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70 years ago this month

May 1942 the Battalion is still at Arsal in the Syrian foothills undertaking exercises and manoeuvres. Major Tiwi Love becomes the first Māori commander of the unit. Read the war diary for May 1942 here

Hoturangi Tautau

Serial No: 
817659
Surname: 
Tautau
Forename(s): 
Hoturangi
Rank: 
Private
Address on enlistment: 
Rere, Gisborne, New Zealand
Date of death: 
15 December 2009
Place of death: 
Tolaga Bay
Notes: 

Next of kin information removed at request of the family.

See death notice provided by family (The Gisborne Herald).

Also a tribute to Hoturangi Tautau by Martin Gibson (The Gisborne Herald)

 

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My beautiful and courageous Papa

shirley_ann commented:
Thu, 24 December 2009 - 12:32pm
Kia Ora my name is Shirley-Ann Hall i am one of Papa Hoturangi's many grandchildren my mums name is Denise Tautau who is one of the daughters of Hoturangi...I would just like to share a couple of things about our Papa...He was a intelligent and wise man that knew alot about what life had to offer us he went through alot in his time on earth and i am so grateful and happy i knew him and heard what he had to say i use to enjoy his company and i will miss that he was a very independant man even the day he died...it warms the cockles of my heart Papa 2 have known u...U will be 4eva missed from us all and u have left behind a great legacy that we will carry on 4eva love u always and 4eva Papa Until we meet again...

A very talented speaker

TeRauhina Haimona commented:
Tue, 22 March 2011 - 04:52pm
Tena Koe ko wai ahau? I am Terauhina James Haimona also known as {Boy} I am papa Hoturangi's gran-nephew, my grandmother Rahera {nee Tautau}. Haimona is papa Hoturangi's oldest sister, I remember my gran-uncle as a man who had alot of knowledge both in the maori world and european world he was a fluent speaker in te reo (maori language ) and English, he was a very interesting man to listen to and always encouraged us young ones to learn our reo (language) he said if we couldn't speak your language our blood was not worth bottling, he had alot to share with both young and old if you wanted to listen, so put that in your pipe and smoke it as he would say:
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