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Tuini Ngāwai was born on 5 May, 1910, is a songwriter. Discover Tuini Ngāwai's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

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Born 5 May 1910
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Date of death 12 August 1965
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2022

In 2022 Ngāwai was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.

1965

Ngāwai died in August 1965. Her funeral ceremony (tangihanga) was held in the meeting house Te Hono-Ki-Rarotonga, at Pakirikiri Marae in Tokomaru Bay.

1946

Her iwi is Ngati Porou and her hapu is Te Whanau a Ruataupare. Born at Tokomaru Bay, her twin sister died in infancy, and Moetū was given the name Tuini, a transliteration of twin. Ngāwai taught Māori culture in schools, leaving in 1946 to work as a shearing gang supervisor.

1939

She was considered a protégé of Āpirana Ngata. Many, such as "Hoki mai e tama mā" and "E te Hokowhitu-a-Tū" (to the tune of "In the Mood") are still sung today. In 1939 she founded the Te Hokowhitu-ā-Tū Māori kapa haka group, this was to acknowledge the local men and boys who went to war with C Company as part of the 28th Māori Battalion. The religious song "Arohaina Mai" became the unofficial hymn of the Māori Battalion. Recordings of some of her work are held in the sound collection of Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision and the Alexander Turnbull Library.

1910

Tuini Moetū Haangū Ngāwai (5 May 1910 – 12 August 1965) was a Māori songwriter, performer, teacher, shearer and cultural adviser. Through contemporising Māori waiata during World War II, Ngāwai contributed to the Māori renaissance.