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Willie Apiata and Jerry Mateparae

Willie Apiata is a soldier who helped a wounded comrade under fire. He is no longer in the army, because he wants to spend more time with his family, who mean everything to him. He won many awards, including the Victorian Cross, and donated them all to New Zealand.

Jerry Mateparae is New Zealand's 20th Governor General. He is also New Zealand's second Maori Governor. He enlisted as a soldier in to the New Zealand Army 1972, and graduated to the officer Cadet School. He served battalions RNZIR, and New Zealand Special Air Service. He commanded the Truce Monitoring Group during Operation Belisi in 1988. He was made an Additional Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit in 1999. He was on the New Zealand honours list.