealander
feels they can sing it (the chorus at least).
‘Poi E’, composed by Dalvanius with Māori language expert Ngoi Pēwhairangi and performed by the
Patea Māori Club, remains the only song in Te Reo Māori to reach No 1 in the charts, 32 years since its
1984 release.
‘Poi E’ topped the charts for four weeks and was the biggest-selling single in New Zealand for 1984. It
has been in the Top 10 in New Zealand every decade for the past 30 years. After featuring in the
jubilant finale of Taika Waititi’s blockbuster film Boy, ‘Poi E’ reached No 3 again in 2010.
Kahi says the song ‘Poi E’ is significant because “it was the first pop song that used a drum machine,
spacey noises, sound effects and put Te Reo Māori to that music. It was the first time you saw modern
and traditional come together and when that fusion happened a huge feeling just leaped across the
country. That song represents a really important time marker for when Māori and Pākehā started doing
the bop together.
“It might be a difficult song to sing, but it’s an easy song to feel. And all of that celebration and
euphoria that happened the first time we heard that song still happens every time we hear it now.”
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Through lively archival footage, home movies and hilarious interviews with existing members, the film
traces how the performers of ‘Poi E’, the Patea Maori Club, found themselves on an unexpected roller-
coaster ride as the song rocked the charts. They performed it around in the world, including a Royal
Gala performance for the Queen in 1985. Today, the group includes three generations of performers and
they maintain standards by practising every Monday night in their Patea clubrooms. They are still in
demand.
POI E tells of Dalvanius, a covers band singer and entertainer on the Australian and South-East Asian
nightclub circuit who was out of touch with his Māori heritage, arriving back home in Patea, Taranaki,
to nurse his ailing mother in the early 1980s.
‘Poi E’ is sometimes credited with saving the Taranaki town of Patea by lifting morale after the 1982
closure of the meat processing factory, the town’s main industry and employer of the majority of Māori
in the area. The film places the creation of the song against this backdrop, combined with the dislocation
of Māori youth growing up in the cities, cut off from their tribal origins. Dalvanius’ vision, dream and
inspiration was to use pop music to reach out to those disaffected youth and bring them back to their
language and culture. In a powerful sequence, Kahi intercuts poet Apirana Taylor reading his gritty,
truth-telling poem “Sad Joke on a Marae” with the social upheavals of the 1980s.
It is a story told in Dalvanius’ own voice - sometimes passionate, sometimes funny, sometimes
emotional, always entertaining - largely from an audio interview conducted by author Chris Bourke and
another set of radio interviews by veteran broadcaster Henare Te Ua.
Dalvanius tells of his own inadequacy in Te Reo Māori, particularly his heartbreak at not being able to
understand his mother’s dying words. That can be seen as a motivator for his wanting young Māori to
learn Te Reo through music they could relate to.
The story is told with humour, insight and compassion, and is a powerful emotional journey for the
audience. Original Patea Māori Club members recall their first hearing ‘Poi E’, their first performances
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– on stage and in the recording studio - and what it was like working with Dalvanius, or “Butch”, as they
knew him.
Alongside the revelations of the Patea whānau and locals are interviews with some of the country’s top
musicians – The Topp Twins, Don McGlashan, Annie Crummer, Hinewehi Mohi and Moana Maniapoto
- about the influence of ‘Poi E’ on their lives and careers. Stan Walker, who has never known a time
without ‘Poi E’, shares the screen with filmmaker Taika Waititi in a hilarious cameo in which Taika
attempts to explain life in the 1980s and analogue round-the-dial telephones to Stan. And they do the
bop.
Kahi’s hope for the film is “to share the many trials and tribulations and the mountain Dalvanius
climbed in bringing this song to the airwaves and to the mainstream of New Zealand at that time. We
look back fondly on it now and when it’s time to celebrate we’re happy to sing a chorus and party along
to it, but what Dalvanius and the Patea Māori Club did to put that song on the charts gives us a lot of
lessons in terms of what we want to do today - whatever our dreams might be.
“This is a story about not giving up, about believing in something bigger and about finding a way
through difficulties. Those are some of the things I hope this song can now symbolise for a much wider
audience.”
Written and directed by Tearepa Kahi, writer/director of 2013 box office success Mt Zion, POI E uses
compelling, funny and often moving interviews from people who were there at the time, plus archival
footage and audio material, some revealed for the first time, like the first ever recording of ‘Poi E’, and
all of the film shot (the ‘rushes’) for the original music video. It also contains a 2015 re-creation of the
iconic music video featuring many of the original performers, including the man who brought break
dancing to New Zealand, Joe Moana.
The film is produced by Tearepa Kahi, Reikura Kahi and Alexander Behse through their company
Jawbone Pictures and the Patea Film Collective with the support of the Dalvanius Prime Estate and the
Patea Maori Club, represented by co-producer Tuteri Dal Rangihaeata. It is funded by NZ Film
Commission, Te Māngai Paho and NZ On Air and is distributed by Sony Pictures NZ. Director of
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photography is Fred Renata (Mt Zion) with Jos Wheeler, production designer Savage and costume
designer Gavin McLean are also from the Mt Zion team; music supervisor is Jan Hellriegel and Kahi
was editor with Francis Glenday.
Tuteri Dal Rangihaeata, Dalvanius Prime’s nephew and namesake, was involved from the very
beginning of the project, which originated as an idea for a television programme, but he says Kahi saw
its potential as a feature film. “He told us it was a bigger story than we thought,” says Rangihaeata, “and
he was right.
“Other than ‘Poi E’ going to Number One, I believe this film will be the biggest event that has
happened, not only for the family, but for the community in Patea,” he says.
“It started the whānau thinking about things they’ve never thought about before because they were just
in the action, doing it. So, through a lot of reflection, they’re still learning about it and putting the
experience into context, but I think they are very honoured that they’ve had the chance.
“This film is bringing back memories of all those hard times that they went through. And when Uncle
Dal returned from Aussie with his top hat and fancy vest – it was this guy with a dream to help a
community.”
Kahi says one of the things he learned in making this film is “this song wasn’t manufactured, like a lot
of today’s music is. It actually came from a real place and from real people. This story is about a person
who is going through a huge identity shift, dealing with the passing of his mother and adjusting to
returning home from the bright lights overseas. And it’s these people who are suffering economically
and wondering what’s the next step because the job that their families have done for the last 40 years is
over.
“If these people had been any different, if Dalvanius had gone with another kapa haka group, this song
wouldn’t be the same. If these lyrics didn’t come from Ngoi Pēwhairangi from Tokomaru Bay, this song
wouldn’t be the same.
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“So for me, it’s been getting to understand each of these places and all of the people involved that gives
this song its place. It’s not just a story about a chart-topper, the first Te Reo Māori song that hit number
one. It’s actually a story about what happened when all those people came together to create some
magic.”
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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
POI E was filmed by a small crew in several short bursts in 2014-2015. They travelled several times to
Patea, the small South Taranaki hometown of Dalvanius Prime and the Patea Māori Club, filming
interviews with his whānau, PMC members, former freezing workers and other locals, including the
butcher. They also reconstructed the shooting of the ‘Poi E’ music video, attended by the video’s
original makers, director Paul Carvell and cinematographer Waka Attewell.
Kahi says he wanted to pay tribute in that way because “a lot of the frontline members and Joe Moana
the bop master are still with us, so the opportunity was too good to pass up. I thought since we have the
film they shot 30 years ago, let’s have past and present meet together on screen in a faithful video clip
and make it with a lot of love and integrity.”
He says bringing Joe Moana (the bop dancer on top of the canoe) back to Patea (from Australia) was
one of the highlights of his life. “He had such a profound influence on me as a young boy and being able
to share that side of the story was a huge reward.”
One of the key interviews was with Dalvanius’s sister Barletta, who toured extensively overseas with
Dalvanius as one of The Fascinations, the group they created initially in Wellington. She returned to
Patea with him to care for their mother and was one of the original Patea Māori Club performers of ‘Poi
E’, a role she still has today.
Barletta says, “This film depicts the true story of the song and how it came about. I’m very proud that
this story is being told because it’s a fabulous history for New Zealand as a whole - it promotes the reo
and the culture and also portrays our culture overseas.”
The film crew went to Ngoi Pēwhairangi’s home in Tokomaru Bay to film the recollections of her
descendants. “Ngoi exists in a really important way in this film because she played a really important
part in Dalvanius’ progression as an artist and her presence in this film is heartfelt and we wanted to
hear from her whānau,” says Kahi.
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Producer Reikura Kahi says, “Dalvanius didn’t know how to speak Māori, but he knew the importance
of his language and that’s why he approached Ngoi to collaborate with this Māori song.”
In the film, Dalvanius tells how he was so inspired by hearing the legendary Prince Tui Teka sing his
now-classic ‘E Ipo’ - which was written by Pēwhairangi, - that he knew immediately he wanted to work
with her.
The film includes fragments of a reconstruction of a performance in a 1970s Australian nightclub –
Dalvanius and the Fascinations and the band Collision - in which Maaka Pōhatu brings Dalvanius’ stage
presence from that era to life.
Rangiwaeata said at the time of filming the concert sequence: “When I saw Maaka walk out on the
stage, I thought ‘oh my God, I’m looking at the archives of Uncle Dal, the Fascinations and Collision in
Perth’. The costume people did a wonderful job and Maaka has got Uncle’s stance, his facials and he’s
got his number one move down.”
Kahi explains his reasons for the re-enactment: “Even though Dalvanius is a really well-documented
character, one thing that we didn’t have on film or tape were some of his earlier performances in
Australia, but we do have his live recordings. They are wonderful songs and you can just hear his
energy, his skill and his accuracy come through. So, we wanted to bring his original voice to the screen
in an artistic way.”
As with all historical films, the search for relevant film and video footage was broad, challenging and
ongoing. For Kahi, finding the final piece in the jigsaw enabled him to radically change the way he told
the story. The discovery, late in the piece, of an audio interview by music journalist Chris Bourke,
unlocked the key to the narrative and gave dynamic energy to the film. It was the find that enabled Kahi
to tell the story largely through Dalvanius’ own voice.
Kahi says: “There’s been so many spooky things that have occurred on this journey. As a director you
start off with a wish-list. In the beginning, I thought it would be amazing to find the rushes (original
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film) of the original music video. And there, locked away in a little garage in Patea, were two canisters
of film that probably hadn’t been opened up for 30 years.
“Also on the wish-list were the original stems (individual tracks) to the song. A day before we were due
to shoot the interview with the sound engineers, Richard Campbell, an old collaborator of Dalvanius,
contacted me saying, the stems were in his garage.”
But the biggest - and most unlikely - find, was the cassette tape recording of the first-ever performance
of ‘Poi E’, sung as soon as Dalvanius and Ngoi had finished writing it in her house in Tokomaru Bay.
It was a taonga long thought to be lost, but uncovered in a ‘sock drawer’ in Sydney during a search
provoked by the fact that the film was being made.
In another coincidence, Maaka Pōhatu was able to wear one of Dalvanius’s actual stage costumes in the
on-stage re-enactment. Costume designer Gavin McLean found the jacket at costume hire company First
Scene. “Dalvanius apparently donated it after wearing it on a TVNZ show. It fitted Maaka perfectly, so
he was literally in Dalvanius’ lamē jacket, singing and dancing at the Mercury Theatre. When we told
Maaka and Tearepa it had actually belonged to Dalvanius, they were overwhelmed.”
Kahi says: “Dalvanius’s guiding hand has been with us as we’ve made this story.”
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BIOGRAPHIES
Maui Dalvanius Prime - Timeline
Official Biography up to 1999: http://www.digitalus.co.nz/mokomokai/resbigd.htmlBiography by Murray Cammick: http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/dalvaniusObituary NZ Herald: http://bit.ly/1ipnyeX
Iwi: Tainui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Ruanui, Tuwharetoa, Ngā Rauru, Pakakohi, Ngai Tahu.
1948, January 16 – Born. Grew up in Patea, Taranaki1969 The Fascinations with sister Barletta and brother Eddie, won 2ZB talent quest.1970 Sydney with The Shevelles.1971 re-formed The Fascinations, adding brother Timothy. Went solo after group split.1973 Sydney. Dalvanius & the Fascinations with Barletta in Australia. Performed at opening of Sydney Opera House, opening for Petula Clark, then Diahann Carroll.1974 “Love Train” and “Respect Yourself” released by Reprise Records. Toured Pacific Islands & Hawaii. Many TV shows. One year at Wrest Point Casino, Tasmania. 1975 “Canberra, We’re Watching You” “Chessboard of Love” “Voodoo Lady” released1976 all 3 singles won Australian Soul Appreciation Society Awards. 3 years as backing vocals for Sherbet. Tours. Records.1976 toured NZ with Collision before recording album together in Sydney1977 toured with Pointer Sisters, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick, Eartha Kitt and others1979 Returned to NZ. Worked as record producer.1982 Produced ‘E Ipo’ by Prince Tui Teka (composed by Ngoi Pēwhairangi). Produced and performed with Barletta on “Maoris on 45” by The Consorts.1982 started songwriting collaboration with Ngoi Pēwhairangi. 1983 Formed Maui Records.1984 ‘Poi E’ by Patea Māori Club released. Then “Aku Raukura” “Ngoi” and Hei Konei Ra” by Patea Māori Club released.1986 Patea Maori Club album ”Raukura” released.1987 Composed soundtrack for Barry Barclay film Ngati. Released “Haeremai” by Cara Pēwhairangi - theme song from the film.1988 Helped set up Aotearoa Radio1990 appeared in Barry Barclay film Te Rua, sang “Chudka Pā Roy” anti-apartheid song on soundtrack and composed soundtrack.1990 Joined Maui Pomare research team, campaigned for return of mokomokai, stolen Māori taonga, from Europe. 1990 produced the award-winning music to the "1990 SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND", a year-long TV campaign for Saatchi and Saatchi. Produced “Kua Makona” by Moana Maniapoto. ALAC music video won best music soundtrack at International Film & Television Awards, New York.1993 played himself in TV series “Radio Wha Waho”
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1994 “Poi E: The Musical” World Premiere at New Plymouth Opera House. NZ tour. Hawaii performance. Solo US and Australian tours.Opera in the Park performance of “Anei Ra”. Annually, for 6 years - Played Hana Koko, Father Christmas in ‘Christmas in the Park’1996 performed with US singer Marilyn Byers Ali at International Festival of the Arts, followed by a tour with her in the Palmerston North Operatic Society’s production of Hair” and a series of New York concerts.1996 debut of his radio show Kiwi Hits1998 USA tour, including negotiations to return mokomokai and meetings with Native American groups.1999 revamped The Fascinations with new members. 1999 11- day season of revived “Poi E The Musical” at Easter Show and Aotea Centre in Auckland. 1999 Accepted prestigious Iwi title Kai Ariki Tu Wairangi.1999 stood for Parliament in Western Maori Te Tai Hauauru. Campaigned through song.2002 Te Waka Toi, Creative New Zealand special Award for his "leadership and outstanding contribution to Maori arts"2002, October 3 Dalvanius died of cancer, aged 54.2003 “A Man of Passion” released
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Ngoi Pēwhairangi – Dalvanius’s Māori mentor and co-composer of ‘Poi E’
Composer, performer, sportswoman, shearer, weaver, Maori Language teacher and advocate, co-
developer of Te Ataarangi language learning method, advisor to the Government, foundation member of
the Council for Maori and South Pacific Arts, advisor to Michael King/Barry Barclay TV series Tangata
Whenua and much more. Ngoi Pēwhairangi was an extraordinarily knowledgeable person who worked
towards fostering understanding between Māori and Pākeha throughout her life.
The comprehensive biography of Ngoi Pēwhairangi is here:
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5p25/pewhairangi-te-kumeroa-Ngoi
by Tania M. Ka'ai. 'Pewhairangi, Te Kumeroa Ngoi', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 7-Jan-2014
Excerpt:
Ngoi Pewhairangi herself composed many songs, such as ‘Kia kaha nga iwi’, ‘Ka noho au’ and
‘Whakarongo’. Many were written for specific events, including the visit of the Prince and Princess of
Wales in 1983, when she was responsible for the organisation of the official welcome. She was
renowned for her spontaneity in writing compositions for various people. Of these songs, ‘E Ipo’,
recorded by Prince Tui Teka, and ‘Poi E’, by Dalvanius Prime and the Patea Maori Club, are best
known. They earned gold and platinum records for selling, respectively, 7,500 and 15,000 copies.
Tania M Ka’ai also wrote the book:
Ngoi Pēwhairangi: An Extraordinary Life, published by Huia Publishing
http://bit.ly/220Cikp
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The Patea Māori Club
The Patea Māori Club was an established Māori cultural performance group, touring the country,
competing in kapa haka events, recording waiata and acting and singing in television dramas for many
years before ‘Poi E’ made them famous in 1984.
Initially set up in 1967 as the Patea Methodist Maori Club by Reverend Naapi Waaka, the group became
skilled in poi, action song, haka and stage performance generally. There was an over-arching philosophy
that the group would help to develop leadership talents, preserve Te Reo Māori, speech-making and
traditional arts and crafts. In addition to their New Zealand activities, 12 members toured New Guinea in
1974, two members went as part of a 40-person group to China in 1979 and in 1980 four members
toured with a group to Hong Kong.
The group’s name was changed to the Patea Māori Club in 1980 and the years 1981-82, when Maui
Dalvanius Prime was musical director, saw the club move in a more modern musical direction,
culminating in the release of ‘Poi E’, composed by Dalvanius and Ngoi Pēwhairangi, in 1984.
‘Poi E’ reached No1 on the pop charts and stayed there for four weeks out of a total of 22 weeks on the
charts. The song on the B-side, “Aku Raukura”, was also popular, reaching No 10 in a 12-week stay on
the charts.
In 1985 The Patea Māori Club were made NZ Ambassadors and travelled to the UK, where they
performed at the Royal Gala before Queen Elizabeth II. British magazine New Musical Express named
‘Poi E’ its single of the week.
The Patea Māori Club also played the London Palladium and the Edinburgh Festival, and in 1986 they
toured the US. Back home, in 1987 they performed at the Te Maori Exhibition in Auckland and various
festivals and formal engagements.
The group won Best Polynesian Album in the 1984 NZ Music Awards and Best Group in the New
Zealand Entertainer of the Year Awards. In 1994 the original ‘Poi E’ went Gold and the group were
awarded the Golden Scroll Award in the 1994 Entertainer of the Year Awards. They were awarded the
Music Industry Award at the 2009 New Zealand Maori Music Awards.
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“Poi E, The Musical” had its world premiere in New Plymouth in 1996 and was revived in 1999 for an
11-day season at the Easter Show and Aotea Centre in Auckland.
In 1996, in London, the group played sell-out concerts at the Commonwealth Institute, Queen Elizabeth
II Hall on South Bank, The Beck Theatre and starred at the Emporium in a benefit concert for Nelson
Mandela televised by Channel 4. In seven days the group made five TV appearances including TVAM,
Good Morning Britain (twice in one week) and Blue Peter. They also visited the House Of Commons,
hosted by the then Labour Leader Neil Kinnock.
On tour in America they played in New York, Washington DC, the Te Maori exhibition in St Louis and
a series of concerts in Los Angeles including Disneyland. Dalvanius told Billboard magazine: "The
highlight of our tour has been the concert supporting The Violent Femmes at Irving Plaza, New York."
For the past 33 years, Patea Māori Club has been performing at major events to represent New Zealand
in the world, like the Tourism Expo in Guangzhou, China in 2011 and the Maori Tourism Initiative in
Sydney in 2014. In 2005 they were selected by the New Zealand Government to represent New Zealand
at the World Expo in Aichi, Japan and to perform in Seoul, South Korea. They also still perform
regularly at events around New Zealand, like the 2015 Wellington Sevens Tournament. Always loyal to
their hometown Patea, the group organises and performs at a musical event every Waitangi Day
(February 6) called PaePae in the Park – an event which has become a day-long festival of
entertainment, food and market stalls, aimed at encouraging and supporting the community’s youth.
And they still practice their performance every Monday at their main street Patea clubrooms.
*sources & related links
Patea Maori Club 25th Birthday Celebration booklet (1992)- courtesy of Waimarie Cassidy
http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/dalvanius
BBC interview with club president Waimarie Cassidy in 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vk8wb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poi_E
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Barletta Prime - singer, sister of Dalvanius Prime
Of Ngāpuhi and Ngā Rauru descent, Barletta Prime is Dalvanius’s Prime’s sister. At the age of 16,
Barletta took her band, The Hymarkies, to Vietnam, Bangkok and Asia, playing to the troops. In 1973,
after 18 months in Asia, she went to Sydney and teamed up with her brother Dalvanius as a singer in
The Fascinations.
Barletta toured with Dalvanius through Australia, Asia and USA with many top soul performers such as
Tina Turner, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick, The Pointer Sisters, Eartha Kitt. Dalvanius and The
Fascinations were at the top of the Australian entertainment scene when they debuted the opening series
of concerts at the Sydney Opera House, supporting Petula Clark. In 1979 Dalvanius and Barletta came
back to New Zealand to care for their ailing mother. Barletta stayed in Patea ever since and was an
original member of The Patea Maori Club performance of ‘Poi E’.
Barletta appears as herself in interviews in POI E and she is played by Summer Mokomoko in the
performance sequence.
Maaka Pōhatu plays Dalvanius Prime in on-stage and radio interview reconstructions
Playing Dalvanius Prime in POI E is an apt role for Maaka Pōhatu. He is Dalvanius Prime’s nephew
through links to the Taiaroa family. His iwi connections are Ngai Ta Manuhiri, Rongo Whakata,
Kahungunu, Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa and Rongomaiwahine.
Pōhatu is known for his role as Gav in Two Little Boys (2012) and performances in TV drama Until
Proven Innocent (2009) and short film Inorganic (2012). Pōhatu is a member of Wellington-based
Maori Theatre institution Taki Rua Theatre Company.
He is a vocalist and guitarist in the Modern Māori Quartet, which recently featured in the TVOne
entertainment series Happy Hour with Temuera Morrison and is in demand for live performances. He is
referred to as the “The Human Jukebox” for his diverse musical talent.
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Tearepa Kahi - Writer/Director/Editor/Executive Producer
Tearepa Kahi wrote and directed Mt Zion, which won nine awards including Best Film and Best
Director at the 2013 New Zealand Film Awards and was a success in the NZ box office.
In 2015, he and his wife Reikura Kahi produced and directed the Te Reo Māori stage production of
Romeo and Juliet, Rōmeo raua ko Hurieta, which was performed at the Auckland Museum’s Māori
Court in the in augural Matariki Season of Shakespeare. They also made a documentary series about the
making of the play for Māori Television.
He wrote and directed and edited the short film Taua, which won the best short film award at the 2007
National Geographic All Roads Festival (USA) and was awarded honourable mention at the 2007
ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival in Canada. His other short film, The Speaker, won the
Friends of the Civic Award for Best Short Film and the 2006 Wairoa Māori Film Festival Short Film
Drama Award.
He has also directed TV documentaries The Flight of Te Hookioi, which earned him a best director
nomination at the 2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards; and First Time in Prison for TV3’s
prestigious Inside New Zealand slot in 2008. His director credits also include Allan Baldwin: In Frame,
One Fine Day, Kōwhao Rau, All Roads Profile, Native School and Maori ID.
Kahi is a member of Te Paepae Ataata – the Māori Script Development Board - and is on the board of
the NZ International Film Festival. He is a former Chairman of Ngā Aho Whakaari – the Māori film and
television organisation - and the creative and cultural consultant for Māori Television’s brand
campaigns. He was presenter of Iti Pounamu, Māori Television series on films and filmmaking.
Of Ngāti Paoa and Waikato descent, he grew up in Christchurch in a musical family. He sang and
played trumpet and saxophone. At age 17 he was selected to perform in a play at the Christchurch Arts
Festival. He was spotted by actor/director and Māori theatre pioneer Jim Moriarty, who asked him to
join the theatre troupe Te Rākau Hua o te Wao Tapu. The troupe toured New Zealand, performing in
schools, universities, prisons and marae. Kahi left the group after two and a half years to settle in
Auckland, where he completed a degree in History and Māori at Auckland University.
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He worked as an actor while also directing for children’s television show Tikitiki and the documentary
Ahorangi. He played Roroneto (Lorenzo) in Don Selwyn’s landmark te reo Māori feature film Te
Tangata Whai Rawa o Weneti (The Maori Merchant of Venice) and roles in Shortland Street, the
television series Mataku and Aroha and a short film, The Hill.
Alexander Behse – Producer
German-born Alexander Behse moved to New Zealand in 2002 after completing an MA in producing at
Sydney University of Technology. In New Zealand he gained work as an editor on a run of TV shows,
from current affairs and Anzac Day ceremonies, to the Mike King-presented Treaty series Lost in
Translation.
Behse also holds an MA in European Audio-visual Management from Spain’s Media Business School.
He began exercising his producer muscles with The Flight of the Hookioi (2009), which recreated the
19th Century journey of two Māori rangatira to Austria. Hookioi director Tearepa Kahi was nominated
for Best Director at the 2010 Qantas Awards.
Hookioi marked the first of many explorations of Te Ao Māori for Behse. His next film, Allan Baldwin:
In Frame (2011) profiled a photographer’s work recording tā moko on Māori kuia. Also directed by
Kahi, the documentary was awarded at the 2013 Wairoa Māori Film Festival and Tahiti's FIFO
documentary festival.
The Road to the Globe, directed by Mike Jonathan, followed the Te Reo Māori production of
Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida” from New Zealand to the Globe Theatre in the UK. It won a
second jury prize at FIFO in 2013 and sold to PBS in the US.
Behse went on to produce popular primetime series Radar across the Pacific, which won Best Factual
Series at the 2012 NZ TV Awards. Behse then produced revisionist NZ history series Radar’s
Chequered Past.
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In 2014 Behse produced the Prime TV series Davey Hughes - Untamed. In 2015 he produced Māori
Television doco Freezing Works, in which director Mike Jonathan followed a group of New Zealanders,
heading off for a working experience in Iceland.
Behse made his directorial debut in 2012 with Nazi Hunter, which follows an ex-policeman
investigating escaped Nazi collaborators in Aotearoa. The documentary was made for TV3’s Inside New
Zealand doco slot.
The documentary Ever The Land premiered at the 2015 NZ International Film Festival, and has
travelled to festivals in Vancouver, Hawaii and New York. Behse teamed up with another German-Kiwi
— director Sarah Grohnert — to chronicle an architectural and cultural journey towards realising a
Tūhoe HQ in Taneatua. The Ngāi Tūhoe grand design — a collaboration between iwi and architects
Jasmax — aimed to embody the people's self-determination, and become Aotearoa’s first completely
sustainable “living building”.
Behse has a documentary project in development with Annie Goldson (on Kim Dotcom). He is also
executive producing a Gaylene Preston documentary looking at the UN through the eyes of former NZ
Prime Minister Helen Clark.
Reikura Kahi – Producer
Reikura Kahi (Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Porou, and Rarotonga) has been working in the Māori
screen industry for over 20 years, as presenter, actor, producer, Te Reo Māori consultant and
programme commissioner.
Among her credits is the award-winning children’s show, Pūkana, for which she was presenter, actor,
researcher and producer over many years. As actor, she played Tiehika (Jessica) in the the landmark
Māori language feature film, Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weneti, directed by Don Selwyn.
Since leaving Māori Television, where she was the Māori Language Programming Commissioner for six
years, she has become a producer for her husband, Tearepa Kahi.
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Sitting alongside her producer duties is her commitment to Te Reo Māori – she is also a teacher at her
grandmother Ereti Taituha Paraone Bristow’s early childhood centre, Te Puna Reo o Manawanui in Te
Atatū Peninsula, Auckland. She is the mother of Te Rangihoua, Rereiao and Waiheke.
POI E is her first feature film role as a producer, but she is largely responsible for all of Tearepa’s good
ideas, says Tearepa.
Tuteri Dal Rangihaeata - associate producer
Dalvanius Prime’s nephew Tuteri Dal Rangihaeata is named after Dalvanius himself. He is co-producer
on POI E, representing the Patea Maori Club in the filmmaking entity Patea Film Collective. Of Ngāti
Ruanui, Ngā Rauru and Ngā Ruahine descent, he is the director of WAHA: The Maori Creative Agency.
He gained a Postgraduate Diploma in business marketing and Masters in business management at the
University of Auckland Business School.
Fred Renata – Director of PhotographyFred Renata is established as one of New Zealand’s leading directors of photography. He worked with
Tearepa Kahi on Mt Zion, which won Best Film at the 2013 New Zealand Film and Television Awards.
He won the New Zealand TV Awards best camera: drama award in 2003 for his work on the TV series
Street Legal. He was nominated at the 2005 New Zealand Screen Awards for his cinematography on the
feature film Fracture and at the 2006 Qantas Television Awards for the TV series Doves of War.
His work includes the documentaries Mou Piri: A Rarotongan Love Song and Fixing Juvie Justice, he
was cinematographer and producer of the short film Baby Steps. He was cinematographer for the
television drama of the Witi Ihimaera novel Nights in the Gardens of Spain and the feature documentary
He Wawata Whaea, profiling te reo advocate Merimeri Penfold, which was a finalist in the 2010
Documentary Edge Film Festival. Other documentaries include Taku Huarahi Ki Tua O Te Arai, Let My
Whakapapa Speak, Tangaroa and Tapu. Other television dramas include Orange Roughies, Skin and
Bone, Hard Out, Mataku and Being Eve.
He was originally an electrical engineer before joining the lighting department on Merata Mita’s
ground-breaking feature film Mauri.
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Jos Wheeler – Director of Photography
Jos Wheeler was director of photography for the documentary directed by Kim Webby about Tame Iti,
The Price of Peace and the feature film Rest For The Wicked, as well as numerous short films, music
videos and TV commercials.
He is also known as a photographer recording important political and social history events.
Francis Glenday – Editor (with Tearepa Kahi)
Francis Glenday is an editor & animator who works on a wide range of projects – films, TV series and
commercials for television, online and in cinema.
Major projects include the Foxtel documentary series Coast Australia, for Great Southern Television,
executive produced by Phillip Smith; the Prime TV documentary feature on student radio, Radio Punks,
directed by Paul Casserly; Undercover Rescue, directed by Dean Cornish, about the efforts of New
Zealand organization Nvader to rescue children and enslaved women from the sex trade in Southeast
Asia. In 2009 he edited Birdland, presented by Jeremy Wells, a series described as “beautiful scenery,
most glorious birds and some wonderfully eccentric characters of the birding world”
He also edited two Nigel Latta documentary series: Beyond the Darklands and The Politically Incorrect
Guide to Teenagers and in 2007, he wrote and directed a short film horror/western Tumanako Springs.
http://digitalscissors.co.nz/
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Jan Hellriegel – Music Supervisor
Jan Hellriegel was a member of Cassandra’s Ears, an all-girl indy pop-rock band formed at Otago
University n the 1980s. Cassandra’s Ears developed a strong following and toured NZ extensively
before disbanding in 1989, after recording two self-funded EPs. In 1990, she signed to Warner Music
NZ as a solo artist, becoming their first local signing and the first NZ female singer/songwriter to be
picked up by a major for a full development deal. Her single, “The Way I Feel” reached No 2, and two
further singles reached the Top 10. She was support artist on NZ tours by David Byrne and The Cure.
She moved to Melbourne in 1994, where she supported two Jeff Buckley tours and released her second
album “Tremble’, in 1995. After leaving Warners in 1997 and returning to New Zealand, she kept on
writing and eventually released the critically acclaimed All Grown Up on her own label, Blind Date. In
2009. She released Lost Songs in 2013 and has other releases planned.
http://www.janhellriegel.com
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POI E – Full credits
Written, Directed and Executive Produced byTEAREPA KAHI
ProducerALEXANDER BEHSE
ProducerREIKURA KAHILine Producer
CALLIE ADAMS Associate Producers
TUTERI RANGIHAEATAERUERA TE WHITI NIA
Associate ProducersNATASHA PRIME
NEPHI PRIME
In order of appearance:GRANT ‘BIG RED’ HURLEY
STAN WALKERTAIKA WAITITI
DALVANIUS PRIMECHRIS ‘SILKY VOICE’ BOURKE
BARLETTA PRIMESYD KERSHAW
BARRY NEWLOVEASH MCKAYMOHI GRAY
TAME RANGIHAEATAFLUKEY KAHUKURANUI
NANA BUB PRIMEAUNTY BIB NGAREWA
HINERANGI KATUKORO NAPI WAAKA
MIRI SNEEMURRAY CAMMICK
MAAKA PŌHATUSUMMER MOKOMOKO
MARIA WALKERSHANE MCLEANMAHUIKA RAWIRI
ROPATA MATTHEWS
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JAMES MAEVAGEORGE HENARE
APIRANA ‘POET SUPREMO’ TAYLORPRINCE TUI TEKA
PAUL HOLMESKUMEROA NGOI PĒWHAIRANGI
CONNIE PĒWHAIRANGITE AO-MIHIA PĒWHAIRANGI TE HAU
MARYANNE BROUGHTONTANEA HEKE
JIMMY MARUERATUPITO MARUERAHINEWEHI MOHI
MOANA MANIAPOTOANNIE CRUMMER
HUGH LYNNDON MCGLASHANSTUART PEARSE
DAVE HURLEYPHIL YULE
TAMA RENATAPAUL CARVELLWAKA ATTWELL
JOE MOANADEREK FOX
STEVE PARRNEIL KINNOCK
SYD KAAHUJOOLS TOPPLYNDA TOPP
SIR. PITA SHARPLESNATASHA PRIME
CHAKA ‘I’M THE CUTEST CHIHUAHUA’ PRIMETE KĀINGA O TE HINE-KĀHU WAITITI
ALISHIBA PRIME - DAL’S DAUGHTERHUIA ‘INDY’ PRIME - DAL’S BROUGHTON WHĀNAU GRANDDAUGHTER
Made with the support of
THE PĀTEA MĀORI CLUB
ASHBY WHĀNAU BAIN WHĀNAU BIDDLE WHĀNAU BROUGHTON WHĀNAU CASSIDY WHĀNAU CUNNINGHAM WHĀNAU DAVIS WHĀNAU GALVIN WHĀNAU
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HEREMAIA WHĀNAU HOPKINS WHĀNAU HIKUROA WHĀNAU HINGA WHĀNAU HURUNUI WHĀNAU HIKUROA WHĀNAU HOKOPAURA WHĀNAU HOTERINI WHĀNAU HORI WHĀNAU HUDSON WHĀNAU KĀHU WHĀNAU KATU WHĀNAU KERSHAW WHĀNAU KIRIONA WHĀNAU KING WHĀNAU KII SUE WHĀNAU KOROWHITI WHĀNAU KATENE WHĀNAU LUKE WHĀNAU MANAIA WHĀNAU MARUERA WHĀNAU MENDES WHĀNAU MATIAHA WHĀNAU MORUNGA WHĀNAU MCLEOD WHĀNAU MCLEAN WHĀNAU MARAKI WHĀNAU NUI WHĀNAU NYMAN WHĀNAU NUKU WHĀNAU NGAREWA WHĀNAU NGAIRA WHĀNAU PULLEN WHĀNAU PHILLIPS WHĀNAU PARINGĀTAI WHĀNAU PRIME WHĀNAU PARATA WHĀNAU PŌKAI WHĀNAU PIRIKAHU WHĀNAU RAIMONA WHĀNAU MOANA WHĀNAU RANGIHAEATA WHĀNAU RIO WHĀNAU REI WHĀNAU ROBINSON WHĀNAU ROSS WHĀNAU STUART WHĀNAU TAMOU WHĀNAU TE AWHE WHĀNAU TOWERS WHĀNAU THORNTON WHĀNAU TUCKER WHĀNAU TUI WHĀNAU YATES WHĀNAU WHAREAITU WHĀNAU WAAKA WHĀNAU WHĀNAU WHĀNAU WILCOX WHĀNAU
The Dalvanius Prime EstateNEPHI PRIME EDDIE PRIME
BARLETTA PRIMENATASHA PRIME
ROBYN PRIMEALISHIBA PRIME
UNCLE PAT HEREMAIA“MOE MAI RĀ, E TE PĀPĀ”
The Ngoi Pēwhairangi Whānau Trust
TERE-I-TE-WAI PĒWHAIRANGICONNIE PĒWHAIRANGI
GINA PĒWHAIRANGITE AO MIHIA PĒWHAIRANGI TE HAU
TANIA KA’AI
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CREW
Director of Photography JOS WHEELER MATUA FRED RENATA
Editors FRANCIS GLENDAY TEAREPA KAHI Compile Editor TUATAROA NEILL Assistant Editor JAMES RĀTAHI Consultant Editor WHAEA ANNIE COLLINS
Lead Researcher KATH AKUHATA-BROWN Archive Researchers ANGELA BOYD Archive Clearances CAROLYN HARPER Production Designer SAVAGE Costume Designer GAVIN MCLEAN Make-Up Artist VEE GULLIVER
1st Assistant Director NEIL JAMES
Sound Recordist COLLEEN BRENNAN Financial Controller BARBARA COSTON Production Designer SAVAGE Key Grip/ Lighting Assistant STACEY HUI Unit Publicist SUE MAY Legals KAREN SOICH LAW
Drama Re-creation Cast
Dalvanius Prime MAAKA POHATU Barletta Prime SUMMER MOKOMOKO Henare Te Ua GEORGE ‘KOROKORO’ HENARE Ngoi Pēwhairangai TANEA HEKE Fascination MARIA WALKER
Collision #1 SHANE MCLEAN Collision #2 MAHU RAWIRI Collision #3 JAMES MAEVA Collision #4 ROPATA MATTHEWS Chihuahua (Hawera) LADY
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BOSS STORM Chihuahua (Auckland) CJ MISSYAdditional Crew
Production Coordinators LANITA RIRINUI-RYAN KATH AKUHATA-BROWN Camera Operator CHRIS MAUGER PMC Home Video Operator TUPITO MARUERA Gaffer JAMES YOUNG Lighting Assistants BEN MONTGOMERY CHARLIE ADAMS JEREMIAH-JAMES YOUNG Grips TE RA TE HEI DAVE PERRETT Sound Recordist FRASER SATHERLEY 1st AC ALEX CAMPBELL JAMES RUA CARITA DEJONG JOEL BRODRICK Camera Assistants HARRY BAKER JOHNNY CROWE
Researcher PAULA JONES Research Assistants RYLEY ALLEN MARIA WALKER Production Runners TONY SIHAMAU JAMES TITO Trainee Director HEPERI MITA Costume Coordinator PAULINE BOWKETT Make-Up Artists VANESSA HURLEY PILAR ALEGRE CHRISTINA LAJDES 3rd AD RAYNE MOKARAKA Stills Photographers KIRSTY GRIFFINS TUTERI RANGIHAEATA GEOFF SHORT JOS WHEELER EPK BENJAMIN BROOKING Stock Truck Driver LES SOUTHCOMB Chihuahuas (Patea) supplied by K-TRIO CHIHUAHUA KENNELS Chihuahuas (Auckland) JENN RANGIAWHA Chihuahua Handlers KYLIE CRAWFORD KEVIN CRAWFORD MANDY HENDERSON
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SARAH COROMANDEL Cadillac Picture Vehicle KEITH AND CHRISTINE STEEL Stock Truck SANDFORD LIVESTOCK LTD Technician ROSS MULLINS THEATRE LAMP AND LIGHTING Musical Instruments DENNIS SHEARER BOB FRISBEE
Post Production Film Scanning PARK ROAD POST DEAN WATKINS LOUISE BAKER
Graphics & Animation DEEP ANIMATION JEFF ‘THE CHEF’ SMITH JUDE ‘ZEN MASTER’ FOLKARD Poi E Album Artwork JOE WYLIE
Post Production Supervisor ROGER GRANT CONBRIO MEDIA LTD Post Production IMAGES AND SOUND Head of Images GRANT BAKER Colourist PAUL LEAR Online Editor ANDREW MORTIMER Visual Effects BRENTON CUMBERPATCH Post Production Supervisor PAUL SMITH Deliverables Specialist TRISTAN SIMPSON
Sound Post Facilities READE AUDIO Sound Designers DICK READE COLLEEN BRENNAN Re-recording Mixer R J READE
Sound Mix Facilities PARK ROAD POST Mix Tech JOHN NEILL
Re-Recording Mixer PETE SMITH Sound Recordist ADRIAN MEDHURST
Sony Pictures New Zealand ANDREW CORNWALL CHRISTINE MASSEY JACINDA RYAN Sony Music KIM BOSHIER GARETH BROWN
Poster Design HATCH STUDIOS
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GRANT MACDONALD GARY TUCKER
Trailer THE SOLID STATE WALTER BIENZ ANNA CHURVEN
Archives with thanks to
AOTEA UTANGANUI MUSEUM OF SOUTH TARANAKICAMERON CURDCATH SHEARD
.AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION LIBRARY SALES
BARLETTA PRIME PERSONAL COLLECTIONDALVANIUS PRIME ESTATE ARCHIVES
BILL BROWN PERSONAL ARCHIVE “BOY” COURTESY OF WHENUA FILMS & TRANSMISSION FILMS
AINSLEY GARDINERCLIFF CURTIS
EMANUEL MICHAELTAIKA WAITITI
CHRIS BOURKE
FAIRFAX MEDIA NZ / AUCKLAND STARFAIRFAX MEDIA NZ / TARANAKI DAILY NEWS
FESTIVAL RECORDS NZ - WEA RECORDS
GETTY IMAGESROYAL GALA PERFORMANCE COURTESY OF BBC
BLUE PETER COURTESY OF BBCCONCORDE COURTESY OF BRITISH AIRWAYS
GIL HANLY
GISBORNE HERALDLORI VALLINS
“MAGGIE” COURTESY OF TARUPA WRITTEN BY T ALLEN / M FOSTER / D CASSIDY
PERFORMED BY FOSTER AND ALLEN
MURRAY CAMMICKNGĀ TAONGA SOUND & VISION-NGĀ TAONGA
WHITIĀHUA ME NGĀ TAONGA KORERO
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TANIA LOUGHLINLAWRENCE WHARERAU
SARAH JOHNSTONNZ LISTENER, BAUER MEDIA GROUP NZ
NZ LISTENER ( Photographer - Bruce Connew) BAUER MEDIA GROUP NZOTAGO DAILY TIMES / NEWSPIX.CO.NZ
PĀTEA MĀORI CLUB
PATEA AND WAVERLEY PRESS PĒWHAIRANGI WHANAU TRUST
“POI E FILM RUSHES”PAUL CARVELL
“THE POWER OF MUSIC - TE KAHA O TE WAIATA” COURTESY OF MATTE BOX FILMS
TRISHIA DOWNIEHUGH LYNNJOHN DAY
LEE TAMAHORIARCHIVAL FOOTAGE FROM MATERIAL MADE & PRESERVED BY
NGĀ TAONGA SOUND & VISION-NGĀ TAONGA WHITIĀHUA ME NGĀ TAONGA KORERO.
“RACE AGAINST TIME” COURTESY OF JAMES WALLACE PRODUCTIONS
JAMES WALLACESTUART MAIN GRAE BURTON
RADIO NEW ZEALAND
CHRIS BOURKEGEORGE BIGNELL
LIISA MCMILLAN HENARE ‘TE TIHI’ TE UA
RANGI PARKER
“READY TO ROLL FOOTAGE” FROM TVNZ FEATURING BOB MARLEY
VIDEO CLIP UNIVERSAL MUSIC
“READY TO ROLL FOOTAGE” FROM TVNZ FEATURING CYNDI LAUPER
VIDEO CLIP SONY MUSIC
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“READY TO ROLL FOOTAGE” FROM TVNZ FEATURING RAY PARKER JUNIOR
VIDEO CLIP SONY MUSIC
RICHARD DRIVERVISIONARY FILMS
SUSANNE MOORE – “ROCK ON”
TVNZ TELEVISION ARCHIVE
WANGANUI CHRONICLE / NEWSPIX.CO.NZ
Music
Music Supervision AEROPLANE MUSIC SERVICES
JAN HELLRIEGEL & WAYNE BELL
“FRESH (THEME)”Composed by Stewart Copeland
© Kinetic Kollection Songs. All rights administered by Shapiro Bernstein and Co Inc.By kind permission of Wallaby Music Pty Ltd
Performed by Stewart CopelandBy kind permission of Wallaby Music Pty Ltd
“POI E”Written by N. K. Pewhairangi / M. D. Prime
Performed by Pātēa Maori Club Licensed courtesy of Jayrem Records Ltd
“CONCERTO FOR JAZZ ROCK ORCHESTRA PART 1”Written by S. Clarke
Clarkee MusicAdministered by Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd
Performed by Stanley ClarkeLicensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment New Zealand Limited
“SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME”Composed by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
© 1960 Unichappellmusic Inc.By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd
Performed by Prince Tui TekaLicensed courtesy of Henry Peke
“TRA LA LA”Written by Johnny Parker© EMI Longitude Music
Licensed by EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Limited
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Performed by Aunty Bub and Nana Bib“THE LANGUAGE SONG”
Performed by Vera Kershaw, Shirley Cunningham (Turkey), Huia Davis, Aunty Barti“KA EKE WĪWĪ, KA EKE WĀWĀ”
Written by Te Napi WaakaPerformed by Pātēa Māori Club
Licensed courtesy of Pātēa Māori Club
“RERE ATU TAKU POI”Written by Dovey Hovarth KatenePerformed by Pātēa Māori Club
Licensed courtesy of Pātēa Māori Club“TIKI TIKI EE”
TraditionalPerformed Pātēa Māori Club
Licensed courtesy of Pātēa Māori Club“HE HARI NUI”
TraditionalPerformed by Pātēa Māori Club
Licensed courtesy of Pātēa Māori Club“YOU CAN DANCE”
Written by A. Morgan (control)Performed by Collision
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music New Zealand Limited“VOODOO LADY”
Written by D. PrimeCourtesy of Mushroom Music Publishing
Performed by Dalvanius PrimeLicensed courtesy of Australian Broadcasting Corporation Library Sales.
“RAPTURE & TEN TRILLION STARS”Written and performed by Stephen Daniel Lemaire
Universal Production MusicLicensed courtesy APRA/AMCOS
“SCORE (A) MAIN VERSION”Written by Richard Myhill
EMI Production MusicLicensed courtesy APRA/AMCOS
“KA HURI”Traditional
Performed by South Taranaki Māori ClubLicensed courtesy of Pātēa Māori Club
“E IPO”Written by T. Teka / N. K. Pēwhairangi
By Kind permission of Henry George Peke and Tere-iti-wai PēwhairangiPerformed by Prince Tui Teka
Licensed courtesy of TVNZ
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“KAI TE RĀ”Traditional arrangement by Ngoi Pēwhairangi
Courtesy of Tere-iti-wai PēwhairangiPerformed by Ngoi Pēwhairangi
Licensed courtesy of TVNZ“TIRO TIRO NOA”
Written by Maui Dalvanius Prime / Ngoi K. PēwhairangiPerformed by Dal and Barletta
Licensed courtesy of Maryanne Broughton“POI E” ACOUSTIC
Written by Ngoi K. Pēwhairangi / Maui Dalvanius PrimePerformed by Barletta, Dalvanius Prime and Ngoi Pēwhairangi
Licensed courtesy of Maryanne Broughton“E PAPA”
Written and Arranged by Maui Dalvanius PrimePerformed by Pātēa Maori Club
Licensed courtesy of Jayrem Records Ltd“YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET”
Written and performed by Randy BachmanCourtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing
© Sony/ATV Songs LLC, licensed by Sony/ATV Publishing (Australia) Pty Limited“RTR COUNTDOWN THEME”
Written and performed by Peter Blake (control)Licensed courtesy of Peter Blake
“MAGGIE”Written by T. Allen / M. Foster / D. Cassidy
Performed by Foster and AllenLicensed courtesy of Tarupa PTY LTD
“G GROOVE”Written and performed by Gareth Thomas
Licensed Courtesy of Songbroker New Zealand“BUFFALO GALS”
Composed by A.Dudley / T.Horn / M.McLarenNative Tongue Publishing on behalf of Perfect Songs
© Buffalo Music Ltd Administered by J Albert & Son Pty Ltd© Peermusic (UK) Limited. Licensed by peermusic
Performed by Malcolm McLarenLicensed courtesy Fashionbeast LLC
'CHAINS' Composed by Thomson / Ness / McNaughton / Rangihuna (Control),
Administered by: Universal Music Publishing, Performed by DLT Featuring Che Fu
Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment NZ Ltd“KARANGATIA RĀ”
Traditional
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Performed by Pātēa Māori ClubLicensed courtesy of Pātēa Māori Club
“E TE IWI E”Traditional
Performed by Pātēa Māori ClubLicensed courtesy of Pātēa Māori Club
“Jazz 1”Instrumental
Licensed courtesy of Leyton Greening“NGĀ ŌHAKI”
TraditionalPerformed by Pātēa Māori ClubComposed by Ngoi Pēwhairangi
Licensed courtesy of Pātēa Māori Club“HEI KŌNEI RA”
TraditionalArranged by Ngoi K. Pēwhairangi / Maui Dalvanius Prime
Licensed courtesy of Jayrem Records Ltd“NGOI NGOI”
Written by Ngoi K. Pēwhairangi / Maui Dalvanius PrimePerformed by Pātēa Māori Club
Licensed courtesy of Jayrem Records Ltd
“Come Back Home” Written by Charles Vincent Harder / Abby Katherine Lee By kind permission of Harder Music Group Pty Limited
Performed by Maaka PōhatuCourtesy of Sony Music NZ Ltd
Ngā Mihi Nui:
PARIROA PĀTŪTAHI CHURCH
PĀKIRIKIRI MARAETAIPOROHENUI MARAETAURANGA IKA MARAE
MARTY & MIHIPENE DAVISHOANI WAITITI MARAE
TE KURA KAUPAPA MĀORI O HOANI WAITITI MARAETE KAPA HAKA O TE HOKOWHITU-Ā-TŪ
KARORIA MATAHIKIHAWERA SILVER FERNS FARM
ASH MCKAY
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TIM MURDOCHRICHARD CAMPBELL
BAILEY MACKEYASHLEY COUPLAND
PHILIPPA RENNIERANGI RANGITUKUNOA
SELWYN PARATA TIM FINN ROBERT POUWHARE DEBORAH REWITI LAWRENCE WHARERAU DEREK FOX ERINA TAMEPO GEORGE BIGNELL ARTHUR BAYSTING
CHRIS KNOXHUGH LYNN
WARRIOR RECORDS STEBBINGS STUDIO ARCHIVES
MURRAY CULLENSIMON LYNCHAIMEE MILLARBILL BROWN
GARRY LITTLEEDWARD SAMPSON
NGĀ AHO WAHAKAARIWHETU FALA
HINEANI MELBOURNECHRISTINA ASHER
MARIA KUITICLIFF CURTIS
MARTIN CLEAVECHELSEA WINSTANLEY
KEN SPARKSTRAJAN SCHWENCKE
TIMO MUELLERHAARE WILLIAMSJOANNE BEHSE
JOHN KEIRDAWN MARUERAPAUL CARVELL
CRUNCH‘FLEX-I’
BILL GOSDEN AND THE STAFF AND BOARD OF THE NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION - STAFF AND BOARD
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DAVE GIBSONLISA CHATFIELD
CHLOE MCLOUGHLINJASMIN MCSWEENEY
MARC ASHTONNZ ON AIR / IRIRANGI O TE MOTU - STAFF AND BOARD
JANE WRIGHTSONGLENN USMARBENEDICT REID
TE MĀNGAI PĀHO - STAFF AND BOARDLARRY PARR
JOHN BISHARAMAORI TELEVISION SERVICE
HAUNUI ROYALMIKE REHU
NEVAK ROGERSPOUROTO NGAROPO
Patea Film Collective would like to thank
KĪNGI TUHEITIA QUEEN ELIZABETH II
NICHE CAMERAS LIMITED PATRICK MONAGHAN
BRIAN BUCKLAND JIM HUNIA
ANDRE UPSTON FRANCIS NOLLER
NIGEL RUSSELL HAARE WILLIAMS
RON SMART ERANA FENTON
ROSS ROBERTSON JOHN BAKER
DRUM CITY COLLISION
RADIO WAATEA OCEANIA PRODUCTIONS
PATEA VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE UNIT RAIDER LIMITED
LIFE UNLIMITED PAPATOETOE RICHARD CAMPBELL
AIR NEW ZEALAND ERICA MCGRATH
JAY RAI MORGAN WHĀNAU
JAMES MOSS MAUI RECORDS
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WARRIOR RECORDS ANASTASIS COFFEE
NEIL FINN’S REEL TO REEL PLAYER KAHI WHĀNAU
JIMMY MAMBO
MON B.G.
HŌBY BŌBY ZETU-ZETU
SCHWIKO BUDDY
ATARAITI WARETINI LEYTON GREENING
MIKA TE WHĀNAU O TUI TEKA
LARA NORTHCROFT
Tearepa and Reikura would liketo dedicate this film to the memory of
"PAPA TED"ERUERA TE WHITI NIA
&“KORO NAPI”
REVEREND TE NAPI WAAKA
And the many who continue to light the pathway of Te Reo Māori in our world today.
"E RERE RĀ, E TAKU POI!"
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