E tū tautoko noa

Kaitito

Pēwhairangi, Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi (Ngoi)

Ngoi Pēwhairangi

1921 – 1985

I whānau ai a Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi Ngawai ki roto o Tokomaru i te 29 o Hakihea, i te tau 1921. E mōhiotia ana ia e ōna hoa, ko Ngoi. Ko Hori Ngawai rāua ko Wikitoria Te Karu ōna mātua, nō Tokomaru tōna matua, nō Ngāti Koi, nō Hauraki tōna whāea, ā, tokorima ngā tamariki, ko Ngoi te mātāmua. I tupu ai a Ngoi i roto i ngā tikanga o te hāhi Ringatū, ka mutu, nā ōna whanaunga, nā Huka Pohaera rāua ko Raiha Kamau ia i whāngaihia ki roto o Waiparapara. Ko tōna matua, he tangata kaha ki te mahi, ka mutu, he minita hoki ia o te hāhi Ringatū, ā, i tino tautokona e ia te Kotahitanga - tētahi kaupapa i tautokona hoki e Ngoi.

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  • Ko au

             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...

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  • E tū tautoko noa

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

    5       Kua honohia nei e
             Tātou i tēnei rā
             I...

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  • Hei konei rā

             Hei konei rā
             Ka hoki au
             Ki te kāinga e
             Tēra te wā
    5       Ka kite anō
             Tātou i a tātou katoa
             Nā te aroha
             I...

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Te Ipukarea

E tū tautoko noa

  • Kaitito: Ngoi Pēwhairangi,
  • Tau: 1980 -
  • Momo: Waiata-ā-ringa
  • Namatoro: PEW002

Ngā Kupu

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

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

         Kua ngaro ngā mōrehu
10     Tū mokemoke noa
         Ngā waihotanga rā e
         A rātou katoa

         Karanga mai mihi mai
         Ki a mātou katoa e
15     Te whānau kua eke nei
         Tō reo karanga e, tō reo karanga e

Ngā whakamārama

The waiata-ā-ringa ‘Tō Reo Karanga E’ was composed for the opening of the dining room at Mataura in the South Island in the mid-1980s. Ngoi’s hapū, Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare were invited and there were many reasons behind this. Many of Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare had left Tokomaru Bay and the East Coast to find employment, either to work in the freezing works industry or the shearing gangs. The closing of the freezing works in Tokomaru Bay from 1954 to 1955 left many people unemployed. So, many families decided to migrate south to seek employment in the industry with which they were familiar, and they settled in towns such as Mataura, Bluff and Invercargill. After Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare agreed to attend the opening, Ngoi then composed this waiata while having lunch in the kitchen during a hui at her marae, Pākirikiri. This is one of the last compositions she wrote before her death in 1985.

Tāmata Toiere would like to thank the Pēwhairangi Whānau Trust for their permission to share this waiata.The audio for this waiata was recorded by Ngoi's family at Pākirikiri marae, Tokomaru Bay originally for the CD which accompanies the biography on Ngoi. The waiata was mixed and edited at Mauria Mai Productions by Chub Renata.