WOMAD

Patea Maori Club

From United Kingdom

Taranaki group, Patea Maori Club is a household name. Their smash hit Poi E was the biggest selling single in Aotearoa (New Zealand), peaking at No.1 for four weeks. The group has won award after award, including best group in the New Zealand Entertainer of the Year Award. In 1994 the first original soundtrack to Poi E went gold and the group were awarded the Golden Scroll Award in the 1994 Entertainer of the Year Awards. Their iconic waiata Poi E again climbed the New Zealand music charts after featuring in Boy the internationally acclaimed New Zealand movie. For WOMAD, The Patea Maori Club will undertake poi-making workshops at the WOMAD Te Pae Pae, before taking to the stage to perform and workshop an interactive poi extravaganza.
(Biography supplied by WOMAD New Zealand 2011)