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
  5       Taupokitia te kino
         ...

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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
  5       Kua puāwai rawa ngā purapura e
           I...

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• Poi E

           E rere rā e taku poi porotiti
           Tītahataha rā
           Whakararuraru e
           Porotakataka rā
  5       Poro hurihuri mai
           Rite tonu ki te...

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