Second Lieutenant Te Moananui a Kiwa Ngarimu, V.C.
Second Lieutenant Te Moananui a Kiwa Ngarimu was the first Maori to be awarded the Victoria Cross. In command of a platoon of C Company (Ngati Porou), he was killed in action in March 1943.
In his memory, and to commemorate the service given by the men of the 28th (Maori) Battalion, the Ngarimu V.C. Scholarship Fund was set up in 1945. The Fund is administered in three main areas: university scholarships awarded annually to Maori undergraduates; a post-graduate scholarship awarded every two years; and the annual schoolchildren’s essay competition.
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Kaea, Issue 2, 1 March 1980, Page 12
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98Second Lieutenant Te Moananui a Kiwa Ngarimu, V.C. Kaea, Issue 2, 1 March 1980, Page 12
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