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Women pay their last respects. Right, Mrs Ngoi Pewhairangi TUINI NGAWAI MEMORIAL HUI The foremost Maori action song composer and teacher of recent times—the late Miss Tuini Ngawai—was paid appropriate honour at Easter, when a national Maori hui and memorial services were held at Tokomaru Bay. The ceremonies marked the unveiling of a memorial to Miss Tuini Ngawai and commemorated the thirtieth anniversary of the celebrated Hokowhitu Atu Maori Cultural Club, which she formed in 1936. Miss Ngawai died on August 20 last. The official party at the celebrations was led by the Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon. J. R. Hanan, who had come specially from Invercargill because of the importance of the occasion. Mr Hanan was accompanied by his wife and daughter. Also in the party were the Bishop of Aotearoa, the Rt. Rev. W. N. Panapa, and the M.P.'s for Eastern Maori, Mr P. T. Watene, and for Gisborne, Mrs Esme Tombleson. Friends and admirers of Miss Tuini Ngawai and Hokowhitu Atu came from many