Sir Apirana Ngata...

We have been working hard at completing our raps and videos for our inquiries into the famous New Zealanders on our bank notes. Today the Apirana Ngata group completed their rap. They wrote the lyrics and then recorded it on Garageband. We hope you enjoy it!

Here are our lyrics:

The Sir Apirana Ngata Rap

By Te Wharekuri, Jackson, Lilly, Emerson, Roslyn and Hunter

Hey everybody have you ever heard 

Of a man called Apirana Ngata?

He was born in 1874

And he died 76 years after

Not many were smarter

Than Apirana Ngata

The first New Zealander to get a double degree

At Canterbury University,

Publishing a book about Maori culture

Showed the way for the future

After constructing many meeting houses

He promoted sports, kids off their couches

Did you know Apirana was the third Maori to be knighted?

On the $50 note he will be sighted

Apirana was a real WISE learner, yes he was!