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

• Kua Eke Rā Ngā Tūmanako

           Kua eke rā ngā tūmanako
           Kua puāwai te reo Māori
           I roto i ngā Kōhanga Reo
           O Te Tai Rāwhiti
  5       Nāhau rā e Iri te kōrero
           Mō...

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• Ko au

           Ko au he manu
           Ka tū ka rere mai

           He tau, he tau nā
           Ka hoki mai anō

  5       Ki te āwhina auē
           Ngā taonga aroha
           Hei...

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• E tū tautoko noa

           E tū tautoko noa
           Ngā tumanako e
           A te ngākau māhaki
           Te hautū ake nei

  5       Kua honohia nei e
           Tātou i tēnei rā
           I...

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