Kia kaha ngā iwi : - waiata and haka lyrics Tāmata Toiere English Māori Menu Learn Home About this site Resources Browse Newest Genre Composer KAPA HAKA Year Search Search More Search Options Connect Contribute Contact Us Kia kaha ngā iwi 00:00 04:27 repeat repeat off play pause stop mute unmute max volume 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. Read more Songs by this composer Aku Raukura          Hurihuri noa          Ka wawata noa          Hurihuri noa          Ka wawata noa 5        Kei te wawata ahau e          Mō aku ōhākī kia hoki mai          Te puna... more Ka noho au i konei          Auē! Ngā iwi e          Ka noho au i konei ka whakaaro noa          Me pēhea rā te huri a te ao katoa?          Ngā rongo kino e tukituki nei i te takiwā 5      ... more Ka Piki Au          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... more Te Ipukarea Kia kaha ngā iwi Composer: Ngoi Pēwhairangi, Year: 1967 Genre: Waiata-ā-ringa Ref#: PEW005 Lyrics          Kia kaha ngā iwi pupuritia          Ngā purapura i mahue mai rā          Kua ngaro rātou mā ngā rangatira          Hei mātorotoro mai i a tātou 5        Kāore he tirohanga kē e te iwi          Ko ngā marae hei awhi mai          Taku Māoritanga mana motuhake          Hei pou tokomanawa          He rau aroha nō tua whakarere 10      Nō aku tīpuna e          Nō aku tīpuna e          Tuakina mai rā ngā akoranga          Hei mātauranga mō te rangatahi          Oranga tinana i tēnei wā e 15      Ko ngā marae hei awhi mai          I te mahanatanga o ngā whakaaro          O aku mātua e          Taku Māoritanga mana motuhake          Nō aku tīpuna e 20      Nō aku tīpuna e Explanation This is a waiata-ā-ringa. It was composed in 1967 for the kapa haka, Te Hokowhitu-ā-Tū. Ngoi composed the waiata for Te Hokowhitu-ā-Tū to perform at the Tamararo Māori Kapa Haka Competition in Gisborne. The group won the waiata-ā-ringa section with this composition. © 2019 Tāmata Toiere - waiata and haka lyrics VO2 web design