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

• Tiaho Mai

  Tiaho mai te marama
  Hei māramatanga rā e
  Mō ngā tamariki Māori e tau nei
  Hāpainga the whakapono rā e
  Taupokitia te kino
  Kia tau ai te rangimārie

  Nō reira e Te...

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• Kaua rā e huri noa

  Kaua rā e huri noa
  Kaua hei whakahāwea
  Mā ō mahi ka kitea koe
  E te ao, e tō iwi Māori
  Kua puāwai rawa ngā purapura e
  I ruia mai i ngā wā o tua whakarere
  E toro nei...

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• 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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