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
  Nāhau rā e Iri te kōrero
  Mō ngā tamariki tātou katoa
  Hei whakahuihui mai

  ...more

• Ko au

  Ko au he manu
  Ka tū ka rere mai

  He tau, he tau nā
  Ka hoki mai anō

  Ki te āwhina auē
  Ngā taonga aroha
  Hei maunga ringa
  Mō tēnei reanga...more

• E tū tautoko noa

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

  Kua honohia nei e
  Tātou i tēnei rā
  I runga i te aroha
  Te rangimārie

  Kua ngaro ngā mōrehu...more