Composer

Pēwhairangi, Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi (Ngoi)

1921 – 1985

Born Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi Ngawai on 29 December 1921 at Tokomaru Bay on the East Coast of the North Island, she was known affectionately as Ngoi. Ngoi was the eldest of five children of Hori Ngawai of Te Whanau-a-Ruataupare of Ngāti Porou of Tokomaru Bay, and his wife, Wikitoria Te Karu, of Ngāti Koi in the Hauraki region. Ngoi was raised in the Ringatu faith by her relatives Huka Pohaera and Raiha Kamau at Waiparapara. Her father, who worked as a labourer, was a minister of this church and an advocate of the Kotahitanga movement, which Ngoi herself later supported.

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Songs by this composer

• Poi E

  E rere rā e taku poi porotiti
  Tītahataha rā
  Whakararuraru e
  Porotakataka rā
  Poro hurihuri mai
  Rite tonu ki te tīwaiwaka e

  Ka parepare rā
  Pīoioi rā
  Whakahekeheke...

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• Whakarongo

  Whakarongo!
  Ki te reo Māori e karanga nei
  Whakarongo!
  Ki ngā akoranga rangatira
  Nā te Atua i tuku iho ki a tātou e
  Pupuritia, kōrerotia mō ake tonu

  Tirohia!
  Ngā...

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• Mahara

  Mahara e kai kinikini nei
  Tango hotuhotu ana rā
  Mōhou e te tau

  Tiro noa ahau mokemoke ana rā
  Pā mai ana ko te pouri nui
  I tō haerenga

  He aha rā he oranga
  Kua...

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