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Kōrero: Māori overseas

Eugene Toki

Eugene Toki

I hūnuku a Eugene Toki atu i Tāmaki ki Ahitereiria i te tekau tau atu i 1980. I te tau 1989 e rua ana mahi – i ngā rā o te wiki ka mahi a ia hei kaiwhakatika mīhini, hei ngā rā whakatā ka hoko tī hāte ia ki ngā wāhi hokohoko o Poipiripiri. Tekau mā rua tau a ia ki Ahitereiria ka mutu, kotahi anake te kupu kaikiri i whiua ki a ia. Nā te kuia o tana ipo: ‘He nika ia neha?’ Ka hemo kē a Eugene i te kata. Nō muri ka whakarata mai te kuia ki a ia.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-Social-New Zealanders Overseas-02

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Māori overseas – Emigration to Australia, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1319/eugene-toki (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.

Comments

Colin Livingstone
04 December 2013
Wow ! Eugene Toki ! When we were young kids arriving from Kenya, we made friends with the Toki family. Everybody liked Eugene Toki...or they should have.We went fishing for eels down the creek and had great childhood memories. There was Galvin, Eugene and Valmaine, I think...and Mrs. Toki, who told me about the tapu places and Tuataras on Great Barrier Island.