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A tribute to colonial service

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A tribute to colonial service

Many Kiwis have served in the island territories of the Pacific that were once administered by New Zealand. Pictured here (from left) are various colonial bureaucrats – Jock McEwen, A. O. Dare, Leslie Rex, John Mathison, Mrs Mathison and J. S. Whitta – at Alofi South village, Niue, in 1958. They are standing outside ‘Macdare’, a community centre built by Niueans in honour of past and present commissioners.

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Carl Walrond, Kiwis overseas – A nation of migrants, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/871/a-tribute-to-colonial-service (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 March 2009, updated 17 September 2014.