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

• Aku Raukura

           Hurihuri noa
           Ka wawata noa
           Hurihuri noa
           Ka wawata noa
  5       Kei te wawata ahau e
           Mō aku ōhākī kia hoki mai
           Te puna...

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• Ka noho au i konei

           Auē! Ngā iwi e
           Ka noho au i konei ka whakaaro noa
           Me pēhea rā te huri a te ao katoa?
           Ngā rongo kino e tukituki nei i te takiwā
  5     ...

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• Ka Piki Au

           Ka piki au piki ake
           Piki ake au ki te taumata rā o Marotiri
           Ka titiro iho au ki ngā huarahi
           I haere ai aku mātua tīpuna
  5       Ki te...

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