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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

Hui Kakahu Tai

Serial No: 
802213
Surname: 
Tai
Forename(s): 
Hui Kakahu
Next of kin on enlistment: 
Mr W. Tai (father), Ohinemutu, New Zealand
Rank: 
Private
Address on enlistment: 
Ohinemutu, New Zealand
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Hui Kakahu Tai

ttaepa commented:
Mon, 05 March 2012 - 09:58am
This person is my Father. He told a little white lie about his name to hide his age to get into the Arm. From what I can remember of him, he was a very quiet man. His real name was Huikakahu "Bronco" Taepa. His Father Wiremu remarried and took on his new wife's last name Tai. They often interchange between Taepa-Tai and Tai. Him and his father use to live in a small village called Ohinemutu, Rotorua.

Huikakahu Tai

Whaea kath commented:
Wed, 25 April 2012 - 08:11pm
Bronco was my halfbrother,a lovely gentle person. I was born in 1944 while he was still at war.Our father's real name was Taepa Ngataiharuru.Bronco and Retimana took the name Tai.Hepa took the name Taepa.
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