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Kōrero: Niueans

Niuean soldiers in Auckland, 1916

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Niuean soldiers in Auckland, 1916

These young Niuean men, hosted by Nurse Hobbs at an Auckland Trained Nurses Club function, had never worn shoes before. Their feet were well adapted to traversing their rocky home isle, but not used to parade ground marching.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Reference: 31-WP-8025

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Niueans – Migration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/714/niuean-soldiers-in-auckland-1916 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.