You Are My Sunshine was the last song sung at a vigil for slain English tourist Grace Millane in Dunedin's Octagon last night.
About 300 people gathered to hear speakers, share sadness and show solidarity in the face of Miss Millane's death.
People stood close together, some holding candles, and moving karakia and stiring waiata were performed.
The names of 14 women killed in New Zealand this year were also read, speeches delivered and songs sung.
Candles were then lit near an impromtu shrine bearing photographs of Miss Millane.
Flowers were also placed nearby and among notes were the messages ''Fly Free Angels'' and ''Love and Light''.
Vigil co-organiser Izzy Lomax-Sawyers later said many people had ''felt a lot of shock and shame about this happening in New Zealand''.
Women had a right to be safe, and free from this kind of ''horrible tragedy''.
The event had also helped her to ''process the grief'' and anger she and other people had been feeling about the death of Miss Millane.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull told the vigil that he felt ''shame, bitter, deep shame'' when he had heard that that the body of Miss Millane had been found near Auckland.
''Grace is beyond hurt and pain but her family are not.''
Mr Cull voiced strong empathy for her family, and said it was time for men to think about how they could make positive changes to counter serious problems with violence in society.
City councillor Aaron Hawkins said ''it's our role as men to take a more active role in trying to fix'' the wider problems of violence in society, including domestic violence.
Two vigils were held last night in Auckland and others in New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson and Christchurch. A vigil was held in Queenstown on Tuesday night.
At one of the Auckland vigils, in Federal St, Kiwi signer Lizzie Marvelly led the crowd in a rendition of the hymn Amazing Grace.
Mark Longley, father of Kiwi Emily Longley who was murdered in England, addressed the crowd, calling for a change in the country's culture towards women.
He called for those who said they were not part of the problem to ''be a part of the solution''.
