Composer

Pēwhairangi, Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi (Ngoi)

Ngoi Pēwhairangi

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

  • 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

Ka Piki Au

  • Composer: Ngoi Pēwhairangi,
  • Year: 1980 -
  • Genre: Mōteatea - Pātere
  • Ref#: PEW008

Lyrics

         Ka piki au piki ake
         Piki ake au ki te taumata rā o Marotiri
         Ka titiro iho au ki ngā huarahi
         I haere ai aku mātua tīpuna
5       Ki te kimi oranga i ngā takutai a Ruataupare e

         Hoatu ai koe
         Hoatu ai koe ki te tapa o te tai
         E kīa nei e
         Ko Tāpātai e

10     Rokohanga atu rā
         Rokohanga atu rā te pupūtanga mai o ngā waiora
         Tapahina tonuhia ko te Waipūpū
         Whiti atu koe e hika ki te Waihoa e

         Te waihotanga mai
15     Te waihotanga mai a rātou mā
         I ngā tohu tauranga
         Ko Pōhaitapu ki te Toka-ā-namu
         Te whare puni o Tangikūkū e

         Ko Waimarino
20     Ko Waimarino te ūnga mai rā o ngā waka hoe hoe
         Hei āhurutanga i ngā hau o te Tonga e
         Ka eke Tangaroa eke Panuku
         Ka eke Tangaroa i marae eke
         Kai atu ō mata ki te Māwhai e
25     Te marae tāngata o ngā rā o mua
         E hura ō kaniho ki Tangoiro
         Ka ripo te moana ki Marahea
         E mau ō ngutu ki te pewa pāua
         Ko te mana tēna
30     O Tokoroa hei Tokoroa hei
         Ka minamina au ki te kai mātai e
         Ka heke iho au ki Tāhunaroa
         Takahanga waewae nōhau e

         Ki ngā rurukutanga
35     Ki ngā rurukutanga a te Aokauirangi
         I whāngai mai ki te kāwai tāngata

         Te tohu ki uta
         Te tohu ki uta ko te pito o Piuta
         Puta atu tō ihu
40     Ki te wai whakaata e

         Ko te Ariuru
         Ko Te Ariuru Te Waitakeao
         Ko Tawarirangi te wahine tipua
         Ko wai ka tohu
45     Ko wai ka hua
         E hiki ō wae ki Ōtairi e

         Ki ngā rua koura
         Ki ngā rua koura a te Parengaio
         Te tohutanga a te Whaitakuta e

50     Matehia inu koe ko Koutunui
         Kei raro tonu iho i Tawhiti a Paoa
         Whatinga atu koe
         Ka hāhātia mai e

         E noho tāua
55     E noho tāua te karaka tēnei
         Terenga mai o te Rāwhiti e

         Whakatika e hika
         Whakatika e hika ka haere tāua
         Ki te hauta noa kia kitea koe
60     E ngā kōhanga manu e

         E kore te tangata
         E kore te tangata e hapa te haere
         Mehemea he uri
         Nā Ruataupare he wahine toa
65     HĪ HĪ HĀ HĀ HEI