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Ngoi Pēwhairangi and Tuini Ngāwai

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Ngoi Pēwhairangi and Tuini Ngāwai

Two great songwriters and singers from the East Coast, Tuini Ngāwai and her niece Ngoi Pēwhairangi, perform at the presentation of the Victoria Cross won by the late Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu to his parents at Ruatōria in October 1943.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast region – Arts, culture and heritage, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33721/ngoi-pewhairangi-and-tuini-ngawai (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.