Ngoi was renowned for her spontaneity in writing compositions for various people. Of these songs, ‘E ipo’, recorded by Prince Tui Teka, and ‘Poi e’, by Dalvanius Prime and the Patea Maori Club, are the best known.
Paraire was a pioneer composer of songs in the new 'action song' style, moving away from classical waiata which used small note ranges, no harmony and irregular metre. Instead, he wrote words to fit harmonised tunes written in diatonic scales and generall
After the Second World War Ruru Karaitiana song ‘Blue Smoke’ provided a welcome-home theme for the returning troops, and later became the first all-New Zealand hit record.
