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• Ngoi Pēwhairangi

  E tū tautoko noa

  The waiata-ā-ringa ‘Tō Reo Karanga E’ was composed for the opening of the dining room at Mataura in the South Island in the mid-1980s. Ngoi’s hapū, Te...

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• Ngoi Pēwhairangi

  Hei konei rā

  Hei konei rā
  Ka hoki au
  Ki te kāinga e
  Tēra te wā
  Ka kite anō
  Tātou i a tātou katoa
  Nā te aroha
  I piri ai
  Te rongomau
  Ki tēnei whenua
  Ka tipu te pono
  Ka tipu...

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Tāmata Toiere aims to provide comprehensive information about waiata and haka. Included in this will be: the lyrics, a translation, an eplanation of the context behind the composition and the reasons it was composed, a biography of the composer, an audio file, a video file, any photos of relevance, and a list of regerences for further study.