Nā te mea he tohunga a Ngoi ki te whakatau i ngā whakataetae kapa haka, he karanga tonu te mahi i a ia hai whakarite i ngā whakataetae i konei i Aotearoa me Ahitereiria, tae atu ki ngā hui taiopenga pēnei i te whakataetae mahi Māori a Tamararo, ia tau tū ai i Tūranga, me te taiopenga toi o ngā iwi o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, nō muri rā i karangatia ai ko te taiopenga mahi Māori o Aotearoa (TTR 2000:149). / Because Ngoi was an expert at adjudicating kapa haka competitions, she was frequently called upon to judge both in New Zealand and Australia, including at festivals such as the Tamararo cultural competition, held annually in Gisborne, and the New Zealand Polynesian Festival, later called the Aotearoa Māori Performing Arts Festival.

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