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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.
Songs by this composer
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Ko au he manu
Ka tū ka rere maiHe tau, he tau nā
Ka hoki mai anō5 Ki te āwhina auē
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Ngā taonga aroha
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E tū tautoko noa
E tū tautoko noa
Ngā tumanako e
A te ngākau māhaki
Te hautū ake nei5 Kua honohia nei e
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Tātou i tēnei rā
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Hei konei rā
Hei konei rā
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Ka hoki au
Ki te kāinga e
Tēra te wā
5 Ka kite anō
Tātou i a tātou katoa
Nā te aroha
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Lyrics
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 maunga ringa
Mō tēnei reanga