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Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu in 1940
Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu in 1940. Ngarimu is the first Maori to win the Victoria Cross while serving with New Zealand forces. The only Maori to achieve this is Corporal Willie Apiata who received his in 2007.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference no: DA-11264-F
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