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Cultural troupe, Lower Hutt

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Cultural troupe, Lower Hutt

These members of a Singaporean cultural group were photographed in the streets of Lower Hutt, near Wellington, in 1993. Choy Yien Chow (left) is dressed as a Chinese general. Lim Chin Chooe is in traditional Malay clothing, and Thamizhvana Narayanasam wears an Indian costume. They demonstrate the diversity of Singapore’s ethnicities.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1993/2912/36

by Phil Reid

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Carl Walrond, Malaysians and Singaporeans – Singaporeans, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/936/cultural-troupe-lower-hutt (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.